Against donald trump and get rid of this nightmare . Dude, ive been preaching it for the last six or eight months. I dont know why the party doesnt corral around one of these individuals on the stage to just say, this is the horse thats going to ride us to a brave new world. And they just cant. Because that base, small though it is, hes outsized in the money it produces, and the power it wields. And that, even in a parliamentary system, can overwhelm the system sometimes. Yeah, i was going to say, just look what happened to will hurd. As you said, booed there just for speaking truth to power. On a personal note, michael, i just want to say that its the first time ive seen you in person. Thank you so much for filling in for me a couple of weeks ago, i really appreciate it. The time off i owe you one, my friend. No pleasure, no pleasure. That just took a cold brew youve got it. Next time i see a pint consider it done. Good evening and welcome to ayman. The case against donald trump for t
let me just get your reaction to these new charges in the superseding indictment. obviously you ve been behind the scenes investigating trump s actions, leading up to january 6th. was there anything that surprised you as you saw the news come out this week? well, i guess a lot of us were expecting a january 6th indictment based on the target letter timing. but honestly, i was shocked by the new charges, the superseding indictment now on the documents case. i was just a staffer when the nixon impeachment was going on, but it s the that gets you. and these allegations and the indictment are very serious. if proven, i think the ex president is in serious legal jeopardy. so let me ask you about that, because as you just mentioned and as we talked about, there s a lot of similarities between nixon and trump.
day, another former president has found himself accused of the very same charge again. on thursday, donald trump was hit with new counts in special counsel jack smith s classified documents case. in a bombshell superseding indictment, the ex president was charged with an additional count of willful retention of national defense information, and two new counts of obstruction. so with these new charges, trump now faces a staggering total of 40 criminal counts in that case, the most serious of which could land him in prison for up to 20 years. now, in that superseding indictment, prosecutors have accused trump, along with his coconspirator walt nauta, and a new third defendant carlos de oliveira, a mar-a-lago maintenance worker attempting to delete surveillance video from the resort. coincidently, just after trump s lawyers received the grand jury subpoena requests for that footage. according to the indictment, on
individuals on the stage to just say, this is the horse that s going to write us to the brave new world. and that base, small though it is, it s outsized in the money it produces, and the power it wields. and that, even in a parliamentary system, can overwhelm the system sometimes. just like what happened to will hurd. as you said, booed there just for speaking truth to power. on a personal note, i just want to say that it s the first time i ve seen you in person. thank you so much for filling in for me a couple of weeks ago, i really appreciate it. i owe you one, my friend. no pleasure, no pleasure. that just took a cold you ve got it. next time i see you. a pint. consider it done. good to see my front, thank you as always. good evening and welcome to ayman. tonight, the case against donald trump. for the next two hours we re going to break down the important legal developments this week, including that superseding indictment against the ex president and it s nixonian echo
for president? if you re sentenced? not at all. there s nothing in the constitution to say that it s good, and the radical left used to say that wouldn t stop me. not at all. more details continue to emerge about the sheer scope of donald trump s alleged criminality and the possible cover-up that followed, it is becoming clear that he is in a lead of his own. donald trump isn t just another richard nixon, he s nixon on steroids. let s bring in my panel, renato mariotti, a former federal prosecutor and legal affairs columnist at politico, but charles blow and michelle goldberg we, both are msnbc political analysts. it s great to have you with us. renato, let me start with just the basics of what we saw this week. how common or superseding indictments, and what are these new charges if anything, as well as the addition of this