About how he keeps up with all of, it and also, his Weekend Routine. Okay, by now you know that the former president has bee indicted this all may feel like a whole lot to digest, i know it feels like that even to me lots of evidence, lots o witnesses, and years O Investigation have led to this moment but, here is the bottom line this is an example of Ou Judicial System working like i should work. And how it works in democracie across the globe yes, i know that there is an outcry on the right, and there is a lot of political question about what this all means. Over the course of this next hour, this is what we are goin to talk. About the politics, th divisions in our country, an what comes next. But it is worth taking a ste back to remember how exactly w got to this point in thi particular case. It all stems from trumps role and scheme to cover up his alleged affair in 2006 wit adult from store, stormy daniels, when the National Enquirer got wind of her story in 2016, by the, way at th
about how he keeps up with all of, it and also, his weekend routine. okay, by now you know that the former president has bee indicted this all may feel like a whole lot to digest, i know it feels like that even to me lots of evidence, lots o witnesses, and years o investigation have led to this moment but, here is the bottom line this is an example of ou judicial system working like i should work. and how it works in democracie across the globe yes, i know that there is an outcry on the right, and there is a lot of political question about what this all means. over the course of this next hour, this is what we are goin to talk. about the politics, th divisions in our country, an what comes next. but it is worth taking a ste back to remember how exactly w got to this point in thi particular case. it all stems from trump s role and scheme to cover up his alleged affair in 2006 wit adult from store, stormy daniels, when the national enquirer got wind of her story in 2016, by the
forward. so i guess the question, jus to go back to, it again, is di you authorize won it before yo left office? jan, there has been a lot o reporting on that, and i a going to answer it this way. if i did, it was on th understanding that i knew that we had not finished that wor and it would ultimately be district attorney bragg decision whether to move forward in the investigation that we were working on, or separate one that he wanted to build. in terms of understanding o the process, i think that is important for people to know out there. were you presented with prosecution memo that woul have been one of the final steps, if not the final step i the process before a indictment jan, again, you are askin the questions about internal communications that i really don t feel i can answer withou breaching confidence it is no disrespect, but tha is the rules of the road
this is going to destro america. if those video stress you out and make you questio whether all of this is worth it, take a breath and don t frea out. because as polarizing as our society can feel, in the activ investigating it of criminal behavior is not partisan b definition this is how the legal proces is supposed to work. they made a strong enough case for a grand jury, which is mad up of 23 citizens of new yor to bring an indictment that s where we are right now, and in donald trump s case, he certainly has the resources to afford a strong defense. and if he does become the firs former president to be convicted, that won t mean tha we turn to a banana republic either here in the red states, plenty of elected officials, includin officials in executive office, like governors, have bee indicted and convicted o criminal charges we survived, likewise, heads o
difficult time in new york cit to get work done number one, we had been aske to pause by the u.s. attorney office, subsequently, covid hi in the spring of 2020. that greatly impacted ou ability to gather witnes evidence to convene a gran jury s because the courthous was not functioning. and so, it really was not unti the spring of 21 when the cour issued its order on the ta returns that we got thos records and we were able t move extradition sly but what happened is is that although he hopes to do, when left, i understood it was gonn be alvin bragg s decision. whether to continue th investigation that we were running, or to start his own so that is the overarchin storyline. i m asking this ver specifically because it is being used to attack the strength of brett s case and there have been reports, including by people who worked in the office, that you di authorize an indictment moving