The criminal indictment weve covered in manhattan, florida, and washington, d. C. Mr. Trump continuing his unrelenting attacks against d. A. Fani will is throughout the morning, claiming that this prosecution is the latest, quote, witch hunt against him. Mr. Trump is also promising a press conference next monday morning, where he is going to release some reports that he says it will improve there was Election Fraud despite multiple court cases, saying he won the presidency fair and square. And the campaign as with previous indictments have addressed a flurry of Fundraising Emails to try to turn this latest legal woe to financial gain. Garrett haake is here, katie phang, Chuck Rosenberg, msnbc legal analyst lisa ruben and former fbi general counsel. Chuck rosenberg, power panel, and i will start with you if i can. When i read this social media post by donald trump, he promised a large complex and detailed report by monday, to refute this indictment. Is it bound with footnotes and where
Democrats are making it clear they will not provide the life raft for him. Let republicans deal with their own problems. I mean, let them wallow in their pig sty of incompetence. But the Big Question Hanging Over The Hill right now, if not mccarthy, then who . I want to bring in ali vitali on capitol hill. Also with us, Washington Post national reporter, carol lehning. Former aid to speakers paul ryan and john boehner and msnbc political analyst, brendan buck. Were also joined by former republican congressman from florida, carlos. Ali, ive been away from you for all of a minute so i know either someones walked by you or youre getting texts. Tell us where everything stands right now. Certainly both. As we went off the air with you, congressman chip roy walked by. I asked if he thought any of these other hard liners could have their minds changed. He said well see. The reporting we did just a few minutes ago says a lot of these folk who said their going to vote against mccarthy probably
the georgia indictment comes almost two weeks after the former president was indicted by jack smith s probe and some of the suspected unindicted co conspirators in that case are now co defendants in the fulton county case. joining me now, washington post reporter, carol lehning and washington post national security reporter, devlin barrett. carol, how does this indictment from fani willis fit into the broader scope of the other cases surrounding former president trump? you know, i think, chris, the best way or the best item to compare it with is obviously special counsel jack smith s indictment of donald trump and reference to several unindicted
united states? if you think about all these actors, the time to have struck a plea was many months ago. not now. but there s always still the possibility of a plea. second, you could have trials broken up and i think you will, multiple trials, but how how will depend on what judges say. there s so many variables it s hard to predict. devlin, carol, thank you very much. coming up in our next hour of special coverage, more on the 30 unindicted co conspirators in the georgia case. neil on what role they could play in donald trump s prosecution. plus, conflicting calendars anned the significant scheduling challenges they could face. our special coverage of the indictment of donald trump continues on msnbc right after this break. nald trump continues on msnbc right aerft this break
meeting again today to further this discussion and perhaps we ll get a more complete answer from them in the not too distnt future on how they want to move forward. carol, talk to me about what the doj might or might not want with this? would the doj be welcome to get these referrals? does this complicate things or make it easier? well, i think it s complicated because and you re right to ask the question, katy. the january 6th committee, that investigative team has been a standout among congressional investigations. at least in my time covering washington and capitol hill and the department of justice. here s another exceptional thing. they found a lot of information and they were way ahead of the department of justice on some key moments. some key findings. the january 6 committee, a group of congressional staffers along with often former department of justice investigators, uncovered