Im not talking about the guy. Im not talking about the guy pretending to be a dog. Im talking about maybe the idea that that bear was a person, and that sent the Internet Ablaze with everyone speculating, because it looked way too real. What is it that you think neither the bear or the dog is the craziest thing that weve reported on this week . I know exactly. It tells you exactly the world we are living in. Great show as always my friend, great to see you. Good evening. Everyone we have special news. A Special Counselor alike to that Protective Order against donald. Trump, plus debunking trumps defense. Well break down the empty units his legal team and his republican allies which theyre already making. The woman at the center of the criminal trial, what to know about judge tanya trot again, and her surprising history with the ex president. Im Ayman Mohyeldin, lets get started. I read a lot of Breaking News this evening, just moments ago, a string of developments regarding Donald Trum
So were going to do it the way we try to do it around here, which is with the facts and details first, and then well discuss them together. Todays proceeding began around 4 15 p. M. Eastern. Defendant trump was seated with his lawyers, just as he was during his last arraignment. You may recall. This is a sketch from that day in a Federal Court in florida. That was how he looked then. Todays arraignment adjourned so recently that we actually dont have those actual Court Sketches yet. We will get them and we will bring them to you on msnbc at whatever hour we get them. Lets put it like this when this year began, no former president had ever been indicted and arraigned. Tonight were reporting on Defendant Trumps third arraignment in four months. So he does know this process. Today he was digitally fingerprinted, submitted details like his birthday and Social Security number william a know that special counsel jack smith was in the courtroom because our reporters spotted him, seated roughl
This time than what we might have otherwise been expecting. If the allegations in this indictment are proven Beyond A Reasonable Doubt and a jury convicts some of these crimes, history will not ask, wow, how did america get to the point where they indicted a former president . History instead is going to ask, how did america get to the point where such a person could be elected to the presidency of the United States. Were actions such as these could be carried out from the oval office directed by a person who was elected president by the American People, along with his advisers. This is a grave day and a serious one for our country. Thank you for being with us here tonight. We know you had every choice in the world. But we are happy to have you here on what will go down in u. S. History as a black letter, bold faced date, August 1st 2023 is the date on which a former president and the leading president ial candidate of the Republican Party was indicted in Federal Court, accused of lead
acting attorney general jeffrey rosen and acting deputy attorney general richard donahue on election fraud claims in wisconsin, georgia, and pennsylvania. all of which are debunked. all of which are debunked. on december 28th, coconspirator four, who appears to be ex doj official jeffrey clark sends a draft literal to rosen and donahue. he pushes them to sign. the letter he wants to send to those seven targeted states contains election lies and claims the justice department had, quote, identified significant concerns that may have impacted the outcome of the election and multiple states. luckily, donahue rejects that. trump, no. he doesn t give up. he keeps going. on december 31st, trump meets with rosen and donahue and other advisers where he again raises election lies.
interesting and important tidbit. there s a conversation between i believe it s jeffly clark, coconspirator four and deputy white house counsel, patrick philbin, really interesting conversation in the oval office where jeffrey clark talks about, that s why we have the insurrection act. abusing military power of the national guard to put down any unrest if donald trump stole the race and actually physically stopped president-elect biden from taking office. yes, an extraordinary and just really reckless and frightening comment. i got to tell you this, because i got so much going on. the next question i have for you sometimes i think of my next question in advance. andrew does that, too. why did jack smith put that in the indictment? we re going to get more in that, and if you ll come back next time i have you. i hope you ll come back. sure. love to. want me to hold my answer on