get out there and vote, by the storm. absolutely. it is a critical race to b watching congressman, congresswoman gwe moore and michelle goldber thank you. and that is tonight reidout. all in with chris hayes starts right now. tonight on all in - if the president wa reluctant, would you put him o the stand? it s a bad idea for trump because he lacks self control. the former presiden descends the golden air stairs landing in new york for hi surrendered justice, as ne evidence and the documents cas keeps on coming. i can t imagine you ever say, bring these boxes that w brought back from the whit house, i d like to look at them did you ever do that i don t have the right to d that there s nothing wrong with it. tonight, congressman adam schiff on the eve of trump s first court appearance plus, the timeline for finding out what s actually in the charges, and why the publicity seeking ex president is arguin against cameras and court. and why jack smith subpoenas for
surrendered justice, as ne evidence and the documents cas keeps on coming. i can t imagine you ever say, bring these boxes that w brought back from the whit house, i d like to look at them did you ever do that i don t have the right to d that there s nothing wrong with it. tonight, congressman adam schiff on the eve of trump s first court appearance plus, the timeline for finding out what s actually in the charges, and why the publicity seeking ex president is arguin against cameras and court. and why jack smith subpoenas for the secret service could b the clearest sign yet that mor charges are coming when all in starts righ now. good evening from new york. i am chris hayes right now, donald trump is bac in new york city, just a few blocks from here, in fact. he is spending the night a trump tower ahead of his arraignment on criminal charge tomorrow afternoon this afternoon in a surrea spectacle, vaguely reminiscent of the infamous og simpson bronco case, we g
always be abused for the wrong reasons. but the more dangerous precedent to set here would be to do nothing, would be to essentially say, if th president of the united states you don t get accountable. you can do what you like you can violate the law with impunity that is the far more dangerous precedent here the author of that article als makes the point that h believes that joe biden coul have weighed in, and essentially got the manhatta da, the fulton county da, an the justice department t coordinate the reference, an the order of accountability. can you imagine what would happen if the president of the united states involve himsel in a prosecution of one of his potential opponents? i don t agree with that at all and while i certainly do agree that the justice departmen took way too long, and it woul have been much more desirabl for the most serious case to g first, if indeed the justice department ends up movin forward with charges, that s not the responsibility of the, or the faul
for the most serious case to g first, if indeed the justice department ends up movin forward with charges, that s not the responsibility of the, or the fault of the manhatta da that manhattan da followed the evidence to where it lead, whe the case was ready, it was presented to the grand jury, that is as it should be. the department of justice ha moved with a greater sense o urgency, and that case proceeded for before now there s been reporting that the ex president has bee calling congressional allies and of course, it is his allie that run of the united state house of representatives he s urging them basically t do two things, as far as i can read the reporting, one is t tighten the screws on bragg, b any means they can, investigat the manhattan district attorney, you know, subpoena him whatever and the other is to tighten th screws on joe biden, the president s family, hunter biden, to accelerate tha stuff. what do you make of thos reports? well, i don t know whethe