judge chutkan, he s one of the most well respected judges in washington, d.c.. and that is true whether you are republican or a democrat, whether you are a prosecutor or defense attorney. she is someone who just uniformly gets really high marks. notably here, she was the public defender for many years, so the as a criminal defense attorney and so she is schooled in the language of criminal defense. she leans on defendants rights, if the defendant is a poor person or donald trump, and maybe the most important fact for everyone to keep in mind as you start to hear her public attack machine on her, she was confirmed by the united states senate to this job that she has now, her federal judgeship. her confirmation vote was 95 to 0. 95 to 0. that is who she is. i have no idea how she will vote in this case or how she will rule in any of this, on
Who was in the chamber that day it was trying to count every one of your viewers votes to make sure that their voice was heard, michael is that donald trump receives equal justice, due process under law and treated no better or worse than any other criminal defendant in america. funny you should say that, because earlier tonight, republican lisa murkowski, like you, read the indictment. ron desantis, florida governor, who is running against donald trump for the republican nomination, said he didn t read it. what does that tell you about the party? it tells me that the republican party, particular speak your mccarthy and republicans of congress have formed the largest law firm in washington, d.c., and they represent just one client, donald trump. they re not working on bringing down the cost of health care or any sort of ethics reforms to insider trading in congress.
To continue to run as a candidate today and undermine our system of justice. i can t imagine, when i was a prosecutor, if i had prove my case beyond a reasonable doubt and a jury acquitted the defendant and then one of the jurors were telling a tv camera outside the courtroom the defendant is responsible for everything that they did, it would feel like, well you had a chance to do that. and so that speech is called comfort for every american who wants to see accountability. to that point, do these charges validate the work of the january six committee? it validates the work of the second impeachment trial, where we tried this case within a couple of weeks of the attack, we didn t have much evidence and from that the members, the bipartisan members of the january six committee, went to work for 18 more months and showed that donald trump incited, lied, to and aimed the mob at the capitol because he lost an election and wanted that mob to overturn it. and this man, who has been a
Very professional operation down here, and if there is fraud to be found they will find it. what does donald trump turn around and tweet right after receiving that information? that the officials down in georgia are covering up election fraud and they are, quote, terrible people. it s almost laughable how easy it will be at trial to put the lie to donald trump s public statements, and it proves his determination to sow distrust and to put everybody in a position where they are going to be whipped up because their votes were being stolen. and then he exploited it, and who is a star witness against him in that regard? it s mark meadows. peter, i keep getting tangled up in logic. for those who are arguing this is all politically motivated, they want to keep donald trump out of office, if the main ingredients, if the roadmap for
the president bears responsibility for wednesday s attack on congress by mob rioters. there s no question that president trump is practically and morally responsible for provoking the events a day. donald trump s republican accusers get tonight s last word. the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now. stephanie as we understand, donald trump, former president of the united states has not been indicted. the d.c. grand jury investigating his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. the attack on our nation s capital on january six, 2021, was an unprecedented assault on the scene of american democracy. it s described in the indictment, consumed by lies.