Us into your home. Big news day. Thank you. Welcome to The Beat. We are tracking the story which is disgusting. We have braeging news on this federal case against Donald Trump which he is still slated to go on trial for. This is a newly unsealed 165page filing. This is from Jack Smith. The reason its a big deal, we knew there was a trial coming slated for after the election. We knew smith had narrowed aspects of this case in response to the supreme Court Ruling on immunity but what we didnt know is the new evidence against defendant trump. There are still some redactions in this for various reasons but there is new information in the filing at the kind of Top End of valuable information that we knew existed but did not have until today are those secret, private conversation that is occurred between then President Trump and Mike Pence. So we have new evidence about their secret meetings. All of which were at the behest of Donald Trump and some of which we knew but are learning more deta
Permission from Judge Chutkan Jack Smith released a filing with never before seen evidence he has compiled against Donald Trump in his investigation of the federal Election Interference Case. It begins with the defense of Jack Smiths entire case in light of the supreme courts immunity decision which divides official acts from private acts, giving president s immunity for official ones. It reads in part, quote, the defendant asserts that he is immune from prosecution for his criminal scheme to overturn the 2020 president ial election, because he claims it entailed official conduct. Not so. Although the defendant was the incumbent president during the charged conspiracies, his scheme was fundamentally a private one. This motion provides a comprehensive account of the defendants private criminal conduct. This quote comprehensive account of Donald Trumps criminal conduct is 165 pages long. Its here on our desk, we just got it a few minutes ago. Fortunately for us we have an entire team of
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
investigations into january 6th and based on the evidence we saw last night, he might not be the last given that blockbuster hearing from the january 6th select committee in prime time last night. the committee put in place critical building blocks in its case against donald trump having criminal exposure as the leader of the plot against the government he led. in a hearing focused on what was unfolding inside the west wing of the white house on january 6th and in the days immediately following. the committee laid out in extraordinary detail everything that was happening as donald trump holed up in the white house dining room in front of the tv and barred photographers from the room as the mob he riled up attacked the united states capitol. the committee delivered evidence proving trump repeatedly and consistently resisted pleas from just about everybody on the white house staff for a forceful statement of condemnation. that would have the effect of calling off and stopping t
failed because this man is continuing to use a seditious lies to try to hold on to power in this country, is illegally pressuring witnesses to not give testimony to one of the branches of government that has a sacred obligation to protect the constitution. i mean, if you think about it, we have candidates all over the country proudly campaigning on this seditious lie. it is time. i feel very strongly that there is a mountain of evidence now about this man s state of mind and exactly what went down, and that when he couldn t do it legally, he said screw the law. i don t care about the law. i want to hold on to power, and that is a crime. well, so much there to unpack in your one response, claire. i think in some ways, the quietest witness was the most tragic one. it was mr. ayers. he was one such radicalized trump supporter. he described himself as a family man and a working man. he said everything about his life has changed. in an eerie way, there was an echo to a life bein