Veteran Former Mueller prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst, seem right there back at work Andrew Weissmann. We are teeing off his expertise and legal analysis in his msnbc podcast with mary mccord who is also with us tonight. That is right here on your screen prosecuting donald trump. Before we get in any further, i want to begin with an open question to you that i think is on a lot of peoples minds in all fairness, can defended trump get a fair trial with these primaries approaching . Great question. I would broaden that question out. I would say can the government and the defendant get a fair trial . The answer to that is yes, that is going to put a lot of pressure on the judge in the d. C. Case, in the florida case, in the manhattan case. Its remarkable that were talking about three separate criminal cases and maybe even another one. But its important to know that both sides are need her entitle to a fair trump affair trial. And ultimately what the judge needs to do make sure that a
to a fair trump affair trial. and ultimately what the judge needs to do make sure that a jury is able to turn all of that noise off and it s going to try to turn that that jury here s what s going on in the courtroom and makes a decision based on. that it s interesting, his lawyers we can get overly positive nostalgic about the system when it works, but you are reminding everyone both sides, fair trial. actually, i think we can all agree in a non partisan basis, tuning out the noise, and whatever is in they re focused on facts and evidence. that leads to an acquittal, leads to a mistrial, that s consistent, but let s look at this evidence. absolutely. the hard part in a case like this where it s so prominent and i ve had to deal with it is the juror s lesson candidate who tries to get on a jury. and people say what you mean a jury was to get on a jury? i still wake up in the morning