as sean carter once said, the same sword that knights you could be the sword that good nights you. and who they invited in included our very special guest, christopher cobronson, who provided all of the footage we just showed in which andrew weissmann, a former mueller prosecutor said is of great investigative interest. thank you for your work, and welcome back. thanks a lot. thanks for having me. we tried to put some of that in context. some of it may not be criminal. it may just undercut defenses. if you publicly claimed on scouts honor for months that there was secret fraud and you won the election, but then in your private moments that you were able to record, mr. stone, quite casually and candidly refers to why they lost, that may not be a crime. it just may be a real exposure. some of the other stuff looks dodgy as well, in a different way.
weissmann, a former mueller special prosecutor. former general counsel for the fbi, a great guest on these very issues. welcome back. nice to be here. andrew, i put all of those themes to you that this isn t real heat, but other rico defendants that i just showed in that very fulton county area are not out on bond whatsoever. what do you think of that contrast and the link to the wider questions of how this criminal justice system could deal with a defendant who becomes a convict but wants to exhaust his appeals rights because everyone asks, they ask me, i bet they ask you. wait, even if convicted, could stay still run, what would he be doing, a lot of experts think he would effectively be taking it to the supreme court? look, there are many many ways in which donald trump is being treated differently. but there are also ways in which he is not. so, you know, for a so-called white collar defendant who is not a risk of flight, it is very
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 people s 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. it s remarkable that we re talking about three separate criminal cases and maybe even another one. but it s important to know that both sides are need her entitle
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