joining us now is when he s fleming, former district attorney of dekalb county, georgia. emily copeland, a criminal defense attorney and former georgia federal prosecutor. also what, this barbara mcquade, a former she s an msnbc legal analyst. gwen keys fleming, i know it s difficult to talk about this hearing without just having the transcript in front of us because i m eager to see every word that mark meadows said under oath. but what is your assessment of the hearing given the reporters summaries of it that we ve read so far? first and foremost, i think that struck me is mixed or meadows took the stand as a name defendant, that s a prosecutor s dream to be able to cross examine the defendant.
our discussion, andrew weissmann, former fbi general counsel and former chief of the criminal division of the eastman district of new york, a professor at nyu university, and co-host of the podcast prosecuting donald trump. barr mcquade is with, us former u.s. attorney and law professor at the university of michigan law school. they are both msnbc legal analysts. also joining us tonight, amy lee copeland, a criminal defense attorney and former georgia federal prosecutor. and andrew weissmann, let me go first to the hatch act, raised by fani willis, which is not something we have brought up in discussions on this program because mark meadows attempt to remove the case to federal court depends on his claim that everything he has done was exactly what a white house chief of staff. does this is the job. he was just doing the job. fani willis is brief take
complimented them. so you re a former georgia federal prosecutor. what do you think fani willis team s biggest achilles heel is as they take this to trial? well, it s just going to be a matter of time. i think they are going to miss willis said that she wanted to try this within six months and she would be ready. i have no doubt she can try it in six months. she has been investigating since february 10 of 2022. i think delay is going to be big, there will be motions, a removal petition filed by mr. meadows. i think the defense will need more than six months to prepare and wet agetting a jury is goin be very, very difficult. mark meadows wants this in federal court it will, but go ahead. he does. he filed a removal petition. i am sorry. mark meadows wants this in federal court, saying he had
allies with computer trespass felonies according to two people briefed on the matter. joining us now is amite lee copeland, she is a criminal defense attorney and former georgia federal prosecutor. amy lee, thank you for being here. how does georgia s racketeering statute applied to the trump case? thank you, jonathan, for having me tonight. the georgia racketeering status applies to the trump case because, as you know, it is broader than the federal statue. georgia has 43 additional state crimes that are named as racketeering credited acts, so the basis for a racketeering charge, including in that list is the computer trespass felony and that is what the allegation is, that happened in the voting machines in county georgia, where the gop officials down there went in on looked at what was going. on the did not once, not twice, but three different times. and so that is one potential predicate back and even though
story, they want to know what happened, they want to make an accurate decision about someone s life and so rico is a tool that allows a prosecutor s office in law enforcement to tell the whole story. rico charges could allow prosecutors to charge trump s allies with breaching voting machines in georgia. the guardian is reporting that fani willis now has enough evidence to charge trump s allies with computer trespass felonies according to two people briefed on the matter. joining us now is amite lee copeland, she is a criminal defense attorney and former georgia federal prosecutor. amy lee, thank you for being here. how does georgia s racketeering statute applied to the trump case? thank you, jonathan, for having me tonight. the georgia racketeering status applies to the trump case because, as you know, it is broader than the federal statue. georgia has 43 additional state crimes that are named as racketeering credited acts, so