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
The lookout for. He did it in front of everybody. But today, he was nabbed, so to speak. He was arrested and booked. No mugshot was taken at the ex president , but his fingerprints were taken. There are no cameras allowed in federal court. We have these sketches, where donald j trump, the 44th president of the united states, was the rain, 45th president of the united states, was arraigned on four Felony Counts for his attempts to steal the election. The ex president pleaded not guilty, there were no literal handcuffed. But he surrendered and was arrested, he submitted to federal custody in the federal courthouse. Special counsel jack smith sat in the front row during the arraignment. Defendant trump was sworn in. We did not hear a lot from him, but when asked by the Magistrate Judge, he stated his full name, quote, donald j trump, john. When asked his age he said 77, 77. He entered a plea of not guilty on all charges for his attempts to subvert american democracy and end the Constituti
Wasnt just showing up for court. Numerous january 6th cases have been heard. The judge overseeing trumps arraignment has also overseen the cases of people including dominic fox and Qanon Activist who live streamed the storming of the capitol, a jared wise, a former fbi agent charged with assaulting a Police Officer on january 6th. This is all very much a Trip Down Memory Lane for mr. Trump. Now, there were no Courtroom Cameras today, but thanks to courtroom sketch artist bill hennessy, we know what it looks like when a former president of the United States appeared in court to be formally and federally charged for trying to subvert american democracy. There were more than 110 people in the courtroom to hear this arraignment including several of the federal judges who have been presiding over other january 6th cases, judges who showed up today in plain clothes as spectators for trumps arraignment. The judge presiding over the arraignment was a New York State judge inasmuch he read the c
to all of the details of what they went through. the degree of difficulty of what they were dealing with it so much greater than anything that i was ever exposed to or involved with what i was working in the senate on similar issues. look it is like i just cannot believe how easy we had a compared to this team. this is a story, and that was an interview opportunity that resonates on you like somebody put the world s biggest tuning fork on you. it goes right to the heart and soul of what you know best in the whole world. it s so good. and we are starting tonight with neal katyal and andrew weissmann because apparently, there was some, you know, trump legal developments today that are worth discussing, and maybe this week in a big way. if ever there was a day for your defendant, trump, franchise, this is it, my friend. this is it. thank you, rachel. thank you. well, here is the kind of newsday it has been on that defendant trump beat. our first guest tonight, former fed
for me for now. but now, it s time for the guy who i ve been talking about for the last few minutes. now, it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. good evening, rachel. and thank you for that. we taped this interview with the white house negotiating team in the room where it happened today. and i could still be there. i could listen. i could listen for hours on end, all of the details of what they went through. and the degree of the difficulty of what they were dealing with is so much greater than anything that i was ever exposed to or involved with when i was working in the senate on similar issues. look, i just can t believe how we had compared to this team. this is a story, and that was an interview opportunity that resonates on you like somebody put the world s biggest tuning fork on you. it goes right to the heart and soul of what you know best in the whole world. it s so good. and we are starting tonight with neal katyal and and