tonight andrew weissmann at a stunning revelations from the snt why prosecutor fired by donald trump. then, what we are learning about newly unsealed portions of the mar-a-lago affidavit and the republicans unveiled their plan to abort plant that abortion nationwide. i thought of the night to introduce a bill. senator amy corker on the overwhelming backlash to lindsey graham s plan. give me a chance to vote on this bill. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. well, it was as bad as it looked, in fact it was even worse. had a lot of occasions to say that in the trump years of american life but this new example of donald trump s misconduct in office is about as clear as it gets. it comes directly from the former united states attorney for the southern district of new york, arguably the most powerful district in the entire country. for two and a half years that man you see there jeffrey bergman served in that role as the head of th
abortion nationwide. i thought of the night to introduce a bill. senator amy corker on the overwhelming backlash to lindsey graham s plan. give me a chance to vote on this bill. when all in starts right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. well, it was as bad as it looked, in fact it was even worse. had a lot of occasions to say that in the trump years of american life but this new example of donald trump s misconduct in office is about as clear as it gets. it comes directly from the former united states attorney for the southern district of new york, arguably the most powerful district in the entire country. for two and a half years that man you see there geoffrey berman served in that role as the head of that district during the trump administration. berman has written a new book out today in which he details several instances in which donald trump abused the power of the department of justice. as berman told rachel maddow last, night trump s doj rapi
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who they did or did not want the southern district to prosecute. berman require recalls went into this in september, 2018 two months before the midterm elections when a doj official called his deputy. as the new york times describes it quote, after citing the recent prosecutions of two prominent trump loyalists, the official said the office, which had been investigating gregory b. craig, a powerful democratic lawyers should charging, and do so by election day. according to berman the official told his deputy quote, it s time for you guys to even things out. berman s office declined to prosecute craig. get this, the department set the f-investigation to federal prosecutors in washington, where craig was indicted, tried on a single count of making false statements. he was acquitted by a jury in less than five hours. government also details what happened when bill barr tried to push him out. it told my colleague nicole walsh about the strategy.
the prosecutor prosecutorial power as one of the ultimate powers that state wields, and it s used to go after people who don t like politically, then you re not really living in a free society anymore. so to say to go after greg craig puts you on the edge of something that is pretty dark? that is the fundamental truth here and the main point looks like jeff berman tough and other people talking about how this is an unwritten rule at the department of justice, because the department of justice is part of the executive branch. so the president has the power to dictate what they can and cannot do, and in times of general policy, we should prosecute drugs more or less, that is fine. but when it comes to saying we are going to prosecute democrats but not republicans, that actually is antithetical to living in a country where