Today, what is going on with Donald Trumps criminal cases. From delays in new york to rulings in South Florida and a major shakeup in georgia, the timelines keep changing. President biden taking his reelection message on the road. Swing state representatives are here is the president sells himself to the American People. And it is a week of chaos at the Republican National committee previewing of what is to come in a potential second trump term. The chairman has many thoughts on the matter. Grab your coffee and settle in. Welcome to the weekend. As we come on the air this morning, The White House has a message for congressional republicans. It is time to move on. The white House Counsel is telling Speaker Mike Johnson come in an unprecedented letter, to drop the Impeachment Inquiry into President Biden. The top critics are already looking for off ramps. Joining us in d. C. , staff contributor and msnbc political analyst. Welcome to you both. So mckay, how do we assess this very kind of
testimony to special counsel jack smith as his probe into january 6th zooms ahead. exclusive reporting from nbc news s julia ainsley says this, quote, about half a dozen secret service agents have testified before the grand jury that will decide whether or not to indict former president donald trump for his alleged role in the january 6th 2021 riot at the capitol, and efforts to interfere in the peaceful transfer of the presidency. that s according to two sources familiar with their testimony. roughly five or six acts have appeared in compliance with subpoenas they received. while it s unclear what testimony they provided, we do know that trump s secret service agents are very much in a position to corroborate some of the most stunning testimony of the star witness of the january 6th select committee. the meadows aide who pulled back the curtain on the inner workings and private conversations of the trump-directed coup plot. we are talking about cassidy hutchinson. hear is s
information, corruptly concealing documents nationa, conspiracy to obstruct justice, and alsoracy to 18 u.s.c. 1001e statements. now, let s not pretend here because over the next year, mayb. e more than that, maybeonger, longer, we re going to be seeing a very complicated legal process that will unfold regarding this indictment. ste we re going to cover it every step of the way as it does es unfold. e at dif and i m sure at different points, you re going to see merrick garland, the attorney on the hill, insisting that this prosecutionthe hill all bee by the books without political fear or favor. are going to be filed.motion cross motions are goings to be filed. leaks will happen, but maybe in an unconventional wa hapy. but i want to be veryy clea clear upfront herer . tens of millions of americans believe that donald trump isican being indicted by d fbi because he s a political opponent of the d.c. establishment and joe biden and, of course est he s the most popular rep
see you. welcome to the beat. i m ari melber. i hope you stay with us. tonight we begin with developments that i think really offer a kind of a contrast in this period of legal reckoning and accountability we have been talking about together because we were thinking about this for tonight s show. if you look at all of the prosecutors and all the investigators and all of the probes that donald trump has faced, including squaring off against big-time experienced investigators like prosecutor and former fbi director mueller, there were crimes found. there were issues that ensnared donald trump s aides. but even as the now-two-year probe of a public insurrection and attempt the coup has grinded on and on and not reached donald trump or most of his top aides, there are more clear signs and steps that show one prosecutor on a different fact pattern, a different case, has proven able to legally get farthest against donald trump and make precedent. i m talking about the new yor
in the world. and yet 2020 was also the year the democrats nominated by their free choice an elderly white man from a slave state who once eulogized a klan recruiter. the anti-white party picks the white guy. how does that happen? pretty simple. democrats care about power. power derives from winning. when you lose, you don t have power. bernie sanders couldn t win. b sanders terrified the donor class. from a fund-raising perspective, that turned out to be a wise choice. by the end of that cycles democrats spent $400 million just for mark zuckerberg. that does not even include the tens of billions in free media coverage as slick and dishonest as any paid ad. unlike paid ads, is not regulated by campaign finance law. so if you add all of that up, the democratic party dropped more in that presidential year than the entire annual gdp of most african countries. all to dislodge donald trump from the white house. nothing like that has ever happened. can they do it again? that s the