Its monday. Big week ahead. Good morning, everyone. Were so glad youre here. Welcome back. Thanks for having me. How was your week . It was good. It was good. What did i miss . Lots of news. Nothing. Yeah. Therell be lots of news this well. Lets start with five things to know. This morning, twiceindicted former President Trump is bracing for potentially more charges, but its not hurting his polling. Look at this. A New York Times siena poll shows him with a dominating lead. 54 of likely Republican Voters picking trump. And a maralago Maintenance Work set to appear in court. Carlos de la vera is reported to tell another Maintenance Work that trump wanted the Security Footage deleted. Were learning that trumps Leadership Pac spent 40 million on legal fees since start of the year. An american nurse and her child kidnapped in haiti. They were abducted from the campus of a christian humanitarian organization. Now the state Department Says theyre in touch with the haitian authorities. And th
Nearly 60 million americans could see temperatures above 100 degrees this week. Well tell you the areas most at risk. And well take you live to pakistan, where a Suicide Bombing killed at least 54 people. Welcome to our viewers in the United States and around the world, im omar jimenez, a lot to get, to so lets get to it. In just a few hours an obscure employee of donald trump will appear in Federal Court in miami to face charges in the maralago case. Special counsel added Maintenance Worker Carlos De Oliveira against the former president and his aide walt nauta. De ol varvera approached the i. Director at maralago told him, quote, the boss wanted the Surveillance Video deleted. Cnn spoke to them prosecutors may have a hard time especially if they want to use it against trump. They dont have much more than that they may have enough to charge carlos with it but quite frankly, if you charged donald trump every time somebody said the boss wanted something. So many of them just use that ph
Federal Election Interference case. In a brief order, the court said it would hear arguments in april, but it could take months for the court to issue an opinion. In the meantime, jack smiths case is on hold, meaning no trial can take place and even if the Supreme Court ultimately rules against trump, the intervention puts the trials start date in question. In essence, some would say, given him immunity, possibly. Joining us now, msnbc chief Legal Correspondent and anchor of the beat on msnbc, ari melber. State attorney for Palm Beach County florida, darren ehrenberg, im going to ask you the same question. Theyve, all start with you. Were you surprised at this really . I was shocked, mika. The five justices who granted the state through sand in the years of justice and they further delegitimized the Supreme Court in the eyes of so many. Chief Justice Roberts cares deeply about the perception of the high court. He wants people to believe that they are above politics. That is why its mys
Department of justice at the time. Hes also accused of lying to investigators. Again, it is not the crime, folks. It is the coverup, but there is a delay. De oliveira hasnt secured local counsel to represent him in florida so the judge asked him to return later, next thursday, to go about the arraignment. If all of this sounds familiar, thats because the other trump aide indicted in the classified Documents Case, the valet, walt nauta, twice had his not guilty plea postponed for the very same reason and perhaps youre saying to yourself, what a stroke of bad fortune. Both indicted Trump Associates somehow unable to find a florida lawyer, thereby delaying their trials with the 2024 election fast approaching. Go figure. This afternoon, there are also significant concerns surrounding de oliveiras legal fees, specifically who is going to pay for them. Its reportedly a trump pact and that raises a number of major questions that we will address throughout the hour, but first, consider how thi
Good evening from washington. I am mehdi hasan in for chris hayes. Donald trump could end up behind bars next year for conspiracy to obstruct justice. And if he does, it may very well be because of a new testimony by someone identified by the justice department, only as Trump Employee 4. Now that we have had all weekend to digest the new Superseding Indictment for donald trump from doj special counsel jack smith and the classified documents case, employee number fours involvement seems particularly notable. According to the indictment, he played a key role in what appears to be a Pressure Campaign from trump and his co defendant, Valet Walt Nauta and maralago property manager carlos de oliveira, to delete Security Footage from the club after it was subpoenaed by prosecutors. And now, it sure seems like employee 4 could be talking, it turns out, he is an i. T. Worker for maralago named yuscil taveras. According to one new report, taveras himself received a Target Letter from the departm