of double jeopardy? i don t know. what i do know is that the stuff that everyone admits to on the left, on the right, in the middle and the agnostics is that this is a piece of garbage. it means nothing. to drag a president, a former president of the united states in to the bowels of the criminal courts in new york city is a horrendous act. unless you have something at least identifiable you cannot do that. plus, i haven t gotten into the issue of intent. how are you going to show what donald trump s intent was? former president trump. this is a bookkeeping offense. we don t bring presidents down on that kind of thing. the amazing thing is, when you have one party indicting another party and this is mark and kellyanne s milieu, it stinks to high heaven even in a criminal courtroom. martha: here s what he said yesterday, alvin bragg, when he was asked.
more on that in a moment as a new york politician somebody came up in the ne york political and busines milieu he knows as well as anyone tha new york politicians i particular get indicted all th time in just the past few years tha in new york alone we ve had no one, not to, but three different new york congressman indicted and a lieutenan governor and six state senator including the leader of th senate and at least six stat members, members of the stat assembly before i got bored an stopped counting there s very little practica impact on regular human life o an american politician facin an indictment. especially when the charges ar such that the trial itself i likely to be slightly less interesting than watching pain dry on something where you don t really care if the pai tries. politicians get indicted current officeholders ge indicted former officeholders get indicted former candidates for ic
office life? no, america has never before seen the indictment of a former president, but we did elect donald trump to be president, and his life, business, and political milieu are a place in which handcuffs are like seasonal decorations. happy equinox. but whether you like mr. trump or you do not like him, it is both fair play and relevant, and it is starting to feel important to remember that our politics broadly is absolutely full of public officials, current and former public officials, both parties, neither party, every state in the union. we are full of current and former public officials who have been charged with all kinds of crimes and been convicted of everything imaginable. members of congress and senators and governors, even a serving attorney general like these
blocked the report of the special grand jury and remove the district attorney who has been leading the investigation. now you might remember that republicans in the georgia state legislature have passed a bill both through the house and the senate that would allow them to remove prosecutors who do things that republicans don t like. the georgia republican governor is expected to sign that bill once it reaches his desk. the question is, if you re in georgia law enforcement, if you re a georgia citizen, or if you re just an american looking at georgia republicans blazing this trail through the forest, what does this mean? what we re seeing now in georgia is beyond just the former president and his supporters invaguing against a prosecution that threatens him. this is a very fundamental shot at the independence of law enforcement and effectively the division of powers in our government. it s not quite a done deal in georgia because the governor has not yet signed this law. but this is the
the question is, if you re in georgia law enforcement, if you re a georgia citizen, or if you re just an american looking at georgia republicans blazing this trail through the forest, what does this mean? what we re seeing now in georgia is beyond just the former president and his supporters inveighing against a prosecution that threatens him. this is a very fundamental shot at the independence of law enforcement and effectively the division of powers in our government. it s not quite a done deal in georgia because the governor has not yet signed this law. but this is the new milieu in which prosecutorial decisions are being made in georgia, knowing that this is coming down the pike. joining us now is michael moore, he s a former attorney for the middle district. mr. moore, it s really nice to see you. thanks for being here. i m glad to be with you. thank you. let me first get your reaction to this filing in the fulton county investigation today.