often talk about what happening with the question of jim jordan obtaining testimony from a former prosecutor who worked for alvin bragg that became a pretty hotly argued motion today in federal court. the judge ruled very quickly so quickly that it s very clea that the opinion was written before the argument took place also later in the hour, more important, lee merritt is gonn join us, the attorne representing ralph yarl, the 1 year old shot twice for ringin the wrong doorbell and o course as you know, ralph is a home, under the care of hi mother, who is a nurse, so the first thing will find out is how ralph is doing, and then we ll find out more about th status of that case. those are really importan voices on a night like this, lawrence sounds like a good show. thank you, alex goodnight today, a trump appointe federal judge in manhattan deciding whether to block subpoena by jim jordan to former prosecutor in manhattan district attorney alvin bragg office, and in
talking about the beauty u north i will predict over th course of the year 2023 an possibly 24. before you have yourself an excellent. oh thanks to tom for joinin us tonight it was february 23rd of last year russia was on the brink o invading ukraine the midterm were just beginning to kic into high gear and this story broke in the ne york times two prosecutors leading new york trump inquiry resign, clouding cases future. two prosecutors in manhattan da s office quit out o frustration with the newly-erected elected alvi bragg was not being aggressive enough in prosecuting donald trump okay yes so that story now feels like it came from an alternate universe manhattan da bragg is now th first prosecutor to brin charges against former president over an alleged hush money scheme around the 2016 election so this picture of alvin bragg as a timid prosecutor afraid t take on donald trump, well that picture doesn t seem to fit the bill anymore for weeks alvin bragg has been the
up late with us. i will see you at the end of tomorrow it was february 23rd of las year, russia was on the brin of invading ukraine th midterms were just beginning t kick into high gear. and this story broke in the ne york times two prosecutors leading new york trump inquiry resign, clouding cases future. two prosecutors in manhattan da s office quit out o frustration with the newly-erected elected alvi bragg was not being aggressive enough in prosecuting donald trump okay yes so that story now feels like it came from an alternate universe manhattan da bragg is now th first prosecutor to brin charges against former president over an alleged hush money scheme around the 2016 election so this picture of alvin bragg as a timid prosecutor afraid t take on donald trump, well that picture doesn t seem to fit the bill anymore for weeks alvin bragg has been the victim of an onslaught slo of attacks on republicans, all eager to defend trump s. they ve used antisemitism an racist d
about how he keeps up with all of, it and also, his weekend routine. okay, by now you know that the former president has bee indicted this all may feel like a whole lot to digest, i know it feels like that even to me lots of evidence, lots o witnesses, and years o investigation have led to this moment but, here is the bottom line this is an example of ou judicial system working like i should work. and how it works in democracie across the globe yes, i know that there is an outcry on the right, and there is a lot of political question about what this all means. over the course of this next hour, this is what we are goin to talk. about the politics, th divisions in our country, an what comes next. but it is worth taking a ste back to remember how exactly w got to this point in thi particular case. it all stems from trump s role and scheme to cover up his alleged affair in 2006 wit adult from store, stormy daniels, when the national enquirer got wind of her story in 2016, by the
motivated. there is no evidence the investigation is politically motivated. after the agreement for former prosecutor mark pomerantz testify was announced, alvin bragg said this on twitter. our successful stay of thi subpoena blocked the immediate deposition and fortress th time necessary to coordinate with the house judiciary committee on an agreement that protects the d. a. s privilege and interests. we are pleased with this resolution, which ensures an questioning of our forme employee will take place in th presence of our general counse on a reasonable agreed upo timeline let s bring back kate benner and former alabama senator dou jones. katie, what do you make of thi deal between alvin bragg and jordan on having mark pomerant testify? it seems each side here ha claimed a little bit of victory, what do you think of it? well each side has claime victory because no ultimat decision has been made what is interesting as you see first of, all looking at jim jordan he has done somethin