former president donald trump officially kicking off his 2024 campaign with his first rally in waco, texas. that is expected to get underway at any minute. do not worry. we will not be bringing it to you live. tonight s event comes after a tough week for trump, as a multiple criminal investigations have been intensifying. learning his top aides will be forced to testify against him, trump exploded. on friday, a federal judge ruled ex chief of staff mark meadows and many other trump officials must speak to the grand jury and the january 6th investigation. now, trump is of course expected to appeal that division. meanwhile in new york, manhattan da alvin bragg is receiving hundreds of threats from trump s supporters, notes containing powder minutes ago, on hour ago an hour, downplaying this threat. he claims trump did not share an image of himself waving a baseball bat next to the da s head. i understand it was not his photo. it wasn t an article he re-posted it. but
head. i understand it was not his photo. it wasn t an article he re-posted it. but the headline of the article, without seeing the picture he was notified, he took it that. there is no crime in this case. and so, i can only understand why he s becoming upset. he s becoming politically persecuted. well, we will talk to all of that with our panel of experts. and then, there s litigation events, waco, texas marking 30th anniversary of the deadly standoff between federal agents and the cult new york times reports waco remains a symbol of government overreach with, quote, a cause for canterbury, far-right groups like the oath keepers and the proud boys. joining us to discuss, lisa reuben, msnbc legal analyst. joyce vance, msnbc contributor and former u.s. attorney. she is a co-host of the hashtag sisters in law podcast and professor at the university of alabama school of law. and fernand amandi, president of the fernand amandi international. he is the host of the strange day p