he says the case appears s weak on his legal an jurisdictional basis, sustaine judge might dismiss the case and mitigate the damage, tha seems not to be the case i your mind. i don t think so either. let me point to the criticisms here the fact seemed beyond dispute he paid the hush money, it was a catch and kill operation it s all there we all know it the checks are there him committing misdemeanor offenses under state law beyond dispute the legal theory that kicks it up to a felony, in pursuit o another crime, what do you think about how it s described the indictment and whether that will stand up to a legal challenge well, it s not described in the indictment that s by design new york law does not requir you to name the underlying crime. and there was speculation, lot of speculation, prior to the - unsealing, that the underlying
the way that the trump team would imagine that that it was that it is. i think that i think that points critical. this chapter begins today. people have spent five days since we learned of the indictment saying what they think today we find out what prosecutors at least some of what prosecutors know. so hit the reset button and start today. we ve also seen though in the last five days, the trump effect on american politics, which is your chairman of house committees on the republican side of the house, attacking a judge criticizing an indictment criticizing a process they know nothing about. they know nothing about attacking the rules attacking the norms attacking the system. that is trump s playbook. so that s the trump effect. but today we ll start to learn the details of what effect this might actually have on trump going forward. yes, he s the frontrunner today. yes. this will help him. it has helped him in the polling today and tomorrow next week. nobody votes for 10 or 11 months.
indicts a job. they want a picture of donald trump in handcuffs they want a mug shot now he turns around, purely for political purposes and indicts a former president on misdemeanor offenses that they re straining to try to may have committed misdemeanors. trump s indictment and subsequent trial w convert into felonies. this is going to destroy america. it s notable that governor desantis conceded that trump may have committed misdemeanors. trump s indictment and subsequent trial will be a test for the rule of law. will it further divide the nation or signal that no one is voting to impeach trump at his recall that senator mitch much continue has not commented on the indict mns since it was reported on thursday, but we should remind you what he said after voting to impeach trump at his second impeachment trial
the midterms, via his proxy candidates and he did not mention trump by name in his remarks over the weekend, but he did talk about the indictment take a listen. he doesn t want to charge people with felonies, so now he turns around purely for political purposes, and indicts a former president on misdemeanor offenses that they re straining to try to convert into felonies. that is when you know that the law has been weaponized for political purposes reporter: so it is an interesting split screen here, right? desantis traveling to those swing states, campaigning without campaigning, right he s on a book tour. he hasn t officially announced, but he is out there talking to voters, talking to those important elected officials that are going to be helpful in those states while the former president, his top rival in the 2024 primary, is headed here to new york to be arraigned in this
motivated. it s personally motivated. it s one thing when you have a cancel culture it s another when you have a cancel criminal justice system now he turned around, purely for political purposes, and indicts a former president on misdemeanor offenses that they re straining to try to convert into felonies. that is when you know that the law has been weaponized for political purposes we re going to have to look at the appropriations process and limit funds going to some of these agencies, particularly the ones engaged in the most egregious behavior so the doj and fbi? yeah. joining me now, joyce vance, former u.s. attorney, professor at the university of alabama school of law and msnbc legal analyst, and michael steele, former rnc chair, msnbc political analyst, and host of the michael steele podcast i will add to that sea of people who are super angry about trump s viktor orban, the prime