da bragg dropped accountabilit right on his lap he now has to contend with that, you know i ve also been very clear when i stated and that people ask me over time, you must feel great about what i going on, what s happening that s not true. i do not and despite the fact that, again, it s abou accountability, i am not happy simply because it makes th united states, what s going on the first president ever in th history of the united states t be, you know, indicted this is not a good look fo america. i guess i would disagre with you there, michael cohen. i guess i would say i think president being held accountable, going through the system like anyone else, i think is good for democracy an america is now joining the res of the world they are telling me i am out o time but you have to come bac because there will be more t
john kennedy. in my book, get trump , i indicate over and over again, that i do not on the cover itself, i do not support donald trump for president. i support his constitutional rights. this case cries out for a different judge. this judge should look himself in the mirror and say i am not the right judge to preside over one of the most important cases in american history. there is too much appearance of injustice. first of all, judges are not supposed to give a nickel to a candidate of any kind. second, what we don t know is did he contribute or did he support, did he vote for da bragg? the man who ran for office on the promise essentially to get trump. i didn t that is his campaign promise. he knows that. so he ought to recuse himself. he also presided over two previous cases involving the
what do you make of michae cohen s comments there well, it s something i agre that donald trump is going t try, and his lawyers will try. it will not succeed. but that doesn t mean they aren t going to try it it is absolute nonsense to ask for a change of venue, this is a nationwide case. everyone knows about it. and if they do bait the judg into issuing a gag order, it will be a very well crafte order, that limits his speech, that provokes violence a speech that threatens th judge, the judge s daughter, the judge s family that threatens da bragg and hi family those things are not allowed under the first amendment, and his lawyers know it. so, they have to be stopped, w know the results of donald trump being unfettered, that was january 6th. we can t afford to have that happen again very real consequences, the house judiciary committee just
in protest after da bragg initially refused to move forward with trump s prosecution. of the we re live on that story in d.c. griff, good morning. you got it right, bill. good morning. this is chairman jordan s first subpoena related to the investigation and indictment of former president trump, comes after pomeranz refused a request to voluntarily cooperate with the committee. now in a letter accompanying this subpoena to pomeranz yesterday, jordan emphasized his unique role in the investigation, noting his previous public disclosuring of information, adding to this, quote, you have no basis to testify about matters before the committee you ve already discussed in your book and/or on a primetime television program. as you mentioned, bill, pomeranz resigned in protest, specifically because da bragg initially refused to prosecute trump, but now bragg is coming to pomeranz s defense yesterday, releasing a statement, blasting jordan s subpoena, saying it interferes in an ongoing
criminal matter, adding, quote, the house gop continues to try to undermine an active investigation in a new york criminal case with an unprecedented case of harassment and intimidation, repeated efforts are an abuse of power and want deter us from upholding the law. we spoke to ben klein who had response to bragg. watch. it s clear. he s admitted to using federal dollars, tax dollars, to in his office, in his investigations, into donald trump. so we want to get to the bottom of how american tax dollars are being used for political prosecutions in the new york da s office. meanwhile, jordan has floated the idea of subpoenaing bragg himself, but we ve not seen that come yet. bragg has refused to come voluntarily. we ll see where it goes. bill? thank you, griff. meanwhile, breaking news right now. the tennessee black caucus holding a news conference on two