justice samuel alito - and no one else there s no other birthdays o that day [laughter thank, you my friend thank you and thank you at-home for joining us this. our i m happy to have you here i know it is weird to have m here on a thursday, like i was last night, and now and friday as i am tonight. i know that is unusual but your usual host at thi hour, the great alex wagner, i off on a family vacation thi week great week to choose, alex wagner and because she is a way, yo are stuck with me. i apologize, alex wagner we ll be back next week. but tonight, because you are stuck with me, you are als stuck with this. - believe you and i have all received copies of the statement that i read to the court, in open court as i said in that statement, the reason that i have changed my decision to fight thi matter is because i now believ it would be against th national interest and have a brutalizing effect on my family, that s had a long two-year struggle concerning this matte
tonight. but your usual host at thi hour would be alex wagner s of on a family vacation this week great week to choose, alex and because she is a way you are stuck with me. i apologize. alex we ll be back next week but tonight, because you are stuck with me, you are als stuck with this. gentlemen, i believe you ve all received copies of the prepared statement that i read to the court in open court as i said in that statement, the reason i changed m decision to fight this matte is because i do not believe it would be against the nationa interest and we have a brutalizing effect of my famil and is gone a through two-year struggle concerning this matter. you also may be aware that wha i said in open court, that i categorically and flatly den the assertions that were mad by the private prosecutors wit regard to their contentions of bribery and extortion on m part i will have nothing more to sa at this point. i will make an address to th nation within a few days and so the cri
first indictment of donald trump, there are a couple of other active crimina investigations that coul result in criminal charges against him and othe jurisdictions, including potentially federally. what charlie savage wa suggesting at the times, eve though this might be the first indictment, the way the ne york courts work, particularly around white collar offenses like this, this might not be the first one that actuall ends up in trial, in front of jury, because he suggested that, in the new york court system the courts are, essentially, set up to deal with a lot of pretrial appeals, a lot of pretrial motions a lot of things that could delay the actual start of th trial. if donald trump finds himsel federally indicted, or indicte in georgia, one of those thing might get to trial first do you think that seems like a fair contention, given you experience in the new york courts, with charges like this it s possible i mean, one of the feature about new york state practic that you don t
counts so, we will all have to see, w are all speculating what doe that second crime, you know, i it an election type crime? is it something else we won t know until th indictment is unsealed let me ask you about on other aspect of this i was struck, the new york times has a justic correspondent named charli savage who is smart, and see around corners a lot of times. i ve followed his work for a long time. one of the things that h contended and got expert advic from, got expert advice on today in the times, the idea that, even though this is th first indictment of donald trump, there are a couple of other active crimina investigations that coul result in criminal charges against him and othe jurisdictions, including potentially federally. what charlie savage wa suggesting at the times, eve though this might be the first indictment, the way the ne york courts work, particularly around white collar offenses like this, this might not be the first one that actuall ends up in trial, in fr