absolutely. the fact we haven t had a president tried before is due to the fact we haven t elected a criminal to the presidency before. so i don t see it as an impossible task, not by a long shot. i see it as a difficult task, and a lot will turn on the factors i mentioned earlier. a good judge, and a fair jury. and when you re talking about a city with millions of people, you re able to put together a fair jury. it will take time. you need be careful. you need to do it right but can it be done? absolutely. for the sake of historical accuracy, i would like to say we have never elected a criminal before? i think we may have elected a few. thank you both. there is still a lot to get to tonight on a grand jury convening in a criminal probe of donald trump or his organization or employees. next, what type of evidence they will be considering with two
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intervene with the administration of the presidential election in georgia last fall. also in that investigation, a grand jury has been convened to hear evidence. even back up in new york, don t sleep on the civil part of the case. that is still ongoing in the attorney general s office. yes, it made big news when we learned that part of that case had been hived off to become a criminal matter in the d.a. s office. but the civil part of that investigation continues, and that is nothing to sneeze at. that office, the new york attorney general s office, brought a devastating civil case against trump s sham, fraudulent trump university, which resulted not only in the trump university being shut down, it also resulted in trump having to pay $25 million. that same office also brought a devastating case against trump s sham fradulent charity, the trump foundation, which resulted
serious about uncovering evidence of fraud at the organization. andrea, thanks so much for making time tonight. thank you. the manhattan district attorney investigation, that is about to go to a grand jury, has been under way for more than two years, since trump was president, and it s one of three active criminal probes he is facing. along with georgia s efforts to the election, and the d.c. attorney general s. the twice impeached ex-president is facing ten civil suits from defamation to fraud to incitement. one of the impeachment managers, congressman hakeem jeffries in new york, joins me now. your reaction to the news? 1600 pennsylvania avenue was
the right regard to critical race theory can really be described as any in-depth examination of the role of racism in american history, you know from a black perspective. it s so dangerous that it needs to engage in state censorship to suppress and i think that s a real problem. that is all in on this tuesday night. the rachel maddow show starts right now. good evening, rachel. good evening, chris. thank you, my friend. much appreciated. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. this is the headline tonight at the washington post. prosecutor in trump criminal probe convenes grand jury to hear evidence and weigh potential charges. the washington post was the first to report this story. within two hours, the associated press matched the key reporting at the heart of this story. this is their headline, new grand jury seated for next stage of trump investigation. new york prosecutors have convened a special grand jury to