, good evening im mehdi hasan. Donald trump is facing multiple indictments, and another indictment of the former president is expected as early as next week in Fulton County, georgia. Several witnesses including the states former Lieutenant Governor now indicated theyve been called to investigate and a grand jury on tuesday. In washington, d. C. , jack smith, the doj Special Counsel prosecutor, has called for a new case to start on january 2nd loss in five months from now. So what happens if trump is convicted and sentenced to prison especially the side of an election . What will his supporters do . My nbc news colleague asked one of them at a rally in New Hampshire on tuesday. If donald trump were to be found guilty by a jury, where do you see this going . Civil war. Because we cant live together obviously. Now you might just dismiss that as the rantings of occultists trump superfan. This country is nowhere near civil war. Thats hyperbole. Have a listen to florida congressman matt gae
killed by law enforcement committing violent crimes? those candidates campaigns would been over before they began. but with trump, we shrug. we accept it as just the way things are now. we should not. we cannot. we have to call it out. we have to condemn the violence and the incitement of violence. we have to take steps to prevent it from escalating out of all control. the threat of civil war of domestic conflict is no longer hyperbole. and so we just cannot afford to normalize political violence, and the threat of political violence in this country just because donald trump benefits from it and the republican party seems totally fine with it. here to discuss with me frank pig lucy, former assistant director of counter intelligence at the fbi in an msnbc national security analyst. barbara falter, professor university of california san diego, one of the leading or experts in civil wars and extremism. she s the author of the book how civil war.
and even just, ten or 20% saying no my son will that would be an earthquake inside russian society, and would give kerchief their people to push back as well. and that brings us to another battle playing out. this one behind the scenes. american spies working to recruit assets in russia. as former fbi assistant director frank pig lucy writes, undoubtedly, there is an all out effort by u.s. operatives here and throughout the world to recruit russian officials who can provide timely intelligence on putin s plan against ukraine. frank joins me now, he s an msnbc national security analyst and author of the fbi way, inside the bureau s code of excellence. frank, thank you so much for being with us. talk us through the process of converting russian officials into american spies. for yes, deepening at the battle that we are all watching