This is insane. The defendant cant be granted even a few words . The third indictment of donald trump is the one much in the media has been eagerly awaiting because they feel it vindicates their reporting on the 2020 election and that doesnt mean trump will be found guilty not at all but there is a sense that democracy is at stake, that we finally gotten to the heart of the matter. Did the former president break the law and constantly charging the last election was stolen. The crux of the case is not whether trump caused january 6. That be impossible to prove but whether he knowingly lied about the rigged election. The indictment says, donald trump spread lies, the claims were false and the defendant knew they were false but his team says otherwise, and that trump believes what hes been saying. Even though members of his inner circle say they told him he lost and here is what trump said after pleading not guilty. This is a persecution of a political opponent. This was never supposed to
happens. ainsley: go back to mar-a-lago and speak tomorrow night at 8:15 he says. brian: key give a speech on the courthouse steps if he wanted. steve: absolutely he could unless the judge imposes a gag order because there is a real good possibility given what the former president has already said about the d.a. and about the judge there could be one. alexandria hoff developments from the white house. plenty to talk about alexandria. plenty to talk about. the president has unparalleled 48 hours ahead of him. writing on social media that he does expect to leave mar-a-lago noon today before turning himself in to new york. he ended this post america is not supposed to be in way this follows alvin bragg s 34 count indictment against the former president that does remain sealed. we don t know the specific charges as you mention. we will know them soon according to the associated press and their sources. this includes at least one felony. trump s attorney said yesterday tha
will constantly have to balance his free speech rights in terms of being a political candidate, but also, the right of these witnesses to not feel pressured. the right of a trial to proceed effectively and according to the rule of law, and so the judge will no doubt be weighing in on this but i think his ability to use the bully pulpit to pressure witnesses, to leak details of the case, all of this normal defendant be restrained from doing, we ll see if there are two standards in this instance, but this is a tough case to try for any judge. howie: yeah, no question about it and one more from trump. but soon in 2024 it will be our turn, maga, so a lot of people thinks he s forecasting revenge but that s a long way off. robbie is the coverage of this indictment overall fair? msnbc, and i might have missed one or two, seems like every host, every pundit, everybody whose ever tried a case, was hailing this indictment and bash ing trump and plus will be
yeah. well, don t confuse the media accounts and the washington post or other outlets as being actually truthful. you know, this is a really sustained decision made by either the doj or fbi or both to publicize their investigation every step of the way. to pressure witnesses. you know, we think if the full story comes out about how these prosecutors and i mean, new york, georgia and main justice how they conduct themselves is going to be a bad story for all of them. brian: you have got your hands full. the pressure is on everywhere. jim trusty thanks so much. all right. thanks, brian. brian: biggest names in country music converge for the cot awards. abby hornacek hit the red carpet. we pay her expenses. here is tyler hubbard performing dancing in the country during last night s show. let s watch
deeds. trump s dirty deeds. well, trump wouldn t want any of those public, if they happened. cohen says trump was threatening his family in order to keep him from testifying, in fact. threats like this one. he should give information, maybe, on his father-in-law, because that s the one that people want to look at, because where there s that money, that s the money in the family. it s comments like that one that force the house speaker, nancy pelosi, to warn the president last night when cohen s testimony was announced that, quote, any efforts to intimidate family members or pressure witnesses will not be tolerated. evan perez is outfront live in washington. and evan, you know, it was a surprise to see michael cohen on capitol hill today, rather unprecedented, ahead of his testimony. what was he doing there? well, he spent much of the day, erin, behind closed doors in the secure rooms there in the senate. and this is the room these are the rooms where they keep classified in