the case, but this is a bombshell tonight. your reactio i m gn? you i m glad that you re puttinge the truth out there, laura . you know, from what i veutel observed, there is absolutely a double standard that exists within the justice system. and let s be clear, the fbi has been caught multiple times, noti acting in good faith on behalft of the american people or law enforcement. if i can just segway to real quick what i saw at the d.c. jail when i went there to check on some of these six prisoners there, one not being treated the same as the other inmates.yh and if i could just share realm quickly for those that may not, know, i was told by twotw separate gao six prisoners that they were actually basically threatened to be th, one by yet a gate guard and another by a fellow inmate. thng nothing aand yet they ve bs nothing about this. so this is really disgusting. buthe bet the fact is , is that the beginning, it seems as though that there was tryin p a narrative that the left is r
pointed out a number of times h was going to go after trump. thank you both. thanks, trace. trace: topical from legal analysis to the overall reactio to that grand jury s decision t indict donald trump. kevin corke us in the nation s capital with that side of the story. quite a night we have in the nation s capital. our capitol hill crew actually spoke with a senior aide and another source close to the house inquiry of manhattan da control. they told fox news there s gordon there was no heads-up about the advice indictment they are digesting i in real time could you will recall that friday was the deadline for alvin bragg to giv a handful of housley s information about his investigation of the former president and whether or not he coordinated with the doj, the justice department. it appears the approach for som democrats is to say as little a
manifest. ed by thiswhatever that person d to call this thing. all right, james , thank you. ou. crim a hate crime investigation for the targeting of christians? and i m fbi and atf are both wit on the scene working with the local police. ocal police. been identified and if i seem to be seething with anger after watching that, well, good.ve whe because to say we don t have a motive when the police have said repeatedly that this shooter happened to be trans-pacififi c, targetedchool. a christian school that apparentlyth she resented. how does merrick garland testified before congress saying that he s not a dumb person? he s a smart person. so what is going on here? a joining me now, missouri senator john tallie, who s looking to do something about this. senator , your reactio now is johnn to garland and frankly, all the leadership there like ray t
that means absolutely nothin nowadays republicans use it when they have nothing of substance to say. but what s bigger than that is mike pence wants to call the situation politically-charged, despite not knowing anything none of us know what alvin bragg will do. this is all a reaction from on man, trump, posting on socia media. nothing more pardon the pun, but it s a sad indictment on the republican party. kicking off tonight s show, david cay johnston, professo and distinguished lecturer a college of law gun kershner, former federal prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst. great to have you all here wit us glenn, i ll start with you first, let me get your reactio to this news that we got today about tomorrow s grandeu essential. michael cohen, standing as a rebuttal witness for bob costello, who s also - former lawyer. how do you see that playing out? what s at play here?
lisa rubin, and msnbc lega honest, david cay johnston visiting lecturer at college o law, and glenn kirschner former federal prosecutor an msnbc legal analyst. great to have all three of you with us. glenn, let start with you. first, let me get your reactio to this news we got today. about tomorrow s grandeu schedule, michael cohe standing as a rebuttal witness for bob costello who s also cohen s forme lawyer how do you see that playing out? what s at play here? it doesn t surprise me, ayman, that they may b inviting michael cohen back to shed some light on what bo costello said. at one point in time whe michael cohen was thinking about basically flipping breaking away from donald trump, beginning to tell the trut about his own crimes, th crimes of donald trump bob costello was dispatched, t try to keep michael cohen back into the fold. all tell, you if i were prosecutor and i got to di into a guy like bob costello i the grand jury, boy, i have