mr. trump s fingerprinted through a digital figure consistent, but his mugshot, they used an existing photo. special counsel watches from the front row as the ex president pleads not guilty. for donald trump, america had never before had a president twice impeached. america had never before had an ex president indicted, let alone twice indicted. today, on the day of his federal harassed, america starts yet another new chapter. joy reid, nicole wallace, chris haines, lawrence o donnell, already melber, alex wagner, stephanie ruhle, jen psaki, plus our legal experts and reporters, all here for msnbc s special coverage of the first federal criminal indictment of a former u.s. president. good evening, and thank you for being with us for our special primetime coverage, of a day that will go down in american history as unimaginable, inconceivable, unthinkable, and also equally hey, what took you so long? i am rachel maddow here at msnbc headquarters with joy reid, chris area
the government that he wants donald trump arrested again. advised of his right, again. and booked, this time, on 37 federal felony counts. mr. trump was fingerprinted through a digital figure consistent, but for his mugshot, they used an existing photo. special counsel watches from the front row as the ex president pleads not guilty. for donald trump, america had never before had a president twice impeached. america had never before had an ex president indicted, let alone twice indicted. today, on the day of his federal harassed, america starts yet another new chapter. joy reid, nicolle wallace, chris hayes, lawrence o donnell, ali melber, alex wagner, stephanie ruhle, jen psaki, plus our legal experts and reporters, all here for msnbc s special coverage of the first federal criminal indictment of a former u.s. president. good evening, and thank you for being with us for our special primetime coverage, of a day that will go down in american history as unimaginable,
day that will go down in american history as unimaginable, inconceivable, unthinkable, and also equally, hey, what took you so long? i am rachel maddow here at msnbc headquarters with joy reid, chris hayes, ari melber. we are gonna be joining you with special coverage by lawrence or diana o donnell, stephanie ruhle, alex wagner, jen psaki, plus all the legal experts and reporters we ve come to depend on so much for our coverage of this still unfolding fairly epic story. by now we all know the basics of what is going on. what s an indictment? well, that s the prosecution laying out its charges against a defendant. that happened last week. when the public got our first view of the unsealed federal indictment of former president trump on friday. 37 federal felony counts. 31 of them under the espionage act. what s an arraignment? that s what happened today. the defendant is brought to court and essentially introduced into the legal system as a defendant. for most, that means the
at the mar-a-lago case if it was jack smith moving forward on the january 6th investigation, i think that could be a case, like, maybe let jack smith go first because they are very related matters mar-a-lago is its own animal. but i will say, the expectation from various legal experts i spoke to was that the e. jean carroll case is already baked enough, if you will, that that could happen regardless of when jack smith s case happens. i have a reverse question, actually. because then if you are jacks mitt, because then you also have to decide whether you are going to move forward on that second piece of his investigation, which is january 6th could he benefit, in a sense, from fani willis going first? because then she could establish some facts the feds differ to and they would never back off, thinking, she is going to back off, thinking she is going to the power dynamics are such that there is and i would defer to andrew weissmann on this [laught
do we think that she is going to delay that calendar? delay that process? which, otherwise, seems like it is in motion, if for no other reason than to find out that she is going to get something out of office else out of the criminal trial that she might be able to use? again, i am a late person, i speak neither latin nor law, but if you look at the mar-a-lago case if it was jack smith moving forward on the january 6th investigation, i think that could be a case, like, maybe let jack smith go forced first because they are very related matters mar-a-lago is its own animal. but i will say, the expectation from various legal experts i spoke to was that the e. jean carroll case is already baked enough, if you will, where that could happen regardless of when jack smith s case happens. i have a reverse question, actually. because if you are jacks mitt, because then you also have to decide whether you are going to move forward on that second piece of his investigation, which is