America. Were going to have more on that in our show as well. Thank you atas home for joining me this hour. Today we got the news tat Donald Trumps one criminal case, the one criminal case that was likely Toe Go To Trial Before E November Election may be delayed. Manhattan District Attorney alvin braggs Hush Money Case was set tos go to trial on mar 25th, less than two weeks from today, but now that date is in question. Now,s trumps legal strategy i all his cases has been to push them off as long as possible, preferably to the month of neb ruary. Today d. A. s braggs off consented to another delay of the trial. The issue at hand is a new trove of records turned over by the feds in the Southern District of new york, Tens Of Thousands of records. Specifically 31,000 pages of records the u. S. Attorneys office just handed over to Braggs Office yesterday. Now, the d. A. Specifically pins this newest delay on trump, saying thaton trumps legal tea waited until two months ago to request this
About how he keeps up with all of, it and also, his Weekend Routine. Okay, by now you know that the former president has bee indicted this all may feel like a whole lot to digest, i know it feels like that even to me lots of evidence, lots o witnesses, and years O Investigation have led to this moment but, here is the bottom line this is an example of Ou Judicial System working like i should work. And how it works in democracie across the globe yes, i know that there is an outcry on the right, and there is a lot of political question about what this all means. Over the course of this next hour, this is what we are goin to talk. About the politics, th divisions in our country, an what comes next. But it is worth taking a ste back to remember how exactly w got to this point in thi particular case. It all stems from trumps role and scheme to cover up his alleged affair in 2006 wit adult from store, stormy daniels, when the National Enquirer got wind of her story in 2016, by the, way at th
da that and the critical election case that could drasticall affect your voting rights, and it s all thanks to a republica gerrymander in north carolina. i m ayman, let s get started there s a lot of new news tonight and the trump manhatta da investigation today on - michael cohen said he has been asked by the manhattan da office to serve as a rebutta witness on monday. so, this morning i di receive a whole slew of phon calls from journalists, asking me if i m going to be back t the da s office tomorrow as a rebuttal witness to whoever it is that they re bringing their tomorrow, whether it s before the gran jury or it s just to meet with him for an interview, again, i m not sure but yes, i was asked to make myself available so, the witness, michae cohen, is rebutting. it - bob castella will testify on monday looking into the hush money payments made to adult film star stormy daniels trump s attorneys asked the da late last night, after trump s surprise social media p
anymore. and here we are now. thank you so much, joyq■. good evening, from new york, i am chris hayes, andñr■it is a big night with major historic breaking news. and i mqgoing to be with you for the next hour entirely. and after that, the one and only rachel maddow will be here. kmt. x■so, we expect that somelp time early next week that the former president of these united states willoki] surrender to the manhattan district attorney s office where he will be arrested and face arraignment on felony criminal charges. and that m■jul■ afternoon a grand jury in manhattan voted to indict donald trump i of their son baron. this is the culmination of an investigation that s been five years and two districtf■ attorneys. in recent weeks, as the case neared a close, or appeared to, we saw key witnesses testify before the grand juryñr■ down i■ m■attan, including michael cohen, trump st■r and fixer, who actk!ñ■made the payments toçó■daniels in october of 201
the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts right now manhattan grand jury voted t indict john j trump on thursda for his role in paying hus money to a porn star today is the first day of the rest of don trump s life this is a monumental, historic importance. before tonight, president in this country were - now you are seeing citize trump being treated the same way that anyone else would regardless of the active o former president he s got to be photographed fingerprinted, he s got to appear before a. judge i believe that donald right now is petrified this is one of his biggest fears. tonight he is calling the indictment, quote, political persecution. the first thing the lawye tells you when you are indicte for somebody or charged with something s shutout. he does not have a good defense, his defense will be a reliance on politics, it wil only get uglier from thi moment on. get ready, stop on your legal seatbelt, we are going forward as a country that is goi