had. he can fund-raise he can dig into his own pocket his own bank accounts and assets. i think prosecutors would be less concerned about where the money is coming from and more concerned about whether the attorneys who are being hired to represent for example codefendants and coconspirators like if they really truly independent defense attorneys who are zealously representing their clients rather than representing the interests of donald trump, because conflict free counsel is something that is guaranteed by the constitution so i think the prosecutors will keep their eye not only and where the money is coming from but where the attorneys are actually representing the client. if he says he doesn t have local council how long will that last is a stalling tactic if it is a stalling tactic. ? not long they can get a
we are farmers. bum-pa-dum, bum-bum-bum-bum in what his critics are saying is a major stalling tactic, donald trump s lawyers are asking a judge to postpone his criminal trial without setting a new date, arguing trump will be too busy running for president to prepare his defense. in filings late last night, they also argued to start the trial this year would be, quote, unreasonable, telling, and would result in a miscarriage of justice. that the stakes are too high to hold a trial during the campaign. i want to bring in former u.s. attorney and msnbc legal analyst joyce vance, also with us washington post national reporter and msnbc contributor, carol leonnig. good to see you both. joyce, is this going to be the norm now if trump faces more challenges, essentially arguing that to try trump before the election amounts to blocking a
but the republican-led party lines sending it to the house ethics committee and, which has been investigating santos since early march. congressman dan goldman, called the move a stalling tactic that allows republicans to avoid accountability. democratic congressman robert garcia of california joins me now. congressman, why did you introduce this resolution? i mean, look, george santos is obviously a fraud and a liar and he should not be in congress. as a fellow freshman, particularly a president of our freshman democratic class, it s just a shame to see someone who is lied and lied about everything in their life be here in congress. it is time for change, he should have resigned a long time ago and i m glad we brought this resolution up three months ago. we he should do the right thing. he has now been indicted, 13 different counts. he needs to go.
committee and, which has been investigating santos since early march. congressman dan goldman, called the move a stalling tactic that allows republicans to avoid accountability. democratic congressman robert garcia of california joins me now. congressman, why did you introduce this resolution? i mean, look, george santos is obviously a fraud and a liar and he should not be in congress. as a fellow freshman, particularly a president of our freshman democratic class, it s just a shame to see someone who is lied and lied about everything in their life be here in congress. it is time for change, he should have resigned a long time ago and i m glad we brought this resolution up three months ago. we he should do the right thing. he has now been indicted, 13 different counts. he needs to go. let s talk about the host president here. there have been two house explosion since the civil war. congressman michael myers in
committees but only to an extent. the secret services have other requests for visitor records where the documents were found. the white house counsel says it s willing to cooperate with the house investigations, but suggested there are limits. what are the limits? yeah, these letters to the oversight committee and judiciary committee are something of a stalling tactic. house republicans sent a bunch of requests to the white house over the course of the last year, and in early january the white house responded saying you have to submit it, and now the white house responds with another letter saying they will respond with what they consider to be legitimate oversight and will take into account the