both directed at new york city, and courts here in new york, and justice system, and the district attorney s office. he said that these are irresponsible social media posts, threatened death and destruction, and even world war iii. he said that these public statements to the district attorney, which included a photo of him swinging a baseball bat towards the district attorney s h head, was very concerning. they re concerned about this and what effect it will have on potential jurors and witnesses but they said this will not dissuade the office, and they re seeking a protective order regarding discovery materials. they re very concerned that some of the attorneys some of this may be leaked or that president trump himself would use some of that discovery in a way that would compromise a potential trial. they began discussing conditions of release they talked about how defense attorney joe tacopina had communications with stormy daniels and that could present a conflict in respo
state tax charges, that seems like the d.a. is trying to really make sure that they have a number of different grounds so that if there s a motion to dismiss, there s really no way all of this the case may get narrowed, but it s not going to all go away. if i could just pick up on that i m going to do something i don t normally do. i m going to tentatively disagree with my friend ari. you said on the options small, medium, or large set of charges here i think that this is large. base on everything we re hearing about, viewed against the range of things we have been hearing about for the last two weeks so, if everything here is a felony, there s nothing charged as a misdemeanor, if it s not just about stormy daniels but also another woman, presumably karen mcdougal, and if the enhancement is not just campaign finance violation, but tax, that s pretty much going to 11
decide to say we re calling in our loans, pay them back. the company can t. that looks like a threat to the business itself, aside from the legal threat that donald trump and his family might face in the investigation going forward. let s bring in some legal experts to the conversation. former chief assistant district attorney, daniel alonzo, he s an msnbc legal analyst. also with us state attorney for palm beach county david aaronburg. dave i ll start with you. based on what you saw yesterday, how much trouble is the trump organization in? i think what we heard is an excellent analysis even on the legal implications. these are serious charges, much more serious than what we had heard in the last week. i was surprised myself because ordinarily state tax charges while they re serious, they usually only count the loss to
may drochl some of it may be federal. some may not the new york state attorney general has asked for a state criminal referral of michael conon state tax charges in addition to the federal tax charges he s already pled guilty to. we learned at the same time that we learned at the same time of that revelation from the new york state attorney general that cohen also has already been suspended by new york state authorities to testify about the trump foundation. new york attorney general has brought a civil lawsuit against the trump foundation. the new york district attorney is reportedly considering criminal charges against the trump organization, which is president trump s business. that criminal investigation reportedly derives from the trump organization s role in the felony charges to which michael cohen already pled guilty in federal court. you know it does seem like the doors are starting to rattle on the business, over at the trump organization. cnn reporting today that a
i mean, part of it is settled. the day he was first convicted in federal court, michael cohen pled guilty in a different cun federal court to eight federal felony charges. that wasn t the ends with michael cohen. it now seems like other shoes may drop and some of it may be federal, some of it may not. the new york state attorney general has asked for a state criminal referral of michael cohen on state tax charges in addition to the federal tax charges he s already pled guilty to. we learned at the same time that we learned at the same time of that revelation from the new york state attorney general that cohen also has already been subpoenaed by new york state authorities to testify about the trump foundation. new york attorney general has brought a civil lawsuit against the trump foundation. the new york district attorney is also reportedly considering criminal charges against the trump organization which is president trump s business. that criminal investigation reportedly derives fro