good evening, and welcome t politicsnation tonight s lead, rights versu might. it has been a whirlwind political week, with republicans from the state house to the courthouse, tryin to force their ultraconservative agenda o americans who have repeatedl rejected their platform at the ballot box but trump appointed federa judge yesterday suspended th fda s longtime approval of ach abortion drug, the latest blow to reproductive rights which have been under assault sinc the overturn of roe v. wad last summer. meanwhile in tennessee republican state lawmakers voted to expel two black representatives for speaking out against gun violence invoking rules used only twice before since the civil war a fair lawmaker who barely escaped this himself joins u live in just a moment. and of course, there s forme president donald trump, defyin in the face of an unprecedente criminal indictment. his house gop allies are rushing to his defense targeting the democratically elected africa
wasn t gonna comply with the demands they were making and that made sense. i mean i, at the time, the were asking for things tha could violate secrecy rules in new york, which is a felony. some of the privileges t protect attorney, and basi federalism but at the end of the day, you can t allow them to pressure him, or try to throw them of track, distract. he s got a case to put together, and you know, the hous republicans know better than they re trying to intimidate or even get it in an ongoing criminal prosecution congressman, we mentioned your former prosecutor and you ve seen your share o crime cases. what is your assessment of the hush money case against th former president trump yes, i ve heard a lot o people say that they think it really weak and all of that. i thought it was better than i was expecting, frankly i thought having miss mcdougal involved, the doorkeeper, yo
the rally, two of the so-calle who were convicted in 1989 o rape and assault of a geauga and were exonerated year later. they had a unique take on th criminal case against presiden trump who took out a full page ad in for newspapers, callin for the return of the deat penalty on these young men before they even went to trial before the facts of the case were clear as you might imagine, these me have little sympathy for trump s complaints about how he s been treated, about the justice system but they said they want to get what they did not have, a fair trial. your thoughts? i thought one of the most outrageous, what trump and his supporters started saying afte the indictment was unsealed wa sort of comparing him, makin him sound like some kind of victim you know, this is the most unfair thing that s ever happened in the criminal justice system
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testimony and documents from bragg s senior counsel, as the gop continues to claim the prosecution of trump has bee politicized. joining me now is maryland congressman glenn ivey, former states attorney thank you for joining us m today. congressman, is it on th judiciary committee. what is your view of chairma jordan targeting da alvin brag who s already been the recipient of numerous deat threats directed at him and hi family i thought republicans were supposed to be a party of la and order. not anymore, apparently you know, i ve stated that already, and many of m colleagues have as well, it just looks like a naked attemp to try to intimidate the da. today s brett credit, he s strong, continuing to move forward with the case. and he sent a letter back to you know, a republicans, basically stating that h