trump s former lawyer, who i already served time for hi role in the scheme, had this t say. he s furious right now. because donald is not somebody who likes to tak accountability and alvin bragg dropped 2000-pound and vilify coun ability right on to his lap. so, it s the first time in his life that he s going to be hel accountable for his own dirt deeds. despite trump facin criminal charges, he s movin forward with his 2024 righ house run. the trump campaign s eve raising money off this cas claiming it raised more than $ million from his supporters in the first 24 hours after the news of the indictment becam public. and trump s republican allies in washington and his supporters, they are standin by their man it is no surprise that they ar already attacking this investigation as a political hit job. without pointing to actual evidence of wrongdoin by prosecutors. during trump s official 2024 campaign rally last month, supporters hel campaign signs with the word witch hunt.
the maga machine in overdriv working to pay any investigation into trump as hoax before the public eve knows the charges. the indictment in new york remains sealed as investigator in washington and atlanta look into trump s efforts t overturn the 2020 election and america waits to find ou if trump will face accountability joining me now, andy crowl reporter at propublica he is author of a death on w street the murder of seth rich in the age of conspiracy. msnbc contributor joe why bank is, here she is coast of the hashtag sisters in the podcast she is also a former watergate prosecutor and the author of the watergate girl and former u.s. attorney and legal affairs columnist for th l.a. times, harry lippman join us all right, folks, jill, you know, msnbc news reports that trump face 30 counts. again, the indictment is still sealed and we do not know th charges. but what should we expect to learn on tuesday obviously we will finally learn what the precise facts that are relie
oversee two cases against th same party as a general matter, an both federal and state court where there are related matters, there is sometimes group together with the same judge because there is usually som relation to the differen cases. and so, there s sort of a baseball knowledge. so, it i maybe one of the circumstances because this relates to series of individuals who ar all sort of doing and involved in the same kind of thing. and in the same company that thi is why this has been linked to judge merchan in this instance but the initial assignment, th weisselberg case and the trump court case, that was random. so, this was simply a follow-up to that okay, breaking it down fo us, melissa, thank you. let talk about these threats against the manhattan district attorney because donald trum has, i think it s safe to say, tripled down on the threats. how might the judge respond to that behavior? and also, how might the judge respond to the threats or the language donald
vindictive so, he s not likely to car about these twitter rant o these truth social runs of the former president he s someone who is known as playing it really fair straight down the middle, he s someone who controls his courtroom and, that s going to be critically important here because this is going to b something of a circus. it is not likely that this trial, and it is likely to be trial, because it is unlikel that this president will plead guilty at any point. but when there is a trial, h will be charged with managin this courtroom, it seems lik that is something he does very well so, can you weigh in on thi point about, he oversaw th weisselberg case and now, he s overseeing the strong case. is it unusual for a judge to oversee two cases against th same party as a general matter, an both federal and state court where there are related matters, there is sometimes group together with the same judge because there is usually som relation to the differen cases. and so, there s sort
individuals who are all sort o doing and involved in the same kind of thing. and in the same company that this is why this has bee linked to judge merchan in thi instance but the initial assignment, th weisselberg case and the trump court case, that was random. so, this was simply a follow-u to that. okay, breaking it down fo us, melissa, thank you let s talk about these threats against the manhattan district attorney because donald trum has, i think it s safe to say, tripled down on the threats. how might the judge respond to that behavior? and also, how might the judg respond to the threats or th language donald trump is using about him specifically so, this is really important, symone it is not just threats against alvin bragg and the members of the da s office, it is als alvin bragg s family so, this is becoming reall ugly, and really dangerous for a lot of different people. and it is likely that the judg will address this at the arraignment, but certainly security is going to