actually a misdemeanor it is an eight misdemeanor and so although would be the lowest charge if it is charged in some ways, i think it is on of the more important charges, because it allows much mor evidence come and, and a muc larger timeframe of informatio to come and. this case is much more tha just i wrote this track, and put this business entry. and to tell those stories of why it is a crime, you have to put in context, and conspiracy charge ensures th ability to put that context and, and tells a story that we coul all see exactly what their theory is. how long might this take to go to trial? could there be some sort of bargaining for lesser charges? what is the likelihood that it could be dismissed you have to think tha trump s team is going to throw everything they can possibly d to delay the trial absolutely, they re going t try to delay the trial
that we were unsuccessful in convincing - the special prosecutor tha richard nixon should b reunited i argued - and then once again clearl after he resigned. the evidence was clear the case would have been ver very clear this is a way to prevent a future miscreant from doing th same thing if richard nixon had bee indicted, there is a possibl donald trump s character but possibly he would have bee canceled that he could not get away with things and i also want to point out that we indicted the top peopl in the white house, and campaign march we went to trial in september, we had a verdict on januar 1st. matt - federal system allows for th
social media ahead of his cour appearance his ex fixer warning today tha trump s posts should be take seriously. including the image of the manhattan da next to a basebal bat. what he is doing, he is trying to invoke fear. and intimidation but at the same time he is als passing a message to his supporters baseball that s. they work to republican congressma marjorie taylor greene, she is already planning a rally outside the courthouse she is angling to be trump s vice president i know you ran for those things democrats, while they ar already calling out her ba faith attacks on the legal system some of these people are th ones who are hollering a hillary clinton to lock her up now somehow they are now sayin that trump is a victim well, you can t have it both ways you know, you want to lock the democrats up but you want to free the republicans
in prison for similar reasons. italy s former prime ministe was convicted for tax fraud. and in france, forme presidents have been convicted of embezzlement and influenc peddling, and the list goes on but here in the united states, it is a different story. as new york times as peter baker points out, for more tha two centuries, presidents have been held on a pedestal, eve ones swatch in scandal declared immune for prosecutio while an office, and effectively even afterwards. joining me now history professor ruth ben-ghiat she is the author of strongmen mussolini to the president so, ruth, republicans ar claiming that the indictment o a former president makes u look like a banana republic. and those are their words, they re not mine but that s not really the case is it? no and it is true that trump is the first president to b indicted but it just goes to show tha trump is a different kind of president than anyone of eithe party before him
democratic values that they may vote for him anyway. and i think this will also be a test for the other candidates. mentioned mike pence. what about desantis? what about the rest of them? they should be urging calm. they should b urging that we should let th law play out. let the gran jury do its job. let the prosecutor do it its job. le the trial judge and ultimately the jury and that s the onl way our system is going to work. and if they join in in fanning the flames, they are, think, implicitly, frankly disqualifying themselves a well which is what we have see so far jennifer rubin, jill wine-banks, hugo lowell, thank you so much. next, th silicon valley bank collapse still calling ripple effects throughout the world o finance. california democrati congresswoman amy bera on wher we go from here. and how w respond to the potential security concerns a former president trump is indee indicted. but first, jessica layton is standing by with a look at the other stories we are wa