Veteran Former Mueller prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst, seem right there back at work Andrew Weissmann. We are teeing off his expertise and legal analysis in his msnbc podcast with mary mccord who is also with us tonight. That is right here on your screen prosecuting donald trump. Before we get in any further, i want to begin with an open question to you that i think is on a lot of peoples minds in all fairness, can defended trump get a fair trial with these primaries approaching . Great question. I would broaden that question out. I would say can the government and the defendant get a fair trial . The answer to that is yes, that is going to put a lot of pressure on the judge in the d. C. Case, in the florida case, in the manhattan case. Its remarkable that were talking about three separate criminal cases and maybe even another one. But its important to know that both sides are need her entitle to a fair trump affair trial. And ultimately what the judge needs to do make sure that a
Special Prosecuting Donald Trump on this pivotal and and the looming trials of the former president , current candidate, and defendant, donald trump. Im ari muller and tonight our aim is to go beyond even the many important day the headlines and takes a wider look at the stakes in Criminal Justice priorities for these unprecedented cases. To do that, i am joined by doj veteran Former Mueller prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst, to see him right there back at work, Andrew Weissmann. Burning off his expertise and legal analysis in his msnbc podcast with mary mccord whos also with us tonight. That is right here on your screen, Prosecuting Donald Trump. Before we get in any further, i want to actually give a question to you that i think is on peoples minds in all fairness, which is can defendant trump get a fair trial with these primaries approach . Great question. I would broaden the question out. I would say can the government and the defendant get a fair trial . I would say the answer to
i m andrew weissmann. and i m ari melber and journeys right now is mary mccord the former acting assistant attorney general and the co-host with andrew weissmann of msnbc s podcast prosecuting donald trump. welcome. good to be here. we just went into it. what is the criminal intent here for donald trump as a coconspirator. all criminal charges almost all, require them to have some knowledge. really issues liability. but that s very different than saying he had a firm belief that the election was stolen as some sort of get out of jail free card. there are lots of things in this indictment that he engaged in, conduct that he engaged in that went well beyond what you are legally allowed to do when
in military uniforms, but often today, trump couldn t get the military to play, so we had a civilian army. but there are always people behind the scenes who have prepared it and then are in place if it s successful to kind of be the bureaucracy of repression. and that mary, the intersection with the candidates status is relevant because although there has been zero evidence that i ve seen publicly that jack smith of the justice department has targeted donald trump because he was running again. having said that, it is a concern that you want to make sure that it doesn t happen. you wouldn t want a candidate targeted because he went out of his way the charge shows the. he got all this news and when you look at [inaudible]
podcast evening doing. it is been a complete honor to be doing this with the great mary mccord especially at a time like this. this is not just unprecedented but it s just such a serious moment for our country so it s to have time to talk to someone who s sorry or sympathies issues. and the pod, we have something from the. let s hear. it let s play a little bit of the podcast with andrew and mary. this couldn t be more historic and important matter for the country. the former president solicited a crime of violence against his own vice president. this section of the indictment spells out a crystal clear the role of violence in the whole entire scheme. i think there is no way i m god s green earth that donald trump isn t sentenced to jail time. those are a couple of clips from the podcast with andrew weissmann and mary beth korte. you can use your phone and scan