and also claims that the indictment helps him politically . tonight one of donald trump s legal allies joins us live also we ll hear from a former federal judge on whether to expect a gag order as trump attacks the new york judge. plus you ll hear from the jury foreman who acquitted john edwards in a similar campaign finance trial, hear what he has to say and joining me live and studio a panel of great voices to analyze and make sense of this all, but we began with the news involving mike pitts. katelyn polantz joins us now live so kaitlin there s some big news out about this that our team is reporting when it comes to the special counsel investigation and testimony that had to do with seizing voting machines, right. that s right. so with mike pence , the former vice president, he announced today through a spokesperson that he is not going to appeal a court order saying yes to testify to a grand jury. pamela what that means is that he will be appearing before a federal grand jury in dc
after initially lying about the details, and on the edwards side , andrew young, who was labeled as inconsistent the role of politics, also playing a part in both cases, trump and republicans called the d, a democrat, abusing his power. and the edwards case. democrats did the same thing against a bush appointed u. s attorney. there are differences. however we want to note that the payments of the edwards case continued after he quit the race. stormy daniels received a one time payment before the election. edwards case a federal one, while trump is being charged at the state level. also in the edwards case , the money was from rich donors , and in trump s case, his own pocket. edwards was ultimately acquitted. now we don t know yet if trump s case will make it to trial, but prosecutors are intent on putting it before a jury. given the parallels between this case, let s get perspective now from the jury, foreman and the edwards trial. david rashawn. thank you so much
we do have to end this soon, but i m just wondering is that what you re implying that that then justifies trump? targeting the judge published by speaking out you don t think trump is allowed to speak out publicly saying that i m not saying that he said it was trump can t criticize the well, i think there s a i think you have to look at the history of this judge with trump and prior lawsuits. i understand. wasn t this the judge who sent president trump 75 year old accountant to rikers island? i mean, there s a history here that trump is referring to, and we should note that michael bloomberg when he was a republican, first appointed this judge later on a democratic governor, and we re actually gonna speak to a retired judge later in the show to talk about all this, but mike davis really good to have you on and to hear your points in this case and defense of donald trump. we appreciate your time. thank you so much. thank you. thank you, and we re gonna break all of this down with my pan
targeting the judge. i know we re kind of circling back and we do have to end this soon, but i m just wondering is that what you re implying that that then justifies trump? targeting the judge published by speaking out you don t think trump is allowed to speak out publicly saying that i m not saying that he said it was trump can t criticize the well, i think there s a i think you have to look at the history of this judge with trump and prior lawsuits. i understand. wasn t this the judge who sent president trump 75 year old accountant to rikers island s? i mean, there s a history here that trump was referring to, and we should note that michael bloomberg when he was a republican, first appointed this judge later on a democratic governor, and we re actually gonna speak to a retired judge later in the show to talk about all this, but mike davis really good to have you on and to hear your points in this case and defense of donald trump. we appreciate your time. thank you so much. thank you
work for the for kamala harris. i mean, if that s a basis for a recusal, judge clarence thomas wouldn t be sitting on almost any case involving the trump white house. um so i mean, i think they i don t think that it s a threat. yet but putting her picture on goodwill. turn into them. and you and you mentioned clarence thomas because his wife is a conservative activist. alright judge nancy gertner, right. thank you so much for your time. we appreciate your insights. money case draws strong parallels to the one that ultimately ended john edwards political career. the jury foreman, who acquitted edwards joins us next wait till you hear his perspective. on this case. my dad was a hard worker. he used to do side jobs, installing windndows, charging something le 100 bucks a window and other guys were charging four or 500 bucks. you just didn t want to