the former president is workin off the same information tha we in the news media are working off of in fact, we know that he i responding to nbc news which broke the news yesterday afternoon that law enforcement authorities in new york city are preparing themselves for the possibility that he coul be indicted as soon as nex week but this isn t surprising to the trump team, they have also been preparing for thi possibility. both legally in terms of his team here in palm beach and in new york city. and politically, the president has been releasing video talking about the idea that th justice department, prosecutor from around the country ar being weaponized against him t make up for, in his view, th fact that he doesn t think democrats or his republica opponent can beat him. he sees this as a politica tacked he s campaign operation ha been trying to prepare potential republican voters, primary voters, folks out ther who he has tried to convince t get another shot of the whit house that t
been the case of bonni williston in fulton county when you re talking about even the mar-a-lago case as well as the january six case those are much more seriou cases. and so it remains to be seen number one, what was the additional information tha alvin bragg learned at thi point the cost him t potentially move forward, an then number two, what are th specific charges that alvi bragg is going to move forward on that still remains a mystery and not seen so both of those things, i wil be watching pretty carefully a i know you will as well. oh, one and 2%. neil, if a former president is going to get indicted, is this the charge you would want hi to be indicted on? what a january six doj indictment, or georgia electio interference charge, carry mor weight i certainly don t think jus because someone commits some additional more serious crime, the excuses, the less seriou ones so to the extent that crimes were committed, and the type o crimes that anyone else woul
transpired or what was in the account. what money transferred to him t get more information from that standpoint. it s interesting jonathan turley writes the following. many democrats and legal expert have objected that influenced peddling is my crime. however, it is corrupt and squarely within the oversight oversight authority of congress indeed if it is not a matter fo criminal charges such congressional action may be the only way to force accountabilit for corrupt efforts to sell influence and access. the whole problem and a lot of republicans are upset about this . it does not seem to be any consequences against anybody fo anything. we saw the ridiculous hearings at last week where it does not matter free speech as it taking off the board. it does not seem there are consequences. do you think there will be in this case? gasset. one of congress as core functions as oversight. watching how the taxpayers mone is spent.
he just said it was a awkward situation, but there was no problem the alignment of that wa astronomical - 10,000 people here in des moines, what are the odds that they would be in the same the same cubicle, they were but they got on fine, never any bad blood. and david moffitt had no criminal record. so should detectives add him t their list of suspects at this point, i don t know if i have the complete story regarding dave, or not coincidences sometimes come in clusters, don t they? not long after angles angie s memory coughed up dave moffitt, there was another coincidence. we felt we needed t continue and focus on dave and see where that leads us. the first scene that was don was a background makeup of dave to include to see if he had weapons permit and so, while i check for th
prosecutor signal a possible indictment soon in the ongoing probe into his busines affairs. inviting him to testify before a grand jury next week the former president hoping hi legal perils don t hurt hi chances politically. after new polling shows a stil strong but slipping hold o iowa republicans back to you. thank you so much, al raphael. let s bring in peter baker msnbc political analyst chie white house correspondent fo the new york times also lisa rubin, our msnbc legal analysts who we very muc appreciate both of you in fact peter, we have mike pence who calling out trump reac anywhere east sixth. why now, what is his ankle doesn t matter why now, look at th calendar he s focused on his ow possible run for the presidenc at this point. watching all of the energy, th alternative part of the part going to run desantis. mike pence is basically trying to carve out a lane fo himself. it s a hard lane for him t find the trump people, always fro people, people who are ver