Months, the former president of the United States has been indicted, arrested, and a range. And lets face it, weve become oddly familiar with how this all goes. Theres the release of the indictment itself, helicopters following black suvs, and of course, the court sketches, all followed by a barrage of deranged posts on truth social. Theres a bit of a rinse and repeat feeling that starting to set in. But this one did feel different, because it is different. It felt bigger, because it is bigger. The indictment filed by Special Counsel jack smith this week detailed the ways in which an american president engaged in a criminal conspiracy from the oval office to subvert the will of the people. Of course, like any criminal defendant, trump is innocent until proven guilty. There will be a trial, and his legal team will mount a defense. But no matter how it ends, this is the one that historians will be talking about 100 years from now. Trump is now facing four criminal counts in this case, in
To possible witness intimidation, to questionable defense arguments. 100 questions for and Andrew Weissmann. And later, served as an Impeachment Manager and on the january Six Committee. Congressman jamie raskin joins me live to discuss his reactions to the charges and what she is watching for next. For the third time informants, the former president of the United States has been indicted, arrested, and arraigned. Lets face, that we have become oddly familiar with how this all goes. There is the release of the indictment itself, helicopters falling blackest movies, and of course, the court sketches, all followed by a barrage of deranged posts on so there is a rinse and repeat feeling that starting to sudden. This one did feel different because it is different. Felt bigger because it is bigger. The indictment filed by Special Counsel jack smith this week detailed the ways in which an american president engaged in a criminal conspiracy from the oval office to subvert the will of the peop
president since has had a mask. i guess you can t do that anymore. we were just bombs because w didn t have any money to get a costume. now you can t even say bum anymore, that s how bad it is. i will send you the photo in case you re not up for it could get want to see it, send a. i m more ingraham and this is the ingraham angle from washington tonight too. smears from the thought police is the focus of tonight s angle. just as we expected, within minutes of the horrific and terrifying attack on paul pelosi , democrats sought a political opportunity. this couldn t be seen as simply a reprehensible assault by a fringe lunatic on an elderly man , it had to be portrayed is a referendum on the entire republican party and then as a justification to. the reality is this was an individual who was radicalized. he was radicalized to, an act o political violence, and we have to ask why he was he radicalized , why are we in an american democracy feeding thes theories. why are the
so i think this is what judge chutkan and the timing of this case and what he s been doing over the weekend. i think she is this is her reputation, she s a no nonsense judge, she is not going to accept trump s decision to try to delay the trial, which is his kind of standard tactic in case after case, this thing looks like it is heading toward a fast and speedy trial, as it should be, given the gravity of the charges. when trump goes and uses social media to do what he is doing, after being warned by the judge, i think that is all the more reason why this trial has to occur quickly. andrew, you mentioned we heard a new defense from donald trump s lawyer this morning on meet the press and other networks as well. let s listen to what he said about trump s pressure campaign on mike pence and talk about it on the other side. for vice president pence is an attorney. if yet any points that are thought that mr. trump, president trump was acting unlawfully or contrary to criminal law
something that people are gonna read about in 100 years. and the reason for that is not because this trial it s really because this trial goes to the essence of what our legal system is about. trump s lawyers on tv today saying this is just a technical violation of the constitution, and stuff like that. on the contrary, this is as serious as it gets. this is about the ex president who tried to launch a coup and stop the counting of an election. so, i think this is what leading to judge chutkan and the timing of this case and what she has been doing over the weekend, i think she is signaling this reputation, she is and known on since judge, she s not gonna accept trump s decisions to try and delay the trial which is a standard tactic in case after case. this thing looks like it is heading toward a fast and speedy trial as it should be, given the gravity of the charges. but when trump goes and uses social media to do what he s been doing, after being warned by the judge, i think that