good day from msnbc worl headquarters in new york welcome to alex witt reports i m lindsey reiser developing this hour, a ne poll suggest that donald trump s indictment may b causing political damage a majority poll think th former president intentionally acted illegally. 20% believe he did nothing wrong. now just 25% of will be 61%, unfavourably. earlier today, trump s lawye in another probe said th former presidents legal team will likely fight to dismiss the manhattan da s case. we ve been through this if there s an actual legal basis for disqualification they will pursue it. i think there will be some ver well placed motions to dismiss based on the legal frailties o this kind of mental gymnastics indictment that allen is tryin to piece together. new today, to tennessee state democrats could be on path to reinstatement this wee after being ousted b republicans. it comes as followed grows ove their obstacle shun, and despairing of their whit colleague for protesting g
good day from msnbc worl headquarters in new york welcome to alex witt reports i m lindsey reiser developing this hour, a ne poll suggest that donald trump s indictment may b causing political damage a majority poll think th former president intentionally acted illegally. 20% believe he did nothing wrong. now just 25% of will be 61%, unfavourably. earlier today, trump s lawye in another probe said th former presidents legal team will likely fight to dismiss the manhattan da s case. we ve been through this if there s an actual legal basis for disqualification they will pursue it. i think there will be some ver well placed motions to dismiss based on the legal frailties o this kind of mental gymnastics indictment that allen is tryin to piece together. new today, to tennessee state democrats could be on path to reinstatement this wee after being ousted b republicans. it comes as followed grows ove their obstacle shun, and
prettyhe looks sour, and glam. clearly, he was concerned. about the fact that he was forced to be in that courtroom that said, it s pretty clear that the trump lawyers do have a lot of legal challenges that they can bring here. the case that allen bragg ha brought is plausible, bu doesn t seem particularl strong it rests on a novel lega theory that the stat prosecutor can use a federal offense, a federal campaig finance violation, as an underlying crime to bump u what would otherwise be misdemeanor. we will see whether that survives motions to dismiss, o move this to federal court this is going to drag on for quite some time. so, apart from challengin
on what they bring some of those pre trial motions. you, know they don t have to bring any of their pre trial motions until august, as you just noted but jim trust seems to be and suggested that they ar going to bring a ray o emotions before august if i am the da s office, i m going to push for the earliest trial date i can so that donal trump can t say to judge one or anyone else presiding ove this case, this is interviewin with my right to be candidate. i m supposed to be here, o there, campaigning for the presidency of the united states however, i do think that it likely that this trial wil slip beyond january. what i think the da s office i hopeful, is they can pin dow trump s lawyers to that spring of 2024 date that they propose last week at the arraignment beyond that, if it slips beyond, that i think we re really in danger of a collision betwee the campaign calendar, and donald trump s legal troubles. another thing is that the firs to charge does it mean first t trial. charli
the venue, here are some mor areas where the defense team sees the vulnerabilities let s watch. you don t typically run as defense attorney by filing a pretrial motion that says, hey judge, they ve got the worst witness imaginable, they r going to convicted perjure with an ax to grind. that s the kind of stuff wit the judge, the soviet, that wa their choice legal motions that pick apar the statute of limitations problem, the specific intent problem, the boot strapping of perhaps federal election law into a new york case, there is a lot to play with their i think there will be some robust motions i hope, and think, probably, much earlier than december which is the next court date lisa, first i should mentio that this is the lawyer fo trump s mar-a-lago classifie documents case let me ask you about some of the things he brought out. the statute of limitations intense. do you see those as weak areas for prosecutors? i don t necessarily see the most weak areas, but they re predictabl