joins me live to discuss the new strategy. and, rebellion, speaker kevin mccarthy s far-right flank isn t happy, and that has messed things up in the house. could a government shutdown be in our future? i am jonathan capehart, this is the saturday show. it has been a rough week for twice impeached, and twice indicted former president donald trump. you re seeing a former president of the united states under the espionage act of 1917. it wasn t meant for this. and act for a crime so heinous that only the death penalty would do. it s one of the most outrageous and vicious legal theories ever put forward in an american court of law. the espionage act has been used to go after traitors and spies, it has nothing to do with a former president legally keeping his own documents. okay, let s be clear. the classified documents, legally did not belong to trump. which is why on tuesday donald trump had to surrender at a miami federal court to face 37 counts of mishandling cl
plans it. on the other hand, this is the famous paragraph six in the indictment where trump twice raves about documents saying look at this, look at that, that happens in new jersey. to me the evidence in that indictment is a little bit light for beyond a reasonable doubt. who knows what else he has there. but i think, if he has got the goods he will bring it. and of course, as andrew and ryan are saying, it is an insurance policy. because they have to be concerned with the case in the southern district of florida that it takes too long to come to trial before november. it takes too long to come to trial because the judge presiding over that cases judge aileen cannon. do you take any solace in the fact that on thursday she ordered trump s lawyers to start the process no later than tuesday to get national security clearance. this much. because to me the headline of that order is i m keeping the case, remember there is a lot of cause for her to step down on her own, and she might hav
trump took hold of and put under a authoritarian submission. when a party is that, that tethered to the leader it is very difficult unless that leader goes down. the only thing that did in italy was that fair muskogee was convicted and banned from politics for five years. prosecution sends a message that no truly no one is above the law. and then partisan politicians have that. let me get you on one more thing roof because yesterday, the man who killed 11 worshippers and injured seven others at pittsburgh tree of life synagogue in 2018 the deadliest antisemitic attack in u.s. history was found guilty on all 63 felony counts, including federal hate crime charges. one of the things that was so central to that case was the hate that was roiling within him. and how that at the time, in the middle
team. stating, quote, then materials also include information pertaining to ongoing investigations, the disclosure of which could compromise those investigations and identify uncharged individuals. ongoing investigations, those two words are stark reminder that the mar-a-lago documents case is just one of two federal criminal cases being investigated by special counsel jack smith. the other is into trump s actions on january six, and then his role in trying to overturn the 2020 election. but waste, wait, there is more. all eyes remain fixed on fani willis, continuing to signal that action in her investigation into the 2020 election interference is coming soon, and trump s 2020 court calendar is filling up the trial in e. jean carroll south kent defamation suit against trump is set to begin on january 15th. on january 29th, a federal class action lawsuit against
well. they re not coming after me, they re coming really, after you. this is quite brilliant as a demagogue tactic. and of course it s extremely dangerous, i do see it as incitement language he wants them to be so worried about their fate, that i don t know, what he ll have another coup,, but that s what he s trying to do, he s trying to keep them on the edge, and feel like they ll lose everything if they don t somehow bring him back to power. each time donald trump gets indicted. his poll numbers go up. there was a poll that was released yesterday by merit that his standing one up by eight points. as you see on the page there, there s a new poll while the indictment was be released, and unsealed, it shows trump is the leading republican presidential candidate in the primary race, by 30 points. you see it there, 53%, you, you