that was made public today. donald trump 76-year-old knees will be weakened if he ever stands in a federal courtroom and here s the title of that case announced the united case of america versus donald j trump. every federal criminal defendant feels crushed when they hear those two things announced, the united states of america versus john. doe john doe collapses when he hears. that donald trump has just suffered the worst legal week of his life. the only way his to actually be charged with a crime as he may be in georgia, as we will discuss later in this hour. and in washington by the justice department, but we now know is a multi-pronged federal investigation of down trump. this is the week that we learned the ripest of the federal criminal investigations of donald trump is the one we now know the most about. his misuse of government records including classified information. think back to when we could go, this time. we had no idea that this investigation was underway.
defense attorney punctuating the defense s last chance to convince the jury to acquit in the first criminal trial of a former president. i m chris jansing, anchoring along side my colleagues andrea mitchell and katy tur has made her way back from the courtroom. we re here at msnbc headquarters in new york city. and in that downtown courthouse, history is being written during closing arguments today. donald trump s attorney todd blanche just wrapped his closing argument, leaning into the word lie, using it 25 times as he tried to attach it to the prosecution s star witness, michael cohen. and the court just broke for lunch. after that the prosecution is expected to start their closing arguments for the jury. can they deliver a powerful argument as to why 12 citizens should make a historic decision to convict a former president of the united states. i want to bring in former fbi general counsel and former senior member of muller probe and msnbc legal analyst andrew weizma
garland speaking earlier today after special counsel jack smith announced four felony counts against former president donald j trump that pertained to his efforts to stay in power, even after he s been voted out by the american people. joining us now is maryland democratic congressman jimmy raskin. he served as a lead impeach or during trump s second impeachment. as related to january six. in the investigation, the public came to learn the basics of the story where we first heard from some many at the witnesses to the scheme, discovered so many incidents that we now know forms the basis for this indictment. congressman raskin, thank you so much for joining us this evening, it s really an important day in u.s. history. thank you for having me, rachel. if you were ever doubted the effectiveness of what you and your colleagues did as part of the general six investigation in congress, i think it seems clear that you can put that to rest tonight, having seen the indictment. at least a
we do believe that there will be a four pm eastern time thursday arraignment in federal court in washington on the new indictment. we do believe that our special coverage of donald trump s indictment will continue right now here on msnbc with the last word with lawrence o donnell, good evening, lawrence. h lawrence o good evening, ras is the hour where you will hear with harvard professor laurence tribe who thinks that this day. we will discover if andrew weissmann as any other unexplored does that he s not shared on tv already, and a bit if he does, as i am sure that new does who will join us. we have many more details of this to explore. it is a rich indictment. indeed, thanks my friend. thank you, rachel, thank you. your two on us. those words appear in quotation marks and the special prosecutor jack smith s newest indictment, the united states of america versus donald j trump. the witness who spoke those
neil katyal, he will join us. and so we have many more details of this to explore. it is a rich indictment. indeed, thanks my friend. thank you, rachel, thank you. your two on us. those words appear in quotation marks and the special prosecutor jack smith s newest indictment, the united states of america versus donald j trump. the witness who spoke those words in the grand jury, in his testimony, what is obviously donald trump s vice president mike pence. that is the only way that those words could appear in quotation marks, on page 33 of today s indictment. you re too honest page 33 contains a description of, quote, several private phone calls in late december 2020 and early january between the president and vice