routine cases. no one expects that that will happen here. but we need to avoid a judge who will unduly delay and that s the feeling. thank you to both of you, great to have you both. kara carroll, attorney for judge and msnbc analyst. a former and an msnbc contributor, and a columnist. please join us back seven day mourning from ten to noon eastern. a quick programming note, be sure to join my friend for a lead up to trump s arraignment on tuesday, seven pm eastern. first, stay right where you are with inside which of sake. it begins right now. the united states of america versus donald j trump. jack smith true speaks, the indictment is unsealed, and the former president promises to stay in the race even if he s convicted. former attorney general is standing by for a sunday
the united states of america versus donald j trump. we have one set of laws in this country. and they apply to everyone. tonight, the stunning 49-page indictment. 37 criminal counts. secret national security documents. strewn around his country club, onstage in a ball room. on the floor in the bathroom. a conspiracy to hide them from the feds. the lies he told to cover it up. rachel maddow, lawrence o donnell, ari melber, joy-ann reid i, alex wagner, andrew weissmann, and jen psaki are here on msnbc s special coverage of the second indictment of donald trump. good evening from new york. welcome back to our special coverage. i m chris hayes here at 30 rock with the whole team. as well as the great and the good, rachel maddow who is joining us remotely on this
the united states of america, versus donald j trump. we have one set of laws in this country. and they apply to everyone. , tonight the stunning 49-page indictment. 37 criminal counts, secret national security documents, strewn around his country club, on stage in a ballroom, on the floor in the bathroom. a conspiracy to hide them from the feds, and the lies that he told to cover it up. rachel maddow, lawrence o donnell, aubry melbourne, joy, read are here for msnbc s special coverage of the second indictment of donald trump. good evening from new york. welcome back to our special coverage. i m chris hayes here at 30 rock with the whole team. as well as the great and the good, rachel maddow who is joining us remotely on this historic day. and unprecedented, is an understatement. 37 count indictment against the 45th president of the united states. was unsealed today. a special counsel, jack smith,
is a referendum on our ability to self govern? alex, the name of the case when we see it in writing on tuesday is going to be the united states of america versus donald j trump. that is the united states of america, the executive branch, charging the former head of the executive branch of the united states of america and the government. this is something that we have been heading for, when you really reach back and feel history. really it should ve been headed off 49 years ago. 49 years ago, the president of the united states made a terrible president. we now know. gerald ford retardant richard nixon a month after leaving office. richard nixon was beyond a reasonable doubt guilty of multiple federal crimes. that he was a coconspirator, on for which other people went to
trump is somehow being unfairly targeted, or treated unfairly, it said because it really underscores the extreme damage donald trump did to the institution of the presidency, and to this country as a whole, lawrence. i think it s important to recognize, this is, of course, tonight a very important step in the judicial process, the commencing of a former criminal case, lawrence, you name it. it s called united states versus donald j trump. at the same time, it s still an early step. there s a long, complex trial process ahead. trump will undoubtedly claim that he s being persecuted, that the government is rigged against him. make no mistake, he is going to be afforded the very same presumption of innocence as any other defendant in this country. we have a robust criminal