the word arrest. and then another report says he was or when the judge called him mr. trump as opposed to former president trump. what more have you learned about the dynamics in the room, especially between trump and jack smith? right, well don trump is never going to be happy about being indicted. he may say that at his rallies, that he wants to be indicted for time because it is going to help his campaign, but that is just really something trying to take control of the situation when they don t actually have control. for the first time in his professional career, he is facing real criminal consequences for his behavior. it doesn t surprise me that those close to him or describing him as annoyed. i do think the judge was pretty clear about saying you cannot threaten or intimidate any witnesses. and this social media post is good racing tough questions for them to answer about exactly who that message was for.
that special prosecutor jack smith will obtain in his investigation of donald trump s possession of classified documents, which don trump has claimed, publicly and falsely, belonged to him. leading off our discussion tonight is neal katyal, former acting u.s. solicitor general, and andrew weissmann, former chief of the criminal division of the eastern district of new york. he is a professor in practice at nyu law school. they are both msnbc legal analysts. and neal, i want to begin with you as our appeals expert because i saw your tweet last night remarking on these deadlines measured in hours. which i, for one, have never seen in the appeals process in a situation like that. yeah, i have never seen, it either, and i thought you re peace at the beginning really describes this well, lawrence. so basically you have judge
you. that s what we re gonna find out in this hour. thank you alex. well don trump has made it through another day of his life without being indicted. it could be the last indictment free day of donald trump s life. and trump supporters have made it through another day of their lives without protesting for donald trump as he requested and demanding that donald trump not be indicted. donald trump has made it through 76 years and nine months of his life. without ever being charged with a crime. most 76-year-olds, including most 76-year-olds who are career criminals, are past the point of worrying about being charged with crimes because they just don t feel like taking chances at 76. but donald trump has never learned to stop taking chances,
lying, outburst by someone making personal accusations with no evidence. mccarthy-ism that became donald trump s own personal ideal throughout his life. it was ugly, but too many did not seem harmful to the country when before he became a politician donald trump was hurdling is mccarthy style invective at entertainers like rosy o donnell. but then donald trump brought his joe mccarthy roy cohn operating style into politics and into the white house. and here is the most important thing about donald trump s continuing admiration of roy cohn, who was a mentor of donald trump s. by the time roy coon died, in 1986, he was a disgraced, disbarred lawyer, who had been charged with before he died roy cohen once said, don trump is my best friend. someone should have warned michael cohen that when donald trump says he wants a lawyer like roy cohn and you become donald trump s lawyer, there s a chance you might end up like roy cohn, disbarred and disgraced. as michael cohen is now. evan corcoran
disbarred lawyer, who had been charged with before he died roy cohen once said, don trump is my best friend. someone should have warned michael cohen that when donald trump says he wants a lawyer like roy cohn and you become donald trump s lawyer, there s a chance you might end up like roy cohn, disbarred and disgraced. as michael cohen is now. evan corcoran could be next. to follow former trump lawyers, roy cohn and michael cohen into disbarment and disgrace, depending on how he testifies under oath to special prosecutor jack smith s grand jury in the washington heights. today jack smith won the right to pierce the attorney client privilege and questioning trump criminal defense attorney evan corcoran about the government