Although i do acknowledge that the garden state punches way above its weight when it comes to political scandals. [indistinct conversations] in 2004, the democratic governor of new jersey, Jim Mcgreevey, stepped into a press room just like this and became an Overnight Sensation when he admitted to a gay affair and resigned in the same speech. A governor coming out of the closet was genuinely shocking, a careerkiller at that time. Looking back, though, i cant help but feel that we were also quick to embrace the headline that we may have forgotten to dig a little deeper, because the reason why Jim Mcgreevey resigned is a lot more complicated than we remember. Ah, new jersey americas communal jacuzzi, or cesspool, depending on who you ask. [glass shatters] a land with its own unique culture and customs and a Political Landscape than can be rather. Shall we say, in your face. Youre done. Its 4 30. Youve maximized your tan. Get off the beach. New jersey is a roughandtumble place, man, you k
In 2004, the democratic governor of new jersey, Jim Mcgreevey, stepped into a press room just like this and became an Overnight Sensation when he admitted to a gay affair and resigned in the same speech. A governor coming out of the closet was genuinely shocking, a careerkiller at that time. Looking back, though, i cant help but feel that we were also quick to embrace the headline that we may have forgotten to dig a little deeper, because the reason why Jim Mcgreevey resigned is a lot more complicated than we remember. Ah, new jersey americas communal jacuzzi, or cesspool, depending on who you ask. [glass shatters] a land with its own unique culture and customs and a Political Landscape than can be rather. Shall we say, in your face. Youre done. Its 4 30. Youve maximized your tan. Get off the beach. New jersey is a roughandtumble place, man, you know . Its not for the faint of heart. The politics, the money, the press, the media, the scrutiny, are all larger. I teach new jersey politic
that does it for us here on the beat with ari melber joy reid picks it up next. tonight on the reidout under new york state law, it is a felony to falsify business records with intent to defraud and intent to conceal another crime. my lawyers came to me and said there s nothing here. they re not saying what you did. the defendant repeatedly made false statements on new york business records he also caused others to make false statements trump is still lying as local prosecutors pursue criminal charges against him doing the work that the doj should have been doing all along. despite warnings to refrain from inciting violence, trump is still attacking d.a. bragg the judge juan merchan and their families big breakthrough in wisconsin. but the challenge to democracy remains very real with republicans pushing minority rule and we begin with defendant donald j. trump, back at his mar-a-lago home after facing his first taste of the criminal justice system and
The soul of america as it pertains to donald trump and his willingness to cheat the system to try to win re-election. in doing so, they are bearing the brunt of that heavy lift the security risk, the risk their reputation and they re doing this despite the fact that it is the literal job of our federal government to protect our federal elections. and, yes, the doj is investigating trump through its special counsel over his mishandling of the classified documents and the events surrounding january 6th, but not this remember, it was the southern district of new york that investigated and ultimately convicted trump s former fixer michael cohen in part for violating campaign contribution laws pertaining to this very case at the direction of individual one, aka, donald trump. it is not surprising that former manhattan d.a.-cy vance said over the weekend that it was trump s department of justice under attorney general william barr that asked his office to stand down in its investigation
This morning on cnn we talked to the manhattan district attorney and asked about a report in the new york times that his office is now considering a criminal inquiry into the 2016 hush money payment to adult film actress stormy daniels. he didn t seem to deny it. this is one chapter, an important chapter but there are a lot of, you know, tentacles if you will, we re following the facts where they go. we can t talk about it publicly but we have to do our work. now, trump s former attorney, michael cohen paid stormy daniels that $130,000 allegedly to silence her about a sexual encounter in 2006. trump has denied they had an affair. cohen pleaded guilty to violating campaign contribution laws in making that payment. a surprise shift from one of the most restrictive nations on the planet. china reversing course on its controversial covid crackdown in a massive victory for protesters. we have the details, plus, a