this is unprecedented and it is historic. the first time a former president has ever been criminally charged and therefor we don t have any real roadmap for how it will now play out. we do know former president donald trump will be arraigned next week in manhattan courtroo surrounded by extraordinary security fear also surrounded b security tonight the manhattan da alvin bragg leaving his office after grand jury decided he had to demonstrate probable cause in the case he has pursue against trump, alleging campaign-finance laws were broken but was so-called hush payments to stormy daniels she claims she had an affair with trump before he ran for president for the immediate question is how exactly the former president will be processed and charged to move surrendering to authorities. it is a process, and arraignment, just like anyone else. and then you go from there. trump himself responded with fury tonight saying in part, quote, the democrats have lied and cheated and s
let s say trump is behind bars and it is a possibility. would he make a speech from prison? working out the logistics of a convict convention. everything is being thought about. everything is being considered. as maga conspiracy figures go in the house. did you select the judge in that case? did you select the jury in that case? tonight the campaign to make the conviction of donald trump stick with voters and the realities of the former president going to jail. i m okay with it. then in wisconsin, criminal charges keep coming. specifically the complaint charges kenneth chas borough with conspiring to commit a crime. plus, senator bernie sanders on the net and yahoo speech to congress. actual good news on the climate front in spite of the deniers. the seas will rise in the next 400 years, which means basically a little bit more beachfront property, okay? when all in starts now. good evening from new york, i am chris hayes. ever since the former
bad when it comes to swing voters, but they know if they push, if they go on offense, if they lie and spin, but they all say the same thing together, unanimously, that they can amplify this message and that breaks through so much of the noise and the social media and that is what breaks through to voters. one of the reasons we wanted to do this billboard campaign is that democrats need to go on offense. democrats need to start building their own echo chamber. they need to explain to voters that it is insane to have a president who is convict it of a crime. if they want to argue about a felony versus a misdemeanor, let them do that. he is a convicted allen convicted felon by crimes he committed and as we know he has been indicted in many other crimes. this is a moment to make sure voters hear the message of
politicized da and we will see how it shakes out i don t think will end well for bragg s legal gymnastics to come up with this political hack indictment. trace: we shall see. jim trusty, good of you to come on. have a good night. trace: let s bring in attorney general s pc oven john yoo. it is a something that jim points out. you ve got michael cohen who really has not a quick witness pretties got a history of lying and he s a convicted allen and this is not the guy that you bought two ride into town on th bandwagon. this is a seriously flawed prosecution and even if for not cover the first test case were going to break at 230 year tradition in this country to leave ex-president s loan because we want them to make tough decisions. as you pointed out this case is serious factual problems.