The georgia case is for a lot of these we need translators, former prosecutors. What fani willis charged was the clearest thing we all saw with our own eyes. And i had this conversation in the 8 00 hour. What trump told his voters his first year as president in 2017 from a podium was dont believe what you see, dont believe what you hear, only believe me. And what fani willis indicted yesterday just blows that out of the water. In state court we could see with our own eyes. And my understanding again, youre the lawyer in these conversations was that if this, then that. So if this criminal enterprise with us corrupt in nature and all in pursuance of a crime, then all of these acts were a part of it and all these people were a part of it. From the outside having worked in politics, thats what it looked like to me. So, to read that narrative is what made that indictment, the fourth in just a few short months, different from the others. I agree. I think you put that very well. Sometimes we
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Msnbc legal analysts, and co authors of the New York Times bestselling book, The Trump Indictments, the historic charging documents of commentary. Trump is charged 88 Felony Counts in four different jurisdictions. We are going to cover the latest developments in Donald Trumps criminal cases starting with Fulton County, georgia. We will also zoom out and reflect on whether the american Justice System has so far proven whether it can meet the challenges of, as we write in our book, a former president s attempts to politicize, corrupt, not only our elections but american governance and the rule of law. Jamie raskin will join us. Later in the hour, we flip the script and ask a msnbc anchor the important questions. Chris hayes will join us to weigh in on the medias role in the event that voters ultimately get to render a verdict on donald trump before a jury does. Our Breaking News tonight comes out of Fulton County, georgia, or District Attorney, fani willis, has learned she will not be di
Hi, ari. Always good to see you. Thats right. Have a good show. Vicki so much. Great to see nicole and great to be back with you to start the week. We are covering quite a few stories. A lot of eyes are on georgia. We have live pictures from the courthouse. The grand jury is going over evidence about this long running 2020 investigation, including allegations that involve donald trump. Now we are going to follow the evidence of the facts and not get ahead of anything. Theres no reason to get ahead of it. It is the news, not prediction. What i can tell you is, there are good reasons why everybody is following death in the days ahead. That doesnt mean that anybody knows the timeline or how things are going to happen. Heres what we know. Some very crucial witnesses did enter the courthouse today and the judge did well today that part of the proceeding of any future indicted party could be televised. We are also watching to see if anything happens anyway that we can learn from and you know
Behavior and the stakes. It was a bracing message. He will be treated like any other defendant. Trump did not attend the hearing in washington today, and thats fine. You can have these kind of hearings among lawyers. His defense team entered this morning. We saw that, tracked that. Hearing about what, in other cases, might be a more routine matter. What are the rules of evidence before you go to trial . How can it be discussed . So this is basically the framework, ground rules, you may have heard the reference to a protective order. Now judge chutkan rejected Donald Trumps request to speak in broader general terms about some of that evidence. Hell be restricted from publicly discussing the sensitive materials. The ruling came out late today. The judge says if Defendant Trump receives sensitive materials has part of this case, meaning stuff he might not otherwise get but for being a criminal defendant, his lawyers may not allow Defendant Trump to write down any personally identifying in