Welcome back to the weekend everyone. Special prosecutor nathan wade has officially stepped down from the Georgia Election interference case. His resignation coming hours after judge scott mcafee found there was no actual conflict stemming from nathan wades relationship with fani willis and the prosecution of trump and his codefendants could continue as long as either nathan wade or fani willis resigned. Joining us to discuss it all is our friend, katie phang, attorney and host of the Katie Phang Show right here on msnbc and our other friend, justice and Legal Affairs analyst, Anthony Coley. Coley is a former Senior Advisor to attorney general merrick garland. Anthony coley wrote a piece for msnbc. Com talking and has tweets. That without sufficient evidence that the District Attorney and the prosecution, you talk about willis making a strong argument for why she said stay on the case against trump but she needs to remove her team, the attorney from whom she had a personal relationship
American hostages being held in gaza. That the president or any other leaders would refer to people that are moving through our Justice System as hostages. Its just unacceptable. I was there on january 6th. I have no doubt in my mind, margaret, that some people were caught up in the moment and entered the capitol, and theyre entitled to Due Process Of Law for any nonviolent activities that day. But the assaults on Police Officers, ultimately an environment that claimed lives, is something that i think was tragic that day. Ill never diminish it. Mike pence once again taking a stand against his former boss. He also refused to endorse trump for president. Those comments from donald trump came during a stump speech for a Senate Candidate in ohio. Trump was more focused on his personal grievances, giving more incendiary remarks. Meanwhile, the former president has so far refused to condemn Vladimir Putin for the death of Alexei Navalny. But for the first time publicly, putin addressed the d
You look like you are about to start the 11 00 a. M. Shift at the bank of the weekend. Im loving them. Im loving them. You guys have a great rest of your day and i will see you tomorrow. A very good morning to you, it is saturday, march 16th, and we begin today with Big Decisions and more delays all revolving around Donald Trumps litany of legal troubles and the future of american democracy. Lets start in georgia, where nathan wade has resigned from his role as Special Prosecutor in the racketeering case against the former president , donald trump, and multiple Co Defendants over their efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 president ial election. That came shortly after the judge overseeing the proceedings, scott mcafee, ruled that before County District attorney, this woman, fani willis , should not be disqualified from trying the case as a result of her romantic relationship with nathan wade, which judge mcafee wrote caused no quote actual conflict in terms of the prosecution o
disney world in announcing that you re going to run for president. ron desantis, enjoy that ride. alex, i ve got a problem little struggle through here in this program. it is similar to the problem that i have with putting the words fox and news anywhere near each other. if i do, i feel like i m telling a lie. it s just not true. there is a congressional committee now where i cannot bring myself to say the name of the committee and i have to report on it tonight. i bet i know each committee you re talking about. don t say it, i can t take it. it is maybe chaired by somebody call it s fair to call him the jordan committee. the jim jordan committee, the closest i can come to. i simply can t use the name of the committee. i ll explain why in this segment as i report on the committee, while i dare not say his name. and don t forget, lawrence, i know you love the parliamentarian details of the u.s. congress, subcommittee. technically a subcommittee. not even an act
consequences. that s 2000-plus jobs being welcomed back with open arms to the golden state. a desantis presidential election announcement is expected next week. i ll see you tomorrow. now time for the last word with lawrence o donnell. good evening, lawrence. the las the story you just rd could not be subtitled, it is hard out there for a republican, because when the party stands for absolutely nothing, what do you do next? it s not that hard to remember. when one of the things that they stood for was, sucking up to and protecting in every way the biggest employers in your state, and when you abandon everything that you used to think, what are you left with? you end up with stories like that. you end up with not going to disney world in announcing that you re going to run for president. ron desantis, enjoy that ride. alex, i ve got a problem little struggle through here in this program. it is similar to the problem that i have with putting the words fox and news anywhere