Fixer. Back with us, yasmin vossoughian, Danny Cevallos, Criminal Defense Attorney and msnbc legal analyst. Joining us this hour, maya wiley, former assistant u. S. Attorney who is now president of the Leadership Conference on civil and human right. And misty merits, a Defense Attorney. Good to see you. Welcome to the show. Yasmin, start us off. Whats happening now inside that courtroom . Reporter so this is all about the leadup to august 2018 in which Michael Cohen pleads guilty and then in a court of law, essentially points the finger at donald trump, the president at the time, and says he made me do it. Hence launching the inquiry by the manhattan d. A. s office, shifting to alvin bragg when cy vance retired. There was a conversation that happened. There was concern from david pecker, inquiries from the Wall Street Journal, specifically, when it came to involvements of ami, david pecker, dylan howard, Michael Cohen, and donald trump in the Stormy Daniels payoff. In addition to the i
Drawn out. again, they have the power to meet for a year, and they re going to focus specifically on this case. so what this really does, and you mentioned they have subpoena power. this allows them to dig deep into a lot of evidence and also gather a lot of evidence into a possible crime and possible charges. so that s what we saw today. we know they re going to use their subpoena power. the top of that list would be the secretary of state, the person who was on the sefg end of that phone call that now infamous phone call from then president trump. but really can t talk about today, and start thing investigation without highlighting the other thing that s going on here in georgia, which is the first day of early voting. it s rather remarkable here in 2022, officially voting is now underway for the 2022 midterms. but in many ways, 2020 is still very much a central focus here in georgia. so we know that when it comes to the timeline, they are going to
But it s a wide open race in the republican primary. author j.d. vance has former president trump s endorsement but hasn t been able to pull away. it s anybody s guess if the former president s endorsement will carry the day in this first senate test. our correspondent on the ground in ohio. jesse, you were at a campaign event with josh holly this afternoon. how are they framing the homestretch of this race? reporter: yeah, they re trying to make this about the future of the gop. that s obviously what we re watching this closely for. j.d. vance trying to make him style like the outsider donald trump was seen as, as talking about those rinos, those republicans in name only, people are establishment types and trying to contrast that group with himself. he was asked about that after the rally. here s what he said this
Make sure that to sell their assets and give this money to ukraine. this is critical all right. especially on the terms of the sanctions effort. keira, thank you for joining us and responding to that breaking news. please do stay safe. thank you. and glory to ukraine! thank you. up next, what we know about the special grand jury now seated in the investigation into whether donald trump illegally tried to influence georgia s 2020 vote count. but first, we re live in ohio ahead of tomorrow s election, where the political power of a trump endorsement is getting put to the test. i m so angry, i m singing a song cause i m paying so much for home internet and that s just wrong! i ve got t-mobile home internet! i feel happy great very happy! good for you look how much money i m saving right now wait, really? there s no hidden fees,
Campaign is all about and what a win would be for him. what would the result of this race say about the republican party today? i think the race is really about, again, what kind of republican party do we want to have? an america first party or a party that shifts american jobs overseas and doesn t secure our boarders? reporter: now, that s what he s saying. we are hearing similar messages from other candidates that don t have donald trump s endorsement. but the trump policy ideas are all over this race, garrett. what is your sense of how heavy that trump endorsement plays in people s mind. our sense of this race has detearuated throughout the day, because things are getting closer than they were 24 hours ago. a couple interesting points.