as an artist, i needed to do something different and challenge myself. reporter: braugher s costars remembering him. terry cruz writing you showed me what a life well lived looks like. braugher with 61 years old and leaves behind his wife of over 30 years, actress amy rapson and three sons. in a 2020 variety interview, he said that fatherhood was his most important role. i wanted to be there through the course of their life because i know how important fathers are. chloe melas, nbc news, new york. thank you for the laughs, andre. you will be missed. and on that very sad note, i wish you a very good night. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc, thanks for staying up late. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. , donald trump, the one that was most likely to be completed before the 2024 election, the special counsel jack smith s federal election interference case today, it effectively came to a standstill. it was frozen, or in legal terminology, its d
wednesday night. alex wagner tonight s starting now. good evening alex. yeah. definitely the fact that we were talking about who is alone. 150,000 florida republicans i believe have signed on to that ballot. it is just an epically appalling move to try to do this to people across the u.s.. it is a disastrous political decision. they will pay, and pay, and pay as long as they can keep trying to do this. thank you chris. thank you jessica as always. and thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. anks to you at home the criminat donald trump, the one that was most likely to be completed before the 2024 election, the special counsel jack smith s federal election interference case today, it effectively came to a standstill. it was frozen, or in legal terminology, its deadlines were stayed. two weeks ago the judge in that case, judge tanya chutkan, denied the claim that the entire case would be null and void because of quote, presidential immunity. trump s lawyers immediat
150,000 florida republicans, i believe, have signed onto that ballot. i mean it s just an epically appalling move to try and do this to pregnant people across the u.s. repugnant to the vast majority of voters. they will pay and pay and pay as long as they keep trying to do thiske to the american publi. thank you, chris, and thank you jessica vulenty as always. today the criminal case against donald trump, the one that was mostru likely to be completed before the 2024 election, special counsel jack smith s federal election interference case, todayec it effectively ca to a standstill. it was frozen or in legal terminology its deadlines were stayed. two weeks ago the judge in that case, judge tanya chutkan denied trump s claim that the entire case be null and void because of, quote, presidential immunity. trump sty lawyers immediately appealed that decision and asked judge chutkan to stay the case until the appeals court can rule on a question of immunity. well, today judge
Organization what he s done here. how does it relate to the trump organization? it s the same kind of crime. you inflate your assets in order when it s useful there. so he filed a false document in order to get a mortgage. cohen said they did that and then they decreased it when they wanted to pay lower taxes. so it s the same kind of crime. that s .1 i wanted to make. .2, there will be legal challenges, but on the double japan at this point, it feels a little funny. the basic holding is new york is a separate sovereign. it could well be france. under the constitution it s permitted. new york law itself has some limitations on when you can overlap with a previous federal charge, but i think the double jeopardy defense will fail here. and as i think maybe tom pointed out, otherwise the evidence is already admitted to. and he s not in this case being charged with a conspiracy to not file foreign agent
It cites double jeopardy. so if manafort does happen to be pardoned by president trump, is there going to be an issue of double jeopardy here? so new york the state of new york has a very strong, very pro defense double jeopardy law, but double jeopardy applies to every citizen of the united states. it s included in the constitution. it s been reenas far ased in case law, but in this particular case with paul manafort, there s other jurisdictions that could charge him with state-related crimes. fundamentally as long as paul manafort is not indicted in the state of new york for the same exact crimes for which he s either been tried or for which he s already pled guilty, he will not be dealing with a double jeopardy defense. you still have the question of the ten charges, i believe, that were and it resulted in a hung jury. those aren t completely off the table, are they? they are certainly not. in fact, we do know that informally the jury was this