on the republican party. new york times puts it like this, republicans are putting trump out to pasture. that dynamic was on display the final hour for the battle of speaker, with republican members of congress playing not it, not me, as margorie taylor greene tried to get them to take donald trump s call. then there s the global condemnation for the insurrection in brazil, tragically similar to the attack on our own u.s. capitol, but is straight out of trump s playbook. that is all a very bad look for the ex-president. now today, the walls are closing in on donald trump, even more legally. legal one-two punch, if you will. first, a district judge has ordered trump s deposition in a defamation lawsuit to be unsealed. it s a deposition trump fought for years to avoid giving. now comes news that it is pencils up for the special grand jury at a fulton county, georgia. the 26 jurors spent eight months examining potential criminal interference in georgia s 2020 presidential elec
friday, and i said look, in the time that republicans supported an independent commission to investigate the insurrection, gather votes for it, then decided against it and killed it, and the speaker assembled a select committee which hired investigative staff that conducted an interview, interviewed a thousand people, put on public hearings, and dismantled nothing from the federal criminal justice system on trump s role in inciting the insurrection on january 6th. she also in that amount of time concluded her criminal probe. what are you looking for in terms of tea leaves? well, first, i think it s so commendable her statement about the rule of law and treating everyone the same, because let s get real. rich people, white people, public celebrities, politicians are treated more favorably by and large in the criminal justice system. and that is deplorable.
so bolsonaro, from the beginning, has really adored trump. he posted photos of himself watching trump s addresses. he sought a state visit with trump. he visited him at mar-a-lago. and his son, eduardo bolsonaro, positioned himself as the international face of this right-wing movement led by his father. he s gone to the c-pac events in the u.s. both of them have gone to dinner at steve bannon s house. and eduardo bolsonaro met with jason miller, ivanka trump on the very eve of the january 6th insurrection at the u.s. capitol. so there s a lot of interchange there, and and, umm, this is this is the sort of you know, the two have been sort of comparing notes and sharing sharing, umm, you know, sharing
so you want to just go with your absolute strongest case and just try it and keep it clean and quick and get in and get out. so that s sort of my sort of predilection and the way i think about things. it is, however, very hard to second guess that when you re not inside and being able to truly assess the strength of the case. but in general, i wouldn t be a fan of going big unless you really have the evidence and you re not creating a target for the defense. so barb, i want your legal analysis, as well. i also want to add another layer to this. blayne alexander made the wise point that we don t know what we don t know in terms of who testified in front of fani willis special grand jury. but in terms of the investigation into trump s role in overturning his defeat in 2020, she did have access to it.
for years to avoid giving. now comes news that it is pencils up for the special grand jury at a fulton county, georgia. the 26 jurors spent eight months examining potential criminal interference in georgia s 2020 presidential election by donald trump. as of today, the special grand jury completed its work and is being dissolved. they recommended that their report be published for all of us to see. it is a report that is expected to include recommendations on whether anyone should be indicted. whether criminal charges should be brought. this is a grand jury that has subpoenaed and heard testimony from some of trump s closest allies. people like rudy giuliani and lindsey graham. and a jury that had a mountain of evidence, including the smoking gun of trump s so-called perfect phone call with georgia election officials.