Results of what amounts to a side show. A legal circus, a spectacle and a deliberate diversion but here we are. But first we should make clear that todays ruling from john mcafee was actually a victory for the rule of law and for fani willis herself. In matter of the d. A. s relationship where naman wade, the judges ultimatum amounted to this. Leave wade behind or halt prosecution of this case. It turns out to be a easy choice for d. A. Willis to make. Remember what she said when she announced the indictment. The states roll in this process is essential to the functioning of our democracy. Georgia, like every state, has laws that allow those that believe that results of an election are wrong, whether, because of intentional wrongdoing, or unintentional error, to challenge those results in our state courts. The indictment alleges that rather than abide by georgias Legal Process for election challenges, the defendants engaged in a Criminal Racketeering Enterprise to over turn georgias pr
close look at what donald trump was saying to his circle the days after the 2020 election defeat. it comes after prosecutors questioned multiple witnesses about whether trump privately acknowledging the days after the election that he lost. according to four people briefed on the matter, the times says that one of those witnesses was trump s son-in-law, and senior adviser, jared kushner, who testified to the grand jury last month. precautionary, he s not the only person who knows what trump was saying in 2020. here is just a reminder of what we learned in the january 6th committee hearings. i remember maybe a week after the election was called, i popped into the oval just to give the president the headlines and see how he was doing. and he was looking at the tv, and he said, can you believe i lost to this [bleep] guy? as they investigate trump s efforts to overturn biden s when, the prosecutors are also talking to michigan secretary of state, jocelyn benson, about what ha
we ve got brand-new reporting that reveals special counsel jack smith is taking a very close look at what donald trump was saying to his circle the days after the 2020 election defeat. it comes after prosecutors questioned multiple witnesses about whether trump privately acknowledging the days after the election that he lost. according to four people briefed on the matter, the times says that one of those witnesses was trump s son-in-law, and senior adviser, jared kushner, who testified to the grand jury last month. precautionary, he s not the only person who knows what trump was saying in 2020. here is just a reminder of what we learned in the january 6th committee hearings. i remember maybe a week after the election was called, i popped into the oval just to give the president the headlines and see how he was doing. and he was looking at the tv, and he said, can you believe i lost to this [bleep] guy? as they investigate trump s efforts to overturn biden s when, the pro
No big deal. smith just wants to know what he is going to say. why does that matter? what does it matter what trump technically believed? great point. it doesn t, but it s nice for a jury to hear. as you ve got two witnesses, you talked about upfront, that he knew he lost. it puts the lie to everything. as of november, knowing that he lost, put into play all of these schemes. they are against the law anyway. you can t incite an insurrection, even if you think you lost. but it is them nice for a jury to hear. that he lost. and they are going to hear it. and kushner, even if he does not say it. they now know it s a big part of what a grand jury does, lock somebody in. one last point about kushner, he is super involved in the fund raising thing. which is what smith himself actually initiated. everything else is from january 6th. who else testified last month? note gronk sketch, and he is in the middle of it as well. and he s on a call saying how
Times. jeff bennett, host of the pbs news hours, and msnbc political contributor. and how it is here at 30 rock in the flesh, former u.s. attorney and former assistant deputy attorney general. i will start with you since you are here, this new york times reporting. what does it tell you about jack smith s strategy? most important words that you gave up front. in a circle. and combine that with knowing that this happened last month. so it is not just that these penetrated the inner circle, he has gone all the way around it. we ve got kushner, we have mark meadows, we have rudy giuliani, and this is a month ago. this is just a little bit that we get from the mountain that he already has. that s the first thing it tells me. you look ready to go for it. a, just because they talk to them does it mean that they said anything. you want to talk to everyone. in fact, kushner on the actual, that trump feel he lost? he s gonna testify, it seems, that he actually believed that it was stolen.