Pushing for a speedy trial,s others are asking to move venue to federal court, in washington d. C. And then thursday, Fulton Countys district attorney, fani willis, faces jim jordans deadline to submit documents about her case to congress. As weve reported, she is now the target in the investigation by their public and lead house judiciary committee. And then on friday, the dea will finally release the Special Grand Jury report. And, while georgia is just one of four pending trials for trump, his campaign for president carries on. That has many people on both sides of the aisle wondering if the 14th amendment can, and should, be used to bar trump from running. Here is what former impeachment manager adam schiff said about that, earlier today. Well you know, the 14th amendment, and Section Three is pretty clear. If you engage in action of insurrection or rebellion against the government, or you give aid and comfort to those who do, you are disqualified from running. It doesnt require fo
Faces jim jordans deadline to submit documents about her case to congress. As we reported, she is now the target of an investigation by the republicanled house judiciary committee. On friday, the dea will finally release the Special Grand Jury report. Well georgia is just one of four pending criminal trials for trump, this campaign for president carries on. That has many people on both sides of the aisle, wondering if the 14th amendment can, and should be used to bar trump from running. Heres what former impeachment manager adam schiff said about that earlier today. The Section Three of them and it is pretty clear. If you engage in acts of insurrection or rebellion against the government, or you give aid and comfort to those who do, you are disqualified from running. It does not require that you be convicted of insurrection, it just requires that you have engaged in these acts. Its a disqualification from Holding Office again. It fits donald trump to 80. Joining me now, msnbc contribut
harris: breaking tonight, president trump and his team ratcheting up the rhetoric against robert mueller and the russia investigation. the president s attorney rudy giuliani lashed out in defense of a key witness in the probe slamming the special counsel for treating paul manafort like he s a terrorist. incarcerating him before trial. solitaire incarceration and repeated questioning. this is new insight revealed in president trump s written answers to the special counsel. chief national correspondent ed henry with more on the story from the white house. ed? it s great to see you. all kind of signs that robert mueller s probe coming to a head with the possibility of more indictments coming and the possibility of a scathing report written by the special counsel coming soon that could be critical of the president
eric swallwell said this. it s not appropriate. manafort was a cooperator. sounds like he s breached his agreement with the government. it s not the way that innocent people conduct themselves. if the president was not colluded with russia why is he colluding with paul manafort to get a window into the special counsel s investigation? in talking about how the white house is defending itself today or how they are responding, rudy giuliani, one of the president s lawyers in a text to nbc news is saying the special counsel was treating manafort like he was a terrorist. incarcerating him before trial. calling him solitary incarceration and repeatedly questioning him even after manafort denied things. then he claims the special counsel was willing to exert unusual pressure.