Veteran Former Mueller prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst, seem right there back at work Andrew Weissmann. We are teeing off his expertise and legal analysis in his msnbc podcast with mary mccord who is also with us tonight. That is right here on your screen prosecuting donald trump. Before we get in any further, i want to begin with an open question to you that i think is on a lot of peoples minds in all fairness, can defended trump get a fair trial with these primaries approaching . Great question. I would broaden that question out. I would say can the government and the defendant get a fair trial . The answer to that is yes, that is going to put a lot of pressure on the judge in the d. C. Case, in the florida case, in the manhattan case. Its remarkable that were talking about three separate criminal cases and maybe even another one. But its important to know that both sides are need her entitle to a fair trump affair trial. And ultimately what the judge needs to do make sure that a
presidential inauguration. at this crucial mile marker it s important to stare into the mirror of who we really are as a country. two years after lies and conspiracies about trump s big loss led to, quote, medieval combat on the steps of the u.s. capitol between law enforcement and trump supporters. those very same lies that inspired that attack two years ago are now deeply embedded in the politics of the gop. they are the single animating principle behind everything that happens in one of the country s two major political parties. it is in large part due to the fact that the man who, quote, summoned the mob, assembled the mob, and lit the flame in the attack as january 6th select committee member liz cheney put it that would be twice impeached president trump himself as well as his top lieutenants remain the dominant force in the gop. and they insist on continuing to gaslight americans on what actually happened on january 6th to this day, to this hour on this day. just yeste
Special Prosecuting Donald Trump on this pivotal and and the looming trials of the former president , current candidate, and defendant, donald trump. Im ari muller and tonight our aim is to go beyond even the many important day the headlines and takes a wider look at the stakes in Criminal Justice priorities for these unprecedented cases. To do that, i am joined by doj veteran Former Mueller prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst, to see him right there back at work, Andrew Weissmann. Burning off his expertise and legal analysis in his msnbc podcast with mary mccord whos also with us tonight. That is right here on your screen, Prosecuting Donald Trump. Before we get in any further, i want to actually give a question to you that i think is on peoples minds in all fairness, which is can defendant trump get a fair trial with these primaries approach . Great question. I would broaden the question out. I would say can the government and the defendant get a fair trial . I would say the answer to
the voting for ten days. he asked him in an aspirational way. let s just pause the voting. there was an effort to get alternate electors. this is the first time that the first amendment has been criminalized. but he is being indicted for ultimately is following legal advice. what he didn t do is send in the tanks. okay, there s three things going on there. first time no back sees. every time a charge is nate, this something or say, i really wasn t would have sex with that underneath underage teenager, that this undercover officer lured me into agreeing to do. that was just fantasy. i wasn t really going to do it. same thing. in those conspiracies, it was just all we were just talking. i was just joking around about the coup. i raised it to the vice president, and he knew i was joking. everybody knew. that kind of idea that it is in kuwait, that it didn t come to
immigrants, demonizing the handicap for this promise that he was going to make america great again especially in a state like ours that is built on manufacturing, people really wanted to hold onto that economic promise. and it didn t come to fruition. there was no economic gain. it s just culture wars. and ron desantis, a lot of republicans are holding him up as the future nominee. he s the rational one. he s not as crazy as donald trump, but this is crazy, and we have to recognize that right now, paint him for what he is. this is it s gis gusting. you know, this is the same type of behavior we saw in michigan with larry nassar who wanted to know about girls and their periods and get into violation that we should not stand for. we need to call it right now and recognize him for who he is. in michigan you and governor whitmer and secretary of state jocelyn benson, you have an