joe tacopina, will join us .ht but first, happening right now, our top story right here out of new york . alvin bragg is now sweating even more than usual tonight. now he s put his has pathetically weak case againsttl former president trump has. letr totally imploded. , th let s be very clear here. the case died this very week., s it is very obvious. it is very clear .n of it s transparent. alvin bragg had every intention of indicting donald trump this week. but for the second straight day, grand jury proceedings rere canceled today. now, braggut is now telling reuters that it was former president donald trump that created a false expectation of arrest.ng t it was never actually going to happen. according to brag, it seems really after a multi year investigation, the formation of a grand jury, the meetingeate with law enforcement to coordinate an impending anes of a former vice formerevet president . and we re supposed to believee that somehow donald trump now created the f
overlap. he witnesses that overlap. and then of course the schedules that overlap. william russell s grand jury testimony, this week, it ended up delaying another january 6th court case how does the overlap between all of these proceedings complicate things for the justice department? how do they think about that? well i will tell you, from donald trump s perspective, his whole approach here is to delay, delay, delay. and i think congressman swalwell was right. you played that clip in your teeth. i would also add, most defendants, if they are innocent, they want to have a trial as quickly as possible, so that they can clear their names and move on with their lives. donald trump has taken the opposite approach here. alicia, i think that should tell your viewers everything they need to know about the strength of the government s case against them. i want to ask, you jill, about that date that anthony just referenced, may 2024. what does that date say to you? the date is a safe date
thinking and the legal strategy there. in his case, there is nothing to be gained. because the evidence is pretty clear. it s pretty compelling. and very incriminating. and anything that he would say could end up being a lie, which would only add a perjury count to the indictment. when you get a letter, it s a target letter, it s a warning that the department of is very close to returning indictment in this case. special counsel, separate and independent vote, the department of justice. i just want to add that i agree with everything anthony said, in my years at the department of justice, facts and law are what determined what an indictment would say and when it would be issued. so if you get a target letter, it is giving you an opportunity to come and convince a grand jury that you didn t do what the evidence shows. that you have another side to the story. and in this case, there isn t
conducting last-minute interviews. overnight, nbc learning special counsel jack smith has reached out to the governor of georgia. earlier this, week a former trump aide spoke to the grand jury, four hours. according to nbc s exclusive reporting, exit staffer william russell testified about trump s mindset on january 6th. all this as trump s first federal case gets a court date. a judge here in florida setting the classified documents trial for may 2024, despite trump s insistence that there is absolutely no rush. former impeachment manager eric swalwell calling trump s delay tactics a sign of guilt. someone who is as innocent as donald trump claims he is would not want to delay justice, the whole point of a speedy trial right, which he could use and go to trial very quickly, is to protect people who are wrongfully accused. so he is your acting like a guilty person. trump s florida charles is
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