greetings everyone, you are watching symone. former president donald trum indicted by a grand jury o tuesday. he will be formally charged an fingerprinted. it s the first in american history. we are digging into why there a debate over whether president, former current should be hel to the same legal standards as you and i. and in true trump fashion, h is lashing out district attorney alvin brag and his staff, even the judg in the case. targets of attacks on social media and we re talking to reverend al sharpton, a man wh knows all about donald trump s history in new york. last republicans, while they are falling in line. the former vice president elec the leaders, even people trump could be riding against in the 2020 primary all defending donald, trum right now. before we even know the charge or the evidence. i am symone sanders-townsend and i have something to say. no one is above the law. it is not just a slogan, it an american principle that i supposed to guide the ju
That the judge quote hates him and accused judge of mistreating the former presidents organization, cfo allan weisselberg when h presided over that case. charles, you know you are former prosecutor sofa freshly indicted defendant in your cas bad-mouthing the judge, to millions of folks on socia media, what would your reactio be well as a former prosecutor i would let it go. i am going to let it go ahea and let him dig a deeper hol as he can because the only thing that s going t ultimately result here simon as he is going to put himsel in that position, that judge has ample grounds to issue a gag order. now the contours of the ga order would remain to be see in terms of what he would an would not be able to talk abou and where he would and would not be able to post. he is giving this judge ampl grounds to get him in that position typically, not something you see judges do on prompt. it usually the prosecutor were asked for a gag order but in a case like this, alvin brag does not have
Because donald trump continues to run his mouth so if it continues to do, that he is going to open the door for the judge to put a gag order on him or he won t b saying anything more charlie, hearing both o those two things what we hav heard from charles and the former congresswoman, you have actually warned that our democracy and legal system are about to face a huge stres test with this prosecution what do you think the bigges star that we should be preparing for? well first of, all no one should be above the law bu donald trump has been for 50 years as someone who is abov the law. we do have a two, tier three tiered system of justice and donald trump has exploited tha for years and intends to continue to exploit it now the rules that change here here is something that has attacked the courts, attacke prosecutors, insulted judges and the pass freely. but next week, everythin changes because this will be the first time that somethin
Whether we were going to mov forward with impeachment, and remember saying one of the democratic caucus meetings outlook, this president is not going to allow us to not impeach him because he is an habitual offender. he will not stop and we have seen the history of violations of law, violations of rules an poor behavior does not have great relationship with th truth and now, here we are so simone, with all of the challenges that are just the system has, i really do believ not just today, not just o friday but for a long time tha nobody is above the law. you know, donald trump ha been attacking the new yor county supreme court judge i his case, judge merck sean the judge is expected, again h will preside over this arraignment on tuesday and according to a court administration official, you have donald trump that sai this on social media understanding all of that.