is american voices we began this weekend with breaking news. reacting to former president trump s bombshell claim that h will be arrested on tuesday. trump says that he s receive quote, legal leaks about the manhattan district attorney investigation. on a shrewd social account tha will be taken into custody o tuesday. earlier this, week trump attorney said that if th former president were to b indicted that he would surrender to authorities trump himself already callin for protests to be clear, no evidence tha trump has indeed been indicted the manhattan da s offic declined to comment. just minutes ago, michael cohe shedding light on the gran juries possible timeline the grand jury meets you sa monday, wednesday, thursday. which means he s gonna b arrested next tuesday? they would ve had to vote an indictment thursday. because you were there testifying on wednesday? correct just yesterday the claims of harassment calls for protest nbc learned at least five law enfo
trump s former lawyer, who i already served time for hi role in the scheme, had this t say. he s furious right now. because donald is not somebody who likes to tak accountability and alvin bragg dropped 2000-pound and vilify coun ability right on to his lap. so, it s the first time in his life that he s going to be hel accountable for his own dirt deeds. despite trump facin criminal charges, he s movin forward with his 2024 righ house run. the trump campaign s eve raising money off this cas claiming it raised more than $ million from his supporters in the first 24 hours after the news of the indictment becam public. and trump s republican allies in washington and his supporters, they are standin by their man it is no surprise that they ar already attacking this investigation as a political hit job. without pointing to actual evidence of wrongdoin by prosecutors. during trump s official 2024 campaign rally last month, supporters hel campaign signs with the word witch hunt.
of the - columnist for msnbc, daily molly is a special correspondent with the vanit fair and the politic broadcast. both of these shows ar fantastic, so you should mak sure that you tune into them all right, don t go anywhere straight ahead, a brand-ne batch of documents from januar six committee has dropped. we will have the latest on these new revelations, what we know and where we go from, her plus, donald trump fought fo years to keep his tax, between now the congress has, them w are in fact learning som things that no one actuall expected to find out another hour of elie velsh begins right now and good morning, to it i christmas eve, it is cold, i is 9 am in east, 6 am in the west, and its final days o existence, still dropping interview transcripts and we are still here sifting through them for new revelations the committee released its final report less thursday night and a fresh batch of witness transcripts just las night in a historic move i recommended that cong
up for someone who is paid hus money, to a porn star, is th height of hypocrisy. are you concerned congresswoman, about some of this rhetoric that we ar hearing, and that it could cause violence i mean, the death an destruction that the forme president posted about o social media weeks ago the incessant attacks on d alvin bragg. these are all serious. they are extremely serious. but we have seen it before wit january 6th. where he had no respect for th constitution and was goading people t attack his own vice president. this is someone who has no respect for the law, for the constitution, and for th people of this country however that goes beyond thi particular criminal indictment
for the trump cases. joining m now to discuss this and more i melissa murray, professor of law and why you, and msnbc contributor. melissa, what mor can you tell us about judg merchan s reputation in th legal community? what are th legal street saying about him? well, out here in these streets, simone, he s known as a street shooter, someone wh does not bear grudges, not a vindictive. so, he s not likel to care about these twitte rant or these truth social run of the former president. he someone who is known as playin it really fair, straight dow the middle, he s someone who controls his courtroom and that s going to be criticall important here because this is going to be something of a circus. it is not likely tha this trial, and it is likely t be a trial, because it i unlikely that this president will plead guilty at any point but when there is a trial, h will be charged with managin this courtroom, it seems lik that is something he does very well so, can you weigh in on thi poi