indictment and less than 250 days to state cases brought by special counsel, is this a once every quarter millennial occurrence or is this the new political norm, some on the right believe this is election interference in his weapon eisinger justice system, overzealous prosecutors with their relentless pursuit of the former president. those on the left believe it is a plot to change election results, to avoid a peaceful problem power, using the power of the presidency to pressure others for personal gain. a recent poll asked americans whether they believe former president trump committed crimes, this pool like seemingly everything else in life was broken down by political affiliation, the results were equal parts fascinating and disquieting. not a single witness has been examine or cross-examine that a single document or exhibit tested probed or challenged there s been no opening statement or jury instruction all along. let s be candid, most americans do not know the law all
less than 250 days. two state cases, two cases brought by special counsel, if this is once every millenium occurrence or is the new norm? some on the right believe this is election interference, relentless pursuit of the former president. those on the left believe it is just dessert of a plot to use power of presidency to pressure others for personal gain. a recent poll asked americans if they believe former president trump committed crimes. this poll, like everything else in life, was broken down by political, affiliation, fascinating and disquieting. not a single witness has been cross-examined, not a single document probed or challenged, no jury instruction. let s be candid, most americans do not know the law or elements of the offenses for which the president has been indicted. how would anyone be comfortable passing judgement on guilt with no testimony, no examination, how can you incowlpate or excullpate someone when you don t have the law or the facts? that did not det
indictment and less than 250 days to state cases brought by special counsel, is this a once every quarter millennial occurrence or is this the new political norm, some on the right believe this is election interference in his weapon eisinger justice system, overzealous prosecutors with their relentless pursuit of the former president. those on the left believe it is a plot to change election results, to avoid a peaceful problem power, using the power of the presidency to pressure others for personal gain. a recent poll asked americans whether they believe former president trump committed crimes, this pool like seemingly everything else in life was broken down by political affiliation, the results were equal parts fascinating and disquieting. not a single witness has been examine or cross-examine that a single document or exhibit tested probed or challenged there s been no opening statement or jury instruction all along. let s be candid, most americans do not know the law all
from all of our colleagues in colleagues across nbc news, thanks for staying up late. i ll see at the end of tomorrow. tomorrow thanks to you at home for joining me this hour once again. we now have a date, march 4th, 2024. that is the day that fulton county district attorney, fani willis, proposed her case against trump and his 18 codefendants that is the date that she would like to put it to trial. that would put this trial in georgia just two months after the january 2nd date that special counsel jack smith proposed for the federal case against trump s attempts to overturn the 2020 election. and it would be just three weeks before trump s hush money case is set to start in new york. it would be just two months before the start of jack smith s mar-a-lago classified documents case which is on may 20th and it would be just one day before super tuesday. that means just 200 days from tomorrow trump and his codefendants could be in a potentially televised courtroom battling th
fake electors plot before the 2020 election was even decided. we ll have more on that video which appears to undermine some claims from the former president s legal team also ahead, the latest developments in the georgia election case including the proposed trial date from fulton county district attorney fani willis. plus an update on the recovery efforts in maui amid increasing scrutiny for hawaii s electricity provider. good morning and welcome to way too early on this thursday, august 17th. i m johnnen lemere. thanks for starting your day with us. we ll begin this morning with a disturbing situation out of texas where a woman was arrested and charged with threatening the federal judge who is presiding over former president donald trump s federal election interference case here in washington, d.c. the 43-year-old who was denied bail allegedly threatened to kill judge tanya chutkan. we want to warn you some of these details are down right disturbing. according to an af