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 people s 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. it s remarkable that we re talking about three separate criminal cases and maybe even another one. but it s 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
duncan writing i look forward to answering their questions around the 2020 election. republican should never let honesty be mistaken for weakness. the fulton county georgia courthouse already on high alert. the barricades blocking the building from traffic. the bomb sniffing dogs inspecting vehicles. trump, meanwhile, is proclaiming his innocence on the campaign trail. here s what he told nbc s vaughn hillyard when he was asked about a possible plea deal in georgia. any chance you take a political? yes, sir. mr. weiss. we don t take plea deals. trump s commentary on the criminal cases are under review for the d.c. judge. friday, they restricted how the judge can handle evidence in the election interference trial. a, reminder trump will face consequences for threatening his perceived enemies if he does. so quote, the more party makes inflammatory statements about this case which could change the jury pool or intimidate potential witnesses, the greater the urgency w
good evening. i m mehdi hasan. the insanity defense. that is what the trump legal team seems to be offering this week in the wake of special counsel jack smith s stunning and damning 45-page indictment, excuse, me of the former president, charging him with conspiracy to defraud the united states, obstruction and conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy to violate rights. all charges fueled by his lies per the indictment. the trump team saying, though, he wasn t lying, he truly believed he won the election. which, if he truly believed that, would of course be insane. but it s not true, as smiths and item notes, trump was informed by members of his own campaign and legal teams that he had indeed, lost there was no massive fraud involved. trump himself is quoted in the indictment telling mike pence after his own vice president told him that he, mike, pence had no constitutional authority to reject the vote on january the 6th, quote, you re too honest. best o
breaking developments and donald trump s throat and document. judge tanya chutkan requests rejects the request from trump s team to delay the court proceedings. and televised the trial. democrats are demanding cameras in the courtroom, are to win the fate of democracy depends on it. and it is a bust. house republicans wanted to expose bottom criminality and goggles the opposite. no evidence, no crime. i m ayman mohyeldin, let s get started. tonight, we begin this hour with that breaking news. u.s. district court judge tanya chutkan just ordered donald trump s legal team responds to the government s motion for a protective order but monday, at five pm eastern. that order would prohibit trump and his lawyers from sharing discovery materials with unauthorized people. the special counsel argues this social post from trump suggest he might intimidate witnesses. in part by improperly disclosing confidential evidence received from the government. just moments ago, judge chutkan re
jail for several years for counterfeiting one vote. if they try to vote illegally once, he tried to steal the entire election. and his lawyers out there are saying that it s just a matter of him expressing his first amendment rights. and that is deranged. that is a deranged argument. trump s lawyers also making the case that mike pence will be the defenses, quote, best witness. today on cnn, pence contradicted laura s take on the pressure campaign to block the certification of president biden s election victory. what president trump did not do is direct vice president pence to do anything. he asked him in an aspirational way, asking is covered by the first amendment. in the days before the president was talking about us rejecting votes. and then late in the process, his lawyers suggested that we return votes to the states. but frankly, the day before january 6th, if memory serves, they came back, his lawyers did, and said we want you to reject votes outright. they were