for the 11th hour with stephanie ruhle starts now trump indicted. the first ever crimina indictment of a former president of the united states the first time in his lif that the guy is actually min held accountable for his own dirty deeds. did you think this day woul actually come with this man? karma is a bench. we don t know what happen in this event. but we do know that th republican party has decided that it s not going to take an off ramp once again. give the president some money to fight this bowl [bleep]. in washington, trump buddies in the house are still demanding that essentially d break hand over all thei evidence to them you have no jurisdictio here it will require them to b pro of money payment to poin stars, pro insurrection, pro classified documents sitting around in mar-a-lago thereafter before so many things oh, those prosecutors. this is a genuine test of how much are we are as a democracy that believes in liberty under law. and i don
it s the first time in hi life that the guy is actuall being held accountable for his own dirty deeds. did you think that this day would ever come for this man karma is a big pitch. we don t know what but what we do know is that th republican party has decided i not going to take an off ram once again give the president some money to bite this bowl [bleep so demanding that da brag essentially hand over all of his evidence - you have no jurisdictio here it will require them to b pro-hush money payments to por stars, pro insurrection, pro classified documents sitting around at mar-a-lago - arrested me for so many things oh, those prosecutors. this is a genuine test of how much war we are as a democracy that believes in liberty under law. and i don t know how we ar going to do. good evening once again i m stephanie ruhle, back at msnbc headquarters in new york city donald trump s true hometown this weekend, the former president will likely be preparing
she s coming up on tuesday she s encouraging protest. she s going to be at the courthouse she is a member of congress. she has a day job to do. who pays for that, phil? does she view this as part o her duty representing the stat of georgia, taxpayers pay fo this i don t know how she intend to pay for that amtrak ticke to get up to new york. she very well may be paying ou of it out of her campaign or political action committee but you are right, it is her day job. she s supposed to be on recess congress is at home doin district work. new york is obviously not he district her district is in georgia well, the good people o georgia deserve to know, are they paying for this new yor visit? susanne craig, great to see yo in person. phil rucker, barbara mcquade renato mariotti i know you wil be back here next week when we come back, a consequential moment congressman richie torres is here on the unknown road ahead and what trump s indictmen means for our democracy. and later, we just menti
the world s oldest democracy joining me now, democratic new york congressman ritchie torres congressman, this has not ever happened in the u.s. but we ve seen these types of things i other countries, in italy, i israel do you see this as a huge test for our democracy? well, the fundamental difference between a dictatorship and a democracy i that a democracy should be capable of holding its leadership accountable in court of law i mean, donald trump sees hi self as a king who is above th law and who can do whatever he wishes with impunity and he s finally facin accountability we re sending a powerful message to the world that no one is above the law, not even a former president that in the united states of america, there is no king or queen, or the only king or queen is the majesty of th law. when you say we are sending a message, who is we the american legal system
it s the first time in hi life that the guy is actuall being held accountable for his own dirty deeds. did you think that this day would ever come for this man karma is a big pitch. we don t know what but what we do know is that th republican party has decided i not going to take an off ram once again give the president some money to bite this bowl [bleep so demanding that da brag essentially hand over all of his evidence - you have no jurisdictio here it will require them to b pro-hush money payments to por stars, pro insurrection, pro classified documents sitting around at mar-a-lago - arrested me for so many things oh, those prosecutors. this is a genuine test of how much war we are as a democracy that believes in liberty under law. and i don t know how we ar going to do.