recent decades. jonathan alter, and stewart stevens, thank people for joining our discussion tonight. thank you. coming up, donald trump got crushed again by the united states supreme court. and our next guest, barbara macron, is just written a prosecution memo showing just exactly how donald trump could be prosecuted right now for federal crimes, based on publicly available evidence. never mind the kind of evidence that a grand carry can add to that. that is next. carry can add t so you only pay for what you need. only pay for what you need. liberty. liberty. liberty. liberty. that i see trees of green that is next i see them bloom for me and you (music)
proceeding, depending on the facts that emerge, other statutes may also have been violated. such as, the federal road fraud statute and seditious conspiracy. joining us now, barbara mcquade, former u.s. attorney and a law professor at the university of michigan law school. she s an msnbc legal analyst. barbara, as soon as this came out, i said, can we get barbara at 10 pm? this is exciting for me, because i ve never seen one of these prosecution memos, because i ve never worked in the justice department. this is what you used to do on a regular basis, make the case whether to prosecute or not. here, you conclude, you can just publicly available information, that there is enough to prosecute. what s more evidence would you expect to be able to get, if you initiated a grand jury proceeding, with subpoena power, to obtain evidence that isn t even public? at lawrence, what a
look at his inaugural address, his second inaugural address, was all about democracy promotion. so when someone like ron desantis s aide says, we are not interested in promoting democracy now, they are not just rejecting jimmy carter s human rights policy, they are rejecting with the republican party has also stood for in recent decades. jonathan alter and stewart stevens, thank you both for joining our discussion tonight. thank you. coming, up donald trump got crushed again by the united states supreme court. and, our next guest, barbara macron, it has written a prosecution memo showing exactly how donald trump could be prosecuted right now for federal crimes based on publicly available evidence. never mind the kind of evidence that a grand jury can add to that. that is next. can add to that that thatr car insurance,
she concludes, in this 28-page prosecution memo, that donald trump has indeed violated federal law, can be prosecuted for what he was doing with mike pence to try and change the outcome of the election, trying to force mike pence to force the change. barbara equates going to join us and explain a prosecution memo. she lays out in very easy to understand language. i m glad you re doing that, my friend. yes. this is what would go up to the attorney general for the attorney general to make a decision. he would read a document like this, and say, okay, let s go. these are the decision documents. enjoy the show, my friend. thank you, ali. we have breaking news at this hour, nbc news reports that president biden has interviewed three finalists for his first supreme court nomination. those supremely qualified women are d.c. circuit judge, ketanji brown, jackson district judge, michelle childs, and california supreme court justice, leondra
in back pay, the settlement is still a victory for the woman s national soccer team and for the fans of the team nationwide. so how is that for ending the show on a positive note? that does it for us tonight, we will see you again, now it s time for me to spread this joy and glee to my friend lawrence o donnell who has the last word this evening. i know it won t take long for us to get gloomy about serious things, though. we do have some faces to cover, including, marc mcquade is going to join us and she has written something that i have never seen before. it s a prosecution memo, it s the kind of prosecution memo that will be written in the justice department now, about the consideration of prosecuting donald trump. i have never seen a prosecution memo, federal prosecution memo, because i ve never worked in the justice department. but barbara has written this one, using nothing but publicly available evidence.