Centering on how trump handled classified documents. Meanwhile, lets go to georgia in a separate Criminal Case against trump, the judge promising a ruling in the next two weeks on a hearing in that case . Fulton County District attorney fani willis, fighting to stay on the prosecution against trump and his allies. A lot swirling around here. Lets discuss it all with cnn contributor and former Nixon White House counsel, john dean, jon great to have you on. Thanks for being with us this evening. Lets start first with this tactic that we know trump and his team have been putting into place, which is delay, delay, delay it seems to be working right now. Would you disagree no, i would not disagree. I think its been very successful particularly going into the high court, going to the Supreme Court. Thats tied the january 6 case in the District Of Columbia in knots and prevented it from doing anything the other cases are marching along, if you will and yet they are kind of in a way tied toget
Lesson about democracy. We thought it was an Important Note to end the week on. Sometimes we think the system isnt working, but its important to keep that struggle in mind. Thank you for doing that, we will pick up exactly where you left off. Have a good weekend. Have a good show. Rachel without putin. That was one of the chants shouted by the people who Alexei Navalny, thousands of people who knew that they were risking their freedom, possibly their lives to say that. Alexei navalny who was harassed, poisoned imprisoned, and ultimately killed is proof of what happens to those Who Defy Putin and russia. Navalnys widow yulia and their two children did not attend the funeral because of fears of their own safety, Russian Police patrol the funeral, they stopped mourners from entering the church, unable to view, as you saw the open casket where navalnys body was covered with Red And White roses. The New York Times reports that Cell Phone Service in the area had been reduced to the lower ban
And this is americas late news, fox news at night. And breaking tonight, a crucial day in multiple courtrooms for donald trump. The former president attended proceedings in florida, where a judge is weighing when the federal documents case against him will go to trial. More on that in a moment. But first, it is now up to a judge in georgia to decide whether fani willis, the District Attorney overseeing the Election Interference Case against trump there, should be removed from the case over alleged impropriety. The Senior National correspondent kevin corke is live in dc with more from the Closing Arguments and what, if anything, we can read from the tea leaves. Anything but a tea party in georgia, good evening sdmooeven tea leaves indeed my friend. Evening to you. After listening to three hours of legal arguments, judge scott mack any said he hoped to issue a ruling in the next couple of weeks. Now the judge is now tasked with determining Whether Da Fani Willis and her office should be
This vicious persecution is a travesty of justice. This is a political hit job. Im going to have to sit here for months on a trail. I think its ridiculous. Its unfair. Trump often whines about the unfairness of it all. The two tiers of justice. Well, hes right, there is a tier for trump, who remains a free man, and another tier for the many other americans who go to prison for much less than what hes done. Also tonight, Brave Mourners Defy the kremlin outside the funeral of russian Opposition Leader alexei navalny. Crying out, putin is a murderer, and we wont forgive. Well discuss how their Valor Contrasts with the weakness and capitulation of the putin and trump stooges in americas Republican Party. Plus, on this first day of womens history month, well call up the bey hive to discuss how beyonce who is number one on the Country Music charts is helping Shine A Light on the black pioneers in the genre, particularly black women. But we begin tonight with the wildest of american dichotomi
Right to have their votes counted. All fuelled by what jack smith calls Donald Trumps widely disseminated and knowingly false claims that the election was stolen, as he counted on violence to help him remain in power. We will bring you new information on the six unindicted coconspirators, including trump attorney rudy giuliani, who pressured officials to manipulate the vote count in multiple swing states. Trumps attempts to get mike pence to stop counting the certified votes. We will have the latest responses from trump and his lawyers as well as his rivals. Our reporters and legal experts also. Good day, everyone. Im Andrea Mitchell in washington. A few blocks from the federal courthouse, here we are. Former President Donald Trump tomorrow has been called to appear tomorrow afternoon before a Magistrate Judge to face charges in a new indictment with four counts from Special Counsel jack smith. The 45page indictment alleging three separate conspiracies, which built on the mistrust the