We begin this hour with all signs pointing to a fourth indictment of donald trump in georgia. Two witnesses say they will appear tuesday before the Fulton County grand jury. Journalist george shady and former georgia Lieutenant Governor George Duncan Claude Duncan put, quote, i look forward answering the questions around the 2021 election. Republicans should never let honesty be mistaken for weakness. The Fulton County georgia courthouse already on high alert, plastic and metal barricades blocking the building for traffic. Bomb sniffing dogs inspecting media vehicles. Trump meanwhile is proclaiming his innocence on the campaign trail. Here is what he was asked about on a popular plea deal and georgia. Any chance you take a plea deal in georgia . We did nothing wrong. We do not have to take a plea deal. Yes sir, yes sir. We dont take plea deals, that is a wiseguy questions. We dont take plead eels because i did nothing wrong. Trumps running commentary on his criminal cases are to rebuke
We begin this hour with all signs pointing to a fourth indictment for donald trump in georgia. Two witnesses say that they will appear tuesday before the fulton grand jury. Journalist george chidi and former Lieutenant Governor jeff duncan both announcing their pending testimonies on twitter. Duncan writing i look forward to answering their questions around the 2020 election. Republicans 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. Heres what he told nbcs Vaughn Hillyard when he was asked about a possible plea deal in georgia. Any chance you take a plea deal in georgia . Yes, sir. Its a wise guy question. We dont take plea deals. Trumps commentary on the criminal cases are under review for the d. C. Judge. Friday, they restricted how the judge can handle evid
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. Heres what he told nbcs Vaughn Hillyard when he was asked about a possible plea deal in georgia. Any chance you take a political . Yes, sir. Mr. Weiss. We dont take plea deals. Trumps 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 will be that we proceed t
caution it s. ron klain having work to the judiciary committee with joe biden when he was chairman and the business of confirming those judges. ron klein told me about is last week of working for the white house that he s their underway fulfilling every vacancy in the federal courts. they might get to a point this year where they re sitting there with no vacancies. wow! that s just an astonishing accomplishment. at a time when it is abundantly clear how very important the judiciary is to be functioning democracy. exactly. we are joined tonight by harvard law officer professor laurence tribe to consider of among other things mike pence s novel to put it kindly, novel notion about why he should testify before a grand jury. novel is one way putting it or, it s account wait to see. it thanks. alex thank you. well the breaking news of the night is that special prosecutor jeff jack smith has invoked the crime fraud exception in a motion to force one of donald trump
among other things, mike pence s novel to put it kindly novel notion about why he should not have to testify before a grand jury. novel is one way of putting it, lawrence. i can t wait to see. it thanks, alex. thank you. well the breaking news of the night is that special prosecutor jeff jack smith has invoked the crime fraud exception in a motion to force one of donald trump s lawyers to testify before a grand jury without being able to refuse to answer questions because of the attorney client privilege. the crime fraud exception can overrule the attorney client privilege. the new york times is reporting tonight federal prosecutors overseeing the investigation into former president donald j trump s handling of classified documents are seeking to pierce assertions of client attorney privilege and compel lawyers to answer more questions before a grand jury according to two people familiar with the matter, adding an aggressive new dimension to the inquiry and und