[speaking in a global language] [applause] welcome to the beat with ari melber. we have a big show for you tonight, prosecutor ronaldo murat he will join me as we look at jack smith s big coup case against donald trump, which faces a key appeal in january. how was matt drawn his past experience? january. that s where we begin . he s a tough prosecutor with a long record. he s led difficult and victorious cases, including, the prosecution of new york police officer, justin pulpy, who tortured abner lima, and a tory s case, which resulted in a 30-year prison sentence, unheard of for a prosecutor at the time. he was unknown prosecutor at the time. he went on to develop and expertise that other lawyers sometimes doc. the kind of cases that go at the powerful and government, police senators, heads of states. he developed experience for the pressures of those specific entities, a somewhat repetition of a prosecutor that you can pick up and call with a tough case like that. sm
question. what was the cause of the civil war? she managed to give an answer they did not include the words slavery. we re going to show you that later in this hour. and explain. why she gave that answer. lawrence i m looking forward to that because i saw also that same comment after we did our segment so i m glad you re covering it. thank you, jonathan. thanks, lawrence. on christmas day a 77 year old criminal defendant facing racketeering charges and other felonies in four jurisdictions said that his prosecutors should rot in hell. and unlike every other criminal defendant who has said that, he didn t mumble it to himself bitterly, alone in his jail cell, awaiting trial. he didn t say it angrily to a cell mate. he said it through the reach of social media to the world and while he was at it, he said the president s united states should rot in hell. the 77 year old criminal defendant is also the leading republican candidate for president of united states. thanks to t
the head of security for the court said threats are considered to be serious and credible. they are not hypothetical or expected. the limited gag orders have resulted in a decrease and disparaging messages. however, the number of threatening messages increased. the judge and his staff are being inundated with hundreds of harassing and threatening phone calls, for snow messaging that has resulted in the threat assessment unit, having to constantly reassessing evaluate. they have to put in place to ensure the safety of the judge and those around him. on thanksgiving, day special partner jack smith filed a copy of that statement. in the case of united states of america versus donald j trump where donald j trump is appealing a limited gag order, issued in that case by the trial course judge tanya. the appeals court, federal appeals court hearing in that case last monday indicated that the appeals court monday were in favor of preserving most if not all of the gag order issued