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Is a bedrock principle of the department of justice, and our nations commitment to the rule of law sets an example for the world. we have one set of laws in this country, and they apply to everyone. applying those laws, collecting facts, that is what determines the outcome of an investigation. nothing more, and nothing less. >> now you would be forgiven if you didnt know who that was, thats jack smith. you probably never heard him talk before. theres various pictures of him floating around, some...

And to see whether or not, one, she doesnt wrong. and so you have the grounds to do it. or two, maybe shell just say, you know what, i do not want to have problems on this. case ive already had issues with the chief judge and other members of the 11th circuit. i want to get off this case. >> katie phang its alicica menendez. -- it takes all the lawyers on this network not to specifically name statutes when there are talking about the law. not that theyve been talking to other lawyers. the other ...

Colleagues alicica menendez, jonathan capehart, ayman mohyeldin, symone sanders-townsend, and with us from miami, katie phang. the twice impeached, and now twice indicted donald trump has become the first ex president to face criminal charges from the federal government. over the next two hours, my colleagues and i, along with some special guests, are going to break down the justice departments case against the former commander-in-chief. a case that we saw for the first time just yesterday. when...

Trumps friend. in this instance, we already know that there is a brand new lawyer that is being brought on to lead this case. two parlors have now resigned. there has been a shuffling of what im calling the chairs on the deck of the titanic, frankly, in my opinion. they are definitely reopening the legal team for donald trump. there are also some ocean practice. motions to dismiss, motions to change, venue motions to -- politicization of the process. theres gonna be a lot going on. we, hopefully...

Representing him. within two hours, suddenly saying, oops, we realized this was being tried in miami. we will not be able to make it down to miami for this trial. that seemed very bizarre. you, obviously, are in this world. how strange was that? how do you interpret that? what do you make of the fact that they, up until friday morning were on tv saying that they were still representing him and put out the statement within a couple of hours saying, actually, were not representing him. >> in, it d...

Indicted, i dont see the back. >> the second time, i would expect -- him talk about republicans, particularly, republicans in congress. i would expect a sophisticated spots. when tunnel trump got indicted in manhattan, they were carrying on about how it was his personal business, whatever the case is. now, response -- its very orchestrated because everyone has -- suddenly, everyones using the same, word recognize a solution. weaponization of donald trump, two standards of, whatever for everythin...

Then the fbi has to literally bust into his place and take the step back. >> what strikes me about this, its good storytelling. which i think is important. because this is a complicated case, if you will. you want, even -- i want my niece and nephew to be able to understand very clearly why the drastic step of indicting a former president of the united states of america. the first time its ever been done in america, its been done in many other democracies. why it was necessary. this document say...

Specifically to judge cannon. talk about the role, and the power she has, in terms of setting the timetables. setting the schedule. could she, just as a judge in this case, delay matters that are favorable for donald trump? >> yes. so jonathan, thats a very good point. scheduling orders are entered in all cases in federal court. civil or criminal. in this instance, she can say i cant try this case until ex-date. but again, i think if you see something like that, that you are going to see her fit...

Case done. its no rocket science, right? theres no magic to this. judge has an audit of cases. she is a calendar friend of hers. she has a clerk, a judicial system. these people can tell her she can say, this is when i want to go to trial in this case. >> let me ask you really quick about his lawyers that were and suddenly were not. he added lawyers as of friday morning. i believe they prepared on new shows, saying they were representing him. within two hours, suddenly saying, oops, we realized ...

The timeline on this case look like? >> the arraignment is going to take place at three pm eastern on tuesday at the federal courthouse in down town miami, at that arraignment, wants donald trump editors a plea of not guilty, we are going to keep our eyes on scheduling, right? we want to know, when is that case going to be separate trial? in a criminal case, even a civil case, excuse me, you are going to work back from that trial gate. it is going to be a trial date set up. all the work has to b...