everything we know and he s not been held accountable. he wasn t convicted in the senate or disqualified by the senate from holding office. he s faced no civil liability. this is really the chance and if this doesn t work, what s going to stop trump from trying to stay in office if he s reelected? or the next person who wants to try to steal the election? we need to have accountability for what happened in 2020. yeah, you were essentially noting the other cases saying they matter, but it s this case that you believe is more important. the one that gets to the heart of the matter. i mean, you re write, the risks of our system of government not prosecuting president trump are greater than the risks of prosecuting him. obviously, that s not what we re hearing from his allies, his republican allies. i mean, what do you mean when you write that? what s your message to those who say it s not? well, i mean, the problem is that what donald trump tried to do is unprecedented in our
justice to help him steal the election. and he has repeatedly targeted prosecutors for simply doing their jobs. yesterday the former president commanded his foot soldiers in congress to stop the doj from prosecuting him. just this morning he was hollering on his truth social page about prosecutorial misconduct, and predicting he will have the trial of the century. so yes, joe biden and donald trump have starkly different views of the independence of the department of justice, and that is important to remember as we look at history. clare mccaskill served as democratic senator of mud zuri and she joins me now. you have a legal background, a political background and we re all trying to make sense of what happened today. so let me start with this. is it unusual for a judge not to accept a plea deal like this? because it felt kind of surprising to everyone watching it. well, there are some things in this plead eel that were unusual, that s when the judge focused on both the scope of
now, just to give to put this in a picture for, you imagine for a second that a child of the former president, a child of trump, was under investigation by a prosecutor, appointed by democratic president, do you think there is any world in which he would ve let that person keep their job? or, frankly, even refrain from personally attacking them? if you have any doubt, remember, don trump attempted to co-opt the department of justice to help him steal the election. and he has repeatedly targeted prosecutors for simply doing their jobs. yesterday the former president commanded his foot soldiers in congress to take steps to stop the doj from prosecuting him. just this morning he was hollering on his truth social page about prosecutorial misconduct, and predicting he will have the trial of the century. so yes, joe biden and donald trump have starkly different views of the independence of the department of justice, and that is important to remember as we look at history. clare mccaskill s
scheduling of the production of classified documents, the ability to view them. but where it gets really interesting is trump has requested that this trial be postponed until after the election. he wants an indefinite postponement, which really proves right all the critics who said the reason why he s running is to avoid having his case tried because he thought that running for office would dissuade merrick garland from prosecuting him. well, he was half right. jack smith is now a pit bull, so he should have been careful what he asked for. but now he s saying the quiet part out loud. he s saying don t even try me until after the election when he thinks he ll be president and then can order his department of justice to get rid of the whole thing. well, and i do want to ask you a follow-up on that, but let me ask you about these delay tactics. as you know, we ve talked about this before. this is trump s m.o. he wants to delay things when it comes to legal troubles as long as possible.
from los angeles after celebrating his daughter s second birthday. arrived here and will be in court first thing tomorrow morning. but, look, this is a big risk for him. we ve been speaking with legal experts who say, look, when he takes that witness stand and he s cross-examined, that s when we are going to see the attorneys going after his credibility. they re going to be bringing up everything from what he wrote in his memoir, specifically things he wrote about using drugs, to making him answer some really uncomfortable questions. this has been harry s crusade. this is his mission. this mission to try and change the landscape of the paparazzi, to try and lay down some form of a precedence here. and he believes that the paparazzi has ruined his life. that they are responsible for the death of his mother. so this is something that we have seen for years and years and years. so for the first time he is going to be taking the witness stand in some ways telling his side of the story. but