Were committed beyond a reasonable doubt. That was arizonas Attorney General announcing grand jury charges against 11 Fake Electors including seven of Donald Trumps key allies in their attempt to keep trump in power after the 2020 election. Well go over what the sweeping indictment reveals, plus hours from now the former president will be in New York City for his Hush Money Trial just as the Supreme Court in washington, d. C. Hears his immunity case. Our legal expert joins us on what to expect. Also ahead, after months of negotiations on capitol hill, President Biden signed the foreign aid bill into law, clearing the way for crucial assistance to ukraine. So how soon will americas ally get their much needed weapons . Hey, good morning. Welcome to Way Too Early on this thursday, april 25th. I am sam stein in for jonathan lemire. Whens he coming back . We begin with the latest out of arizona where a State Grand Jury has indicted 11 socalled Fake Electors along with several other allies of donald trump in their efforts to overturn the 2020 election. The 58page indictment includes conspiracy, fraud, and forgery charges related to attempts by the defendants to change the Election Results in trumps favor. This was the scene back on december 14, 2020, when 11 people met at the Republican Party headquarters in phoenix to sign a certificate claiming to be arizonas 11 electors despite the fact that joe biden had won arizona by nearly 11,000 votes. The document also describes seven others in trumps orbit who were indicted but had their names redacted such as former white house Chief Of Staff mark meadows, lawyers rudy giuliani, john eastman, christina bobb, Trump Campaign official Boris Epstein and Campaign Official mike roman. Now, trump was not charged but described as unindicted coconspirator one. The indictments mark a significant step forward in an investigation that has spanned more than a year. Heres arizonas Attorney General kris mayes. I understand for some of you today it didnt come fast enough, and i know ill be criticized by others for conducting this investigation at all. As ive stated before and will say here again today i will not allow american democracy to be nsaid mined. Its too important. The Republican Party of arizona said in a statement posted to social media that the indictments represented a blatant and unprecedented abuse of prosecutorial power aimed solely at distracting the public from the critical policy debates our country should be focusing on as we approach the 2024 election. Now, arizona becomes the fourth state to file criminal charges against the socalled Fake Electors that sought to undermine President Bidens victory over trump. In just hours, meanwhile, Donald Trumps criminal Hush Money Trial will resume for day seven after court was in recess yesterday. Testimony will get under way with former National Enquirer publisher david pecker, set to take the Witness Stand for a third day. Prosecutors wrapped up on tuesday after pecker described an alleged catch and kill scheme that he participated in to cover up an alleged affair between trump and playboy model karen mcdougal. At the same time, judge juan merchan could also rule today on whether the former president violated his gag order. Yesterday key witnesses in former trump Attorney Michael Cohen stated he would stop posting or speaking publicly about the trial until after its conclusion. Cohen is not under a gag order but has been the target of many of trumps recent rants. Though donald trump gave an interview to the abc affiliate in philadelphia this week where he criticized Michael Cohen, and now one of trumps former attorneys is weighing in on those remarks. Heres what trump said followed by new comments from his former lawyer, tim parlator. Michael cohen is a convicted liar, and hes not no credibility whatsoever. Hes a lawyer and you rely on your lawyers, but Michael Cohen was a convicted liar. He was a lawyer for many peopleinate just me and he got in trouble for things outside what he did for me. Seemed to be in direct violation of the order as it is written. I think its problematic for him especially while the judge is currently sitting and trying to decide the issue. Tim, youre no longer on the payroll, man. Meanwhile, in washington the Supreme Court will hear arguments this morning in the historic case involving trump and his claim of absolute president ial immunity. Trumps legal team argues that president s have immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts taken while in office. Special counsel jack smiths office contends that president s are not above the law and that even if they are eligible for immunity for some official acts, trumps efforts to overturn the 2020 election was not an official president ial act. Now, trumps Immunity Claim has already been rejected by two lower courts, and the Special Counsel argues that justices should send the case back to u. S. District judge Tanya Chutkan to begin the trial. The decision and timing of the Supreme Courts ruling will be key as to whether the case goes to trial at all or is delayed past the president ial election. With all that said, a lot to unpack. Joining us now nbc justice and Legal Affairs analyst anthony coley. He was the top spokesman at the Department Of Justice under Attorney General merrick garland. And a disclaimer he insists that i read, hes not an actual lawyer. Set expectations at the right level. Right. Theres a lot to unpack today. Crazy day. Lets start with the immunity argument, because i think you and i both agree obviously everythings huge, but this one is monumental. What do you expect from the justice, what are you going to be looking for . Whats interesting to me we often refer to trumps well, let me say it this way. This moment feels to me like a timeout in a Football Game where we know what the end call is going to be but were waiting for the referee to review the tape. Thats what it feels like to me. I mean at the end of the day his argument is that he was so high up as president that he was above the law. And just play that out for a second. In real world parliaments that means a president could direct an fbi director to plant false and incriminating evidence on a political foe without any criminal accountability at all. It could also mean a president could direct the head of the National Guard to assassinate a political opponent. Or think about this, he could direct the National Guard to assassinate Supreme Court justices that doesnt agree with him. Thats something joyce vance suggested prosecutors actually raise as an example, as a hypothetical in todays other Oral Arguments to bring it home. I want to be clear about this. This case is not about the merits at all. This is an effort about donald trump to throw sand in the gears of the underlying to keep it from even Getting Started or completed before the november election. Thats whats happening. Sometimes when referees do review a call, they continue to upold the wrong call. Is there any doubt in your mind that the Supreme Court will not reject this . Ultimately no. What they could do is refer the matter back down to a lower court for further fact finding, but in that is a win for donald trump, right . Because it gives it it elongigates the time. It eelongates the time. No one is above democracy and certainly not american president s. Well shift to the trial that is happening right now. Judge merchan so far held off on any ruling about his gag order. Right. As we saw a former trump lawyer suggest plainly states he violated the gag order. If trumps own former lawyer can see it so clearly do you presume that the judge himself will see it so clearly . And if so, why has it taken this long . Whats interesting right now is prosecutors themselves, the District Attorneys Office has not asked judge juan merchan to detain donald trump, and so i suspect what were going to see play out is first the judge to levy a financial Pen AppellateOn Donald Trump and also give him a very stern talking to. The judge has not spoken to trump directly about any violations of the gag order, and judge juan merchan like he i think he has a reputation of treating people fairly, and of course this is a trial of a life. He doesnt want to be overturned on appeal, so hes going to do everything by the book, and i think first were going to see those financial do you think in the back of his mind the judge says if i issue 1,000 fine for every violation of gag order trump is going to use that to raise a couple million dollars. Do you think political calculations are going through the judges Decision Making . It shouldnt. Right, judges have a responsibility to uphold the rule of law fairly to pursue Justice Without fear or favor. Political considerations should not come into anything that he does, but youve got to think in the back of his mind he is he is aware of the political downstream effects, which is why he wants to get it exactly right and by the book. Thats it. Im sorry i could go all out but i totally have to end it there. Nbc Justice Affairs and legal analyst anthony coley, appreciate it. Still ahead the military wing of hamas releases a video of an american israeli hostage. 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