Leaves. certainly she s speeding this up. to your point, duncan, like so many key witnesses in this case are republican state officials. that hasn t stopped trump from attacking the witness. he told geoff duncan on truth social, his social media site, that he shouldn t testify. a lot of people out there wondering does that constitute witness intimidation or at least witness tampering? i ve talked to lawyers of both minds. some say it was written as if it was a law school textbook. he didn t actually cross the line into intimidation because he said he shouldn t, he didn t threaten him with an action. on the other hand, he s clearly dissuading someone from testifying before a grand jury. it s interesting that the former president doesn t want an
Of donald trump is unsealed. we won t know the exact crimes he s being charged with, but that hasn t stopped trump and his allies from claiming. it s just a political witch hunt, even some of mr trump s republican rivals have picked up on the scene on saturday job. bush tweeted that manhattan district attorney alvin brags case quote is very political, not a matter of justice and florida governor ron desantis who is expected expected to challenge mr trump for the 20. 24 nomination delivered this broadside. now he turns around purely for political purposes and indict the former president on misdemeanor offenses that they re straining to try to convert into felonies. that is when you know that the law has been weaponized for political purposes. that is when you know that the left is using that to
New target for his tirades, th new york supreme court justice assigned to his hush money case, judge juan merchan, also presided over the trump trial, working out a plea deal with former cfo allen weisselberg weisselberg s attorney eve went as far as pace the judg as quote, well prepared and man who kept his word. that hasn t stopped trump from attacking merchan online trump claims that judge, quote hates him. to be clear, folks, merchan wa randomly selected for the trum cases. joining me now to discuss this and more is melissa murray professor of law and why you and msnbc contributor. melissa, what more can you tel us about judge merchan s reputation in the lega community? what are the legal stree saying about him well, out here in these streets, simone, he s known as a street shooter, someone wh does not bear grudges, not a