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tonight on "the reidout" -- >> i was asked by the u.s. attorney's office in the southern district to stand down on our investigation, which had commenced involving the trump organization and i was somewhat surprised after mr. cohen pleaded guilty that the federal government did not proceed on the areas in which it asked me to stand down. >> former manhattan d.a. cy vance revealed why it has taken so long to get to this point just hours from the fingerprinting of the first criminally indicted former president. and as we have been seeing all day, trump's strategy is to turn this hum...

But our d.a. has shown us that it is never the wrong time to do the right thing and she is willing to step up, even putting her own safety and her family's safety on the line. i'm glad she's getting the protection she needs. we have seen the increase in threats against elected officials, especially black women, who are elected to office in this country, and so we have to make sure that people are kept safe. but this is our civil rights moment. if you're ever wondering what you would have done during this civil rights movement, would you have stepped up and done your part to stand on the side o...

Because this is about the people here in georgia. like shaye moss and ruby freeman, that showed up to exercise their right in this democracy and we're going to make sure their voices are heard. >> congresswoman, can you put into context where on that road, where in that race you see this line? we have already seen the d.a. has been attacked as a racist, your state is going to have to endure, the good, the bad and the ugly. trials are a messy business like politics is, they have to endure being at the center of what may very well be the most watched trial in history. where do you see this fitti...

There is a reference to an oval office meeting. he was in charge behind the resolute desk in the oval office with these attorneys. and there is an unindicted co-conspirator in that december 18th, 2020 meeting, known to the grand jury, according to the indictment. there were instances where he is clearly front and center throughout this indictment, directing this criminal enterprise according to the indictment. >> exactly. and in other conspiracy indictments, the mob, narcotics traffickers, that usually is the leaders' defense. i don't know what these people are doing, these little people, i --...

With about that meeting where you are team normal and team crazy. and they were trying to have martial law and seize the voting machines. there has been no reporting and nothing that suggested in this indictment to say he was trying to stop these baseless election fraud claims. >> and paul butler, at that same meeting, an unindicted co-conspirator known to the grand jury in this indictment. that's a small universe with the president of the united states who we're told is going to be one of the defenses that he had nothing to do with these 18 other people is a central player threaded throughout...