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>> getting your slippers while i chat with andrew weissmann and we will do that. >> thank you. >>> today was a routine workday for america's probation officers. one of those probation officers had the least routine workday of that probation officers life today when that probation officer new york city became the first probation officer in history to interview a former president of the united states. his first probation interview today is a standard and necessary part of determining what sentence donald trump should receive after a manhattan jury found him guilty of 34 felony charges of falsifying business records with the criminal intent of violating new york election lot in the 2016 presidential election. the probation department will use his responses today to determine what sentence the probation department will recommend for defendant trump at his sentencing hearing on july 11th. in another demonstration of donald trump getting extra favorable treatment, while he is complaining of being persecuted, judge juan merchan allowed his criminal defense lawyer to attend his first probation m
>> getting your slippers while i chat with andrew weissmann and we will do that. >> thank you. >>> today was a routine workday for america's probation officers. one of those probation officers had the least routine workday of that probation officers life today when that probation officer new york city became the first probation officer in history to interview a former president of the united states. his first probation interview today is a standard and necessary part of...
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crest. >>> back with us, adam klasfeld, lisa rubin and andrew weissmann.y in his own defense in a criminal trial, because he obviously would commit perjury if he did that and he would also be a terrible witness. he would be found guilty absolutely based on his own testimony. today donald trump agreed with me and he admitted he didn't testify in this case because he would have committed perjury. let's listen to donald trump say that. >> i would have testified. i wanted to testify. the theory is you never testify. anybody. if it were george washington, don't testify, because they will get you on something you said slightly wrong and then they sue you for perjury. >> first of all, george washington did testify. he testified against himself to his father when he was six years old and said i cannot tell a lie. andrew weissmann, we are going to hear this for as long as donald trump is able to speak and we will hear it in every other one of his criminal trials about how he wanted to testify. >> donald trump had a right to testify. the judge made sure he knew it,
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also, andrew weissmann, former chief of the criminal division of new york. lisa, i want to take you back to that moment and to the final breaking of that suspense and hearing that first guilty does not mean that you're going to hear 33 more guilty's. you have to patiently wait as those verdicts unfold when it is multiple counts. take us back to those moments when you heard the first guilty. >> i can't even begin to describe the shock that i was feeling and lawrence, your right to say that the first guilty doesn't mean you'll get 33 others, the folks at this table like you know a lot more about this case than the general public and one of the things we know is that charge one through four change to the earliest checks written by the donald j. trump trust, not by trump personally. those were checks that were the signatures either of one of his sons with allen weisselberg, there were two checks written in february and those cover counts one through four. when i heard the guilty, on count one, my immediate thought was, this is going to be a clean sleep because t
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andrew weissmann, thank you very much. start coming up today, republicans in the house of representatives held a hearing designed to defend donald trump against the criminal charges he was found guilty of by a manhattan jury unanimously. as you might have predicted, the hearing backfired on the most incompetent republicans in the history of the house of representatives spectacular. that is next. f my crohn's means everything to me. ♪ ♪ control is everything to me. ♪ feel significant symptom relief at 4 weeks with skyrizi, including less abdominal pain and fewer bowel movements. skyrizi is the first il-23 inhibitor that can deliver remission and visibly improve damage of the intestinal lining. and the majority of people experienced long-lasting remission at one year. serious allergic reactions and an increased risk of infections or a lower ability to fight them may occur. tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms, had a vaccine or plan to. liver problems may occur in crohn's disease. ♪ now's the time to ask your
andrew weissmann, thank you very much. start coming up today, republicans in the house of representatives held a hearing designed to defend donald trump against the criminal charges he was found guilty of by a manhattan jury unanimously. as you might have predicted, the hearing backfired on the most incompetent republicans in the history of the house of representatives spectacular. that is next. f my crohn's means everything to me. ♪ ♪ control is everything to me. ♪ feel significant...
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back with us now, andrew weissmann, lisa ruben, and andrew classfield. sometimes it is beyond description silly. he got the sentencing date, his lawyer asked for. >> that's your point? [ laughter ] >> the parade of lies about the trial. this is the one you go to the video tape. i mean this isn't one where you can argue. you have his claim now, which i wanted to testify, but they prevented me to lie. i mean it is not the case and the judge actually made sure on the loud that he knew it. the claim that this was fabricated. the first three seasonses were all alonged with him. and the chief accounting officer were all people aligned with him and none of them were accused in any way, shape, or form. and not a word was said about their testimony before false and now there is no evidence and it is just a witch hunt including joseph biden, this is just as false as the claim as the sentencing date. >> no mandatory minimum prison sentence involved in these charges or any of the charges that donald trump is facing. and what will judge merchan's considerations be? >
back with us now, andrew weissmann, lisa ruben, and andrew classfield. sometimes it is beyond description silly. he got the sentencing date, his lawyer asked for. >> that's your point? [ laughter ] >> the parade of lies about the trial. this is the one you go to the video tape. i mean this isn't one where you can argue. you have his claim now, which i wanted to testify, but they prevented me to lie. i mean it is not the case and the judge actually made sure on the loud that he knew...
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former fbi general counsel, andrew weissmann and msnbc legal analyst catherine christian.hony, i want to start with you. i'm looking at some of the reaction that we just heard from members of congress. that includes this from andrew clyde. hunter biden's verdict is an attempt to create the illusion of equal justice. don't fall for it. eric burleson from missouri. while a step in the right direction, he, meaning joe biden -- or hunter biden -- needs to answer for the many crimes he and his father have committed. bob goode, hunter biden is convicted of an actual crime. donald trump was railroaded by a political prosecutor and a bias judge. i can go on and on and on. and i want to get your reaction as you watched somebody who put a good bit of his life on hold to become the special prosecutor in this case. the jurors, who put their lives on hold, to adjudicate, help come to a decision in this case and listened very carefully. did, frankly, what the prosecutor asked them to do, ignore the people who are sitting out there watching, which included the sitting first lady of the u
former fbi general counsel, andrew weissmann and msnbc legal analyst catherine christian.hony, i want to start with you. i'm looking at some of the reaction that we just heard from members of congress. that includes this from andrew clyde. hunter biden's verdict is an attempt to create the illusion of equal justice. don't fall for it. eric burleson from missouri. while a step in the right direction, he, meaning joe biden -- or hunter biden -- needs to answer for the many crimes he and his...
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joining our conversation andrew weissmann is here.p. give me the bigger picture. what's going on here? >> well, nicolle, there's no good news because the big picture on the mar-a-lago case is that she has done what i think she intended to do, which is to make sure that this case would not see a jury before the election. it's something that juan merchan made sure would happen. donald trump does not want to see any of these cases, for somebody who says it's a witch hunt and he's innocent, he doesn't want to have a jury in fact hear the evidence and she's making sure that is not going to happen. even if she ultimately gets pulled off the case by the 11th circuit, the court of appeals that oversees her, it's too late. there's no way for an appellate court to rule on that and have someone come in. she succeeded in what i totally agree with you is the most straightforward case and one that is endangering all of our national security. it could not be more serious. >> what is the evidence that makes clear that what it feels like and looks lik
joining our conversation andrew weissmann is here.p. give me the bigger picture. what's going on here? >> well, nicolle, there's no good news because the big picture on the mar-a-lago case is that she has done what i think she intended to do, which is to make sure that this case would not see a jury before the election. it's something that juan merchan made sure would happen. donald trump does not want to see any of these cases, for somebody who says it's a witch hunt and he's innocent,...
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so andrew weissmann, president biden did something that i've been asking about on this show for years. when are democrats going to turn the supreme court into a political issue as potent as what the republicans have done with the supreme court for 50 years. the answer was at a fundraiser in los angeles. president biden did it pretty respectfully but it is vital he continue to say this to the electorate. imagine if trump made two more or trump made three. i mean, the damage that could be done in that single power of a president to pick appointees for the supreme court is almost immeasurable. >> absolutely, so i think it goes to the theme that like facts matter and elections matter, and you know, if it's repeating over and over again that dobbs happened because of trump, that message needs to go out. i also think in many ways people are thinking too small in terms of what could happen under a trump presidency. it's not just that he will have the power to take a 6-3 majority and, you know, and capitalize on that. he can do more than that. depending on what happens in congress, he can see
so andrew weissmann, president biden did something that i've been asking about on this show for years. when are democrats going to turn the supreme court into a political issue as potent as what the republicans have done with the supreme court for 50 years. the answer was at a fundraiser in los angeles. president biden did it pretty respectfully but it is vital he continue to say this to the electorate. imagine if trump made two more or trump made three. i mean, the damage that could be done in...
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by the way, andrew weissmann's sister was there and i could not quite find her in that giant crowd. he's here tonight so i've been able to apologize to him. but it was an amazing night, and , boy, did that room love you. >> your very kind. thank you for coming. >> thanks rachel. >>> no american president from george washington to joe biden has ever publicly demonstrated or claimed less of a relationship to religion than donald trump. he has publicly admitted that he does not pray. he might not be the only president who didn't pray, but he's the only one so disconnected from religion that would not occur to him to even falsely claimed that he prays. donald trump says he was brought up presbyterian after being found guilty of 34 felony counts on thursday at 5 pm in his hometown of new york city, donald trump woke up, crossed the hudson river in new jersey on sunday morning at his summer residence in a new jersey golf club. there is a presbyterian church across the street. from that country club where donald trump woke up on sunday morning, but as is his custom, he did not go to church
by the way, andrew weissmann's sister was there and i could not quite find her in that giant crowd. he's here tonight so i've been able to apologize to him. but it was an amazing night, and , boy, did that room love you. >> your very kind. thank you for coming. >> thanks rachel. >>> no american president from george washington to joe biden has ever publicly demonstrated or claimed less of a relationship to religion than donald trump. he has publicly admitted that he does...
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i'm listening to andrew weissmann, is that his name? he sounded like he was searching for his words in a way he could be most toxic. it feels very personal from a group of people, liberal media who said, you know, you can't pick on women. they fall to the woman card, the race card, but they will pick on who they need to pick on if their site is not doing -- when she said i want to hear more in this fight about the gag order, we just aren't reflexively going to put a gag order on this president. the fight was picked, the left lost their mind and this is proof. i wish they were classier, but they are not. >> emily: that's great point and the shaping matters and in election year, especially as debates are being held on platforms, we need objectivity that americans can trust it's the furthest thing we have seen from the left on these networks. >> gerri: absolutely right and it's journalist doing it for the most part which is so disturbing for me. it's one thing to have a representative of the campaign on saying whatever it is the candidate
i'm listening to andrew weissmann, is that his name? he sounded like he was searching for his words in a way he could be most toxic. it feels very personal from a group of people, liberal media who said, you know, you can't pick on women. they fall to the woman card, the race card, but they will pick on who they need to pick on if their site is not doing -- when she said i want to hear more in this fight about the gag order, we just aren't reflexively going to put a gag order on this president....
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joining us now, andrew weissmann, former fbi general counsel and seensenior prosecutn the mueller andjudge cannon has done is schedule a hearing on a much litigate and often decided and supported special prosecutor law. she's challenging -- the defense is challenging that jack smith has no right to be prosecuting, and she's not only scheduling a hearing, but she's inviting not just the defense and the prosecution there, but she's scheduling it with outside litigants as though it's an appeals court. explain what is going on there. >> sure. there's the substance, there's the timing and there's the process. i would say with respect to the process, this issue where she has allowed it to be heard, if that was the only thing that she has done wrong, it would be certainly unusual and unconventional, but not shocking. it would be a display of the fact that she's so new and is not really in full control of this case and moving it along. that's sort of one piece. the timing of it is extremely unusual in that she has this huge backlog of motions that she has not decided. and she's getting to the
joining us now, andrew weissmann, former fbi general counsel and seensenior prosecutn the mueller andjudge cannon has done is schedule a hearing on a much litigate and often decided and supported special prosecutor law. she's challenging -- the defense is challenging that jack smith has no right to be prosecuting, and she's not only scheduling a hearing, but she's inviting not just the defense and the prosecution there, but she's scheduling it with outside litigants as though it's an appeals...
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joining me now is andrew weissmann, he now cohosts the podcast prosecuting donald trump. is an interesting figure because he has been at the sort of center of so much of the coup plot. he gave over text and then stopped cooperating. he has been indicted in georgia. he now is indicted in arizona. he has kept a low profile at the surface, but he has a serious case against him in arizona. >> absolutely. so, he is alleged there, as well as in georgia, as being a ringleader of the so-called fake electors plot which was a scheme that people have now bled to, so it is not just alleged, it is proven as to various participants, to have people pose as the real electors when they were not. and doing that deliberately. so, it is a fundamental challenge to the rule of law, to our democracy, and here it is alleged to have been engaged in by the chief of staff of the president of the united states. so, you can't get more heinous than that, if proved. and, as you said, it is in keeping with what has now been proved as to the president of the united states in connection with his conduct,
joining me now is andrew weissmann, he now cohosts the podcast prosecuting donald trump. is an interesting figure because he has been at the sort of center of so much of the coup plot. he gave over text and then stopped cooperating. he has been indicted in georgia. he now is indicted in arizona. he has kept a low profile at the surface, but he has a serious case against him in arizona. >> absolutely. so, he is alleged there, as well as in georgia, as being a ringleader of the so-called...
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what we love talking with andrew weissmann is. i got them back .obert mueller and msnbc legal analyst. one of our favorite people to talk too. andrew, thank you for dealing with the technical issues with us. we start with the outline of the news i just went through, before the quick break. knowing what we know now about this facebook post and all of the details around it, what you think happened? >> i'm actually a little bit surprised in the five week trial , that is so high-profile that we have attacked these issues before. i've done a whole series of high-profile matters, and there's always allegations with respect to the jury. both sides or reporters, or people up to no good. do research on the jurors, sorts of allegations come out about whether they were honest in their statements to the court, in connection with the jury selection process, or whether they started deliberating before they were supposed to, or something that is alleged to have happened during the deliberations. almost invariably, something where you lose jurors or there some kin
what we love talking with andrew weissmann is. i got them back .obert mueller and msnbc legal analyst. one of our favorite people to talk too. andrew, thank you for dealing with the technical issues with us. we start with the outline of the news i just went through, before the quick break. knowing what we know now about this facebook post and all of the details around it, what you think happened? >> i'm actually a little bit surprised in the five week trial , that is so high-profile that...
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leading off air discussion tonight is andrew weissmann, former chief of the criminal division of the eastern district of new york. he is co-author of the best- selling book, the trump indictments. neal katyal is with us, former acting attorney general who has argued more than 50 cases before the supreme court. he is a professor at georgetown law. they are both, we are lucky to say, msnbc legal analysts. andrew i want to start with you because of your experience in the justice department and the fbi and to take this oversight hearing seriously today, the imaginary world in which this can be a serious hearing. there are so many serious issues of oversight that should be a concern to the house of representatives today, at this point. where the department is. what is your reaction to the republican approach we sought to this hearing, including members who actually said out loud repeatedly they want to abolish the fbi? >> so, i want to try to differentiate sort of republicans now versus what i would say is democratic and republican traditional support for law enforcement and the fbi speci
leading off air discussion tonight is andrew weissmann, former chief of the criminal division of the eastern district of new york. he is co-author of the best- selling book, the trump indictments. neal katyal is with us, former acting attorney general who has argued more than 50 cases before the supreme court. he is a professor at georgetown law. they are both, we are lucky to say, msnbc legal analysts. andrew i want to start with you because of your experience in the justice department and the...
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over this next hour, andrew weissmann and i will lead you through what you missed inside that courtroom, not the line by line details of witness testimony but with the help of our msnbc and nbc colleagues, we will tell you what it was really like to sit just behind donald trump is the details of the case spelled out. will tell you what it felt like in the room when witnesses took the stand just a few feet away from the performer president. the unscripted, unpredictable moments where the former president seem to be nodding off for muttering curse words, what people said to each other in line for the bathroom after that riveting, controversial testimony from stormy daniels. from andrew weissmann and some of our best legal minds, we will hear what they saw inside the courtroom that the nonlawyers like the rest of us might have missed. let's start things off with our first impressions from inside the manhattan criminal courthouse. >> it is a surreal moment to go into that courtroom for the first time, and see a former president of the united states who is simultaneously the world's greatest
over this next hour, andrew weissmann and i will lead you through what you missed inside that courtroom, not the line by line details of witness testimony but with the help of our msnbc and nbc colleagues, we will tell you what it was really like to sit just behind donald trump is the details of the case spelled out. will tell you what it felt like in the room when witnesses took the stand just a few feet away from the performer president. the unscripted, unpredictable moments where the former...
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let me bring in fbi -- former fbi general counsel andrew weissmann. was there anything hunter biden's attorneys could have done differently that might have made their defense stronger? >> no. the facts here were very strong for the state. i think that basically this was a case where they had to hope for jury nullification. i think that what you are seeing today and what we saw in new york in connection with the trump criminal case is jurors doing their job. it's a testament to our jury system and to the rule of law in this country that in both situations jurors heard the facts, they weighed credibility, and made decisions, and it didn't matter if you are dealing with a former president of the united states for what is obviously a far more serious crime, or you are dealing with the son of the president. these are jurors who did their duty and the rule of law held in both situations. as to what hunter biden's lawyer could do here or could do in the tax case, i completely agree with laura that the tax case will have very salacious facts. it remains to be
let me bring in fbi -- former fbi general counsel andrew weissmann. was there anything hunter biden's attorneys could have done differently that might have made their defense stronger? >> no. the facts here were very strong for the state. i think that basically this was a case where they had to hope for jury nullification. i think that what you are seeing today and what we saw in new york in connection with the trump criminal case is jurors doing their job. it's a testament to our jury...
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from andrew weissmann and from some of our best legal minds we'll hear what they saw in the courtroomhat the nonlawyers like the rest of us might have missed. let's start things off with our first impressions from inside the manhattan criminal courthouse. >> it's a surreal moment to go into that courtroom for the first time and see a former president of the united states who is simultaneously the world's greatest clown. those two things at the same time as a criminal defendant just spins things in your head that nothing else can. and the weirdness of that alone is your first hour in the courtroom. and it's -- in that first hour in the courtroom it's hard to take in anything other than the weirdness of donald trump. >> anticipating going into the courtroom, i was actually excited to do it. first of all, because i feel like as somebody who's written a trump book and has been covering this man, you know, from the beginning of his presidential campaign on, this kind of felt like a crescendo moment for him and for the country. and sit the only trial that he's going to face, so it definitel
from andrew weissmann and from some of our best legal minds we'll hear what they saw in the courtroomhat the nonlawyers like the rest of us might have missed. let's start things off with our first impressions from inside the manhattan criminal courthouse. >> it's a surreal moment to go into that courtroom for the first time and see a former president of the united states who is simultaneously the world's greatest clown. those two things at the same time as a criminal defendant just spins...
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andrew weissmann, i start with you as we all do, a platter of common courtesy and deference to your geniusat is going on in florida down there today. >> one of the things that people should know is the way that judge cannon runs her courtroom and in contrast to the judge merchan courtroom is that there are no laptops, there is no telephones, nothing that you could use to communicate. so that is why it is slower than when we had, you know, the ability to get immediate tweets and information from judge merchan's courtroom from the insiders who were there. so, we know that both on friday and this morning she heard an issue about the constitutionality of the appointment of the special council. that is an issue that has been decided by every court that has addressed it against the people challenging the appointment of special counsel, whether republicans or democrats. and then this afternoon is the very, very belated oral argument that the judge scheduled on, john, what you confirmed as the changing of the bail conditions to impose additional restrictions on what the former president can say. a
andrew weissmann, i start with you as we all do, a platter of common courtesy and deference to your geniusat is going on in florida down there today. >> one of the things that people should know is the way that judge cannon runs her courtroom and in contrast to the judge merchan courtroom is that there are no laptops, there is no telephones, nothing that you could use to communicate. so that is why it is slower than when we had, you know, the ability to get immediate tweets and...
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plus former top prosecutor at doj and msnbc legal analyst andrew weissmann is back with us at the table. author and "new york times" best-selling book "columbine" and "parkland: birth of a movement" back with us and host of "politicsnation" the reverend al sharpton is here. i read, reported earlier in the week, the newtown class of kids in first grade graduated this year. just to think of how much of our adult lives, an for those high school graduates, they're entire childhoods are now shaped by these searing national tragedies of mass shootings, and that we choose to continue to live like this. it makes this decision extraordinary. >> it does. you know, the reason the parkland kids rose up so quickly and powerfully is because they were born to this. when they went to kindergarten already having the drills and were so angry and waiting for this to happen to their school so when it happened, like, they were ready and went for it. and you know, it's just astounding. you know, i'm sure others can speak to this others, but, oh, yeah. this is so historic, because the first major gun legislat
plus former top prosecutor at doj and msnbc legal analyst andrew weissmann is back with us at the table. author and "new york times" best-selling book "columbine" and "parkland: birth of a movement" back with us and host of "politicsnation" the reverend al sharpton is here. i read, reported earlier in the week, the newtown class of kids in first grade graduated this year. just to think of how much of our adult lives, an for those high school graduates,...
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rachel maddow and the team give their perspectives with andrew weissmann leading our legal analysis.s tried in. this is a prosecution team and they've done crimes and it was such a moment to have the woman at the center of this case told she could not have been uncomfortable. >> a quick reminder to catch us right here. until we meet again, prosecuting donald trump witness to history begins right now. >>> after 22 witnesses and 16 days of testimony, donald trump has become the first ever american president to be convicted of a crime. this trial will go down in history. but without cameras in the courtroom, americans did not get to see the evidence for themselves. they did not see
rachel maddow and the team give their perspectives with andrew weissmann leading our legal analysis.s tried in. this is a prosecution team and they've done crimes and it was such a moment to have the woman at the center of this case told she could not have been uncomfortable. >> a quick reminder to catch us right here. until we meet again, prosecuting donald trump witness to history begins right now. >>> after 22 witnesses and 16 days of testimony, donald trump has become the...
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david kelley is back with us and normer top prosecutor, doj, msnbc analyst, andrew weissmann and thesident of the national action network, the reverend al sharpton. david kelley, how do you see this? >> well, you know, it's really kind of shocking to me. i was struggling to have come to mind anybody who would carry out any such orders if they were made. as andrew knows having been a prosecutor, as did i, you have the luxury of essentially putting blinders on and doing what's right because it's right. not because of any politics, not because somebody told you to do something. and you take an oath. like any other high government official, you take an oath. unlike any other high government officials, that's an official you bring to life and live each and every day. it's not something you just mouth every four years or whenever it is you get reinaugurated. i think that any real prosecutor in any position in a trump administration who received that sort of order couldn't live with themselves if they're a real prosecutor, if they actually tried to carry out those orders, but it's hard to f
david kelley is back with us and normer top prosecutor, doj, msnbc analyst, andrew weissmann and thesident of the national action network, the reverend al sharpton. david kelley, how do you see this? >> well, you know, it's really kind of shocking to me. i was struggling to have come to mind anybody who would carry out any such orders if they were made. as andrew knows having been a prosecutor, as did i, you have the luxury of essentially putting blinders on and doing what's right because...
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weissmann, jim comey comey, the media hires them and gives them a platform and a paycheck forhe m theirs andt their double standard. >> you look at this white house now and it's hard to imagine two fbi agents.en. at that that happen? i sent them. [laughter]et hisomething we wouldn't have dot or gotten away with in a more organized investigation, more organized administration.trat the fbi wanted to send agents into the white house itself to interview senior official. you would work through the white house counsel and there would be discussions and approvals and it would unse be there. i thought, it is early enough, let's send a couple of guys aover. [laughter] >> trey: laughter at two-spirit treatment and laughter after treating republicans differently than democrats. laughter at unfairnesspubl. a and you wonder why those victimized no longer value fairness as a virtue. so here we are, tempted to treat others as they have treated us rather than as we should havethr been treated in the first incident. and yet, we know fairness is an everlasting virtue. we knew -- we know it has stood the
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andrew weissmann and i will lead you through what you missed inside the courtroom. not the line-by-line details of witness testimony, but with the help of our colleagues, we will tell you what it was like to sit just behind donald trump as the details of the case spilled out. we will tell you what it felt like in the room when witnesses took the stand a few feet away from him. the unscripted and unpredictable moments when the former president seemed to be nodding off or muttering curse words. what people said in the line at the bathroom. and this testimony from stormy daniels. we will hear what our best legal minds saw. let's start with first impressions from inside the manhattan criminal court house. >> it is a surreal moment to go into the courtroom for the first time. and see a former president who is simultaneously the world's greatest clown. those two things at the same time as a criminal defendant just spin things in your head. and the weirdness of that alone is your first hour in the courtroom. and it's hard to take in anything other than the weirdness of don
andrew weissmann and i will lead you through what you missed inside the courtroom. not the line-by-line details of witness testimony, but with the help of our colleagues, we will tell you what it was like to sit just behind donald trump as the details of the case spilled out. we will tell you what it felt like in the room when witnesses took the stand a few feet away from him. the unscripted and unpredictable moments when the former president seemed to be nodding off or muttering curse words....
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. >> andrew weissmann. >> i'm going to pick up with claire left off, because i don't think we have a greater example of who joe biden is than the combination, as you said, nicolle, the unique combination of the personal with the sort of political and the adherence to the rule of law. if people could just step back for one moment and imagine that you as a parent, as a father, as a mother, have the power to get rid of the criminal problems that your child is facing, you have the power to order the department of justice to dismiss a federal case, you have the power to pardon that person. and just think how painful as a parent it is to watch that process go forward, but you know that what separates this country from an autocracy, from russia, from all these countries where there is no rule of law, it's why you went into government. it's why you do everything you do for 80 years on this planet. you have that principle guiding you, even in the face of what is such a devastating matter personally. it's really hard to fathom what that family is going through. and to be clear, this is not jus
. >> andrew weissmann. >> i'm going to pick up with claire left off, because i don't think we have a greater example of who joe biden is than the combination, as you said, nicolle, the unique combination of the personal with the sort of political and the adherence to the rule of law. if people could just step back for one moment and imagine that you as a parent, as a father, as a mother, have the power to get rid of the criminal problems that your child is facing, you have the power...
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i want to bring in a former fbi, andrew weissmann. he's now an msnbc legal analyst.re your thoughts? >> yeah, i'm less interested in the particulars of the case. this is a gun charge. the proof was overwhelming. i agree with your other panelists that it's rarely charged, in my experience of over 21 years at the department, i never saw a case like this brought. it would normally be a felon in possession of a gun that would be charged. i am more interested in what it tells us about the rule of law in this country in two ways. one, the son of the sitting president was pretty quickly tried. he was given due process and he was found guilty. and you have the current president, the father of the defendant, making it absolutely clear that he is not pardoning him, that he could have ordered at any time his justice department to get rid of the case and he did not do that. he said he's not planning on pardoning him as well. i really think that if you look at the case, what is the big picture here? it's not a drug addict that possessed a gun for two weeks. it's that you have a p
i want to bring in a former fbi, andrew weissmann. he's now an msnbc legal analyst.re your thoughts? >> yeah, i'm less interested in the particulars of the case. this is a gun charge. the proof was overwhelming. i agree with your other panelists that it's rarely charged, in my experience of over 21 years at the department, i never saw a case like this brought. it would normally be a felon in possession of a gun that would be charged. i am more interested in what it tells us about the rule...
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justin elliot, andrew weissmann has a question for you. >> so, i understood what you were saying aboutidence of intent, someone saying, you know, this is -- we did it to corruptly persuade. but i was wondering if anybody has responded, any of the people that you have written about, with any factual information that would explain why they were suddenly getting more money or why their relatives were getting hired. in other words, is there any sort of objective basis so that you can go, okay, well, maybe that's the case, or if there isn't, well, that's -- because we were saying, that's how you build a circumstantial case. >> yeah, it's a great question, and i think, in our reporting, there's really a spectrum. a couple of the attorneys that we wrote about told us that the spike in payments -- these are trump attorneys who also became witnesses down in georgia or in the classified documents case, and what they told us was, look, basically, we were just working more hours, and that's what explains the spike in payments from the trump campaign. we weren't able to get a look at their invoices
justin elliot, andrew weissmann has a question for you. >> so, i understood what you were saying aboutidence of intent, someone saying, you know, this is -- we did it to corruptly persuade. but i was wondering if anybody has responded, any of the people that you have written about, with any factual information that would explain why they were suddenly getting more money or why their relatives were getting hired. in other words, is there any sort of objective basis so that you can go,...
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weissmann. >> the drama of this particular criminal case against trump is both lurid and cogent andmake every witness kind of a cliffhanger. i don't know if trump is falling asleep or just resting his eyes, but it's not boring. it is riveting. to truly appreciate the beauty, the wildlife, the sheer majesty. experience it with state-of-the-art expedition equipment and hands-on scientific research activities, all in exceptional viking comfort. we invite you to discover the world's seventh continent: antarctica. viking. exploring the world in comfort. head & shoulders is launching something huge. the bare minimum. anti-dandruff shampoo made with only nine ingredients - no sulfates, silicones or dyes and packaged with 45% less plastic - giving you outstanding dandruff protection and leaving hair beautiful and moisturized. major dandruff protection, minimal ingredients. job done. new head & shoulders bare. do you want to close out? should i? normally i'd hold. but... taking the gains is smart here, right? feel more confident with stock ratings from j.p. morgan analysts in the chase app.
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. >> that was nbc news legal analyst and former federal prosecutor andrew weissmann yesterday weighing in on donald trump's classified documents case. those comments come as another questionable hearing was happening in judge aileen cannon's courtroom. >>> also ahead what we're learning about president biden's debate strategy for dealing with two different versions of donald trump. >>> plus, a long legal battle between the united states and wikileaks founder julian assange peers to be coming to an end. we'll go through the plea deal that was announced overnight. good morning and welcome to "way too early" on this tuesday, june 25th. i'm jonathan lemire. thanks for starting your day with us. and we'll begin this morning at camp david where president joe biden is in the middle of intense preparations for this week's highly anticipated debate against donald trump. three people familiar with the biden campaign's plans tell nbc news the president is studying how to best get under trump's skin in order to trigger his opponent at thursday night's debate in atlanta. if trump comes out more dis
. >> that was nbc news legal analyst and former federal prosecutor andrew weissmann yesterday weighing in on donald trump's classified documents case. those comments come as another questionable hearing was happening in judge aileen cannon's courtroom. >>> also ahead what we're learning about president biden's debate strategy for dealing with two different versions of donald trump. >>> plus, a long legal battle between the united states and wikileaks founder julian...
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i believe it was andrew weissmann who has pointed out it's been 112 days since jacks smith had askedhis, so the foot-dragging has already perhaps been decisive on this case, and i have to say that i -- i share the attorney general's concerns about this. look, this ought to be a slam dunk decision. the appellate court in washington, d.c. came down with what all the to have been the definitive decision on presidential immunity. the court could have simply said what they said. they could have gone along with it. the fact that it has taken this long i think raises all of those questions, and you do feel like we are edging toward an institutional and a constitutional crisis because this court was not able to very, very quickly say no, of course, the president is not above the law. of course he's not immune for crimes that he or she committed in the course of their duties. >> charlie, we opened the show with new polling that shows a shift towards president biden. look, his feed in this bol just two, within the margin of error but what might be is the seven-point shift towards biden in the
i believe it was andrew weissmann who has pointed out it's been 112 days since jacks smith had askedhis, so the foot-dragging has already perhaps been decisive on this case, and i have to say that i -- i share the attorney general's concerns about this. look, this ought to be a slam dunk decision. the appellate court in washington, d.c. came down with what all the to have been the definitive decision on presidential immunity. the court could have simply said what they said. they could have gone...
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we have to go back to andrew weissmann and msnbc and "the new york times" and all of it. right? every fbi agent, all the cia, dhs, chris wray, all of them. it's going to be a new day. and maga will run things. they're going to know that maga's not only ascended, maga is in charge. it's very simple. victory or death. >> so this isn't, you know, red meat for the base. this isn't retribution. this is retribution as much as tony soprano's dad was providing protection to the local butcher. this is not a response to anything. what this is is just menace and physical threat, right? it's not politics. it's just power, just force. they're just promising violence. that is what they're offering in this election. this is how we should run the country now. we will hunt you down. and you'll know that we're in power. and we're going to get rid of law enforcement. we're going to salt the earth, and we're just going to hunt you down. this is not some random right wing media guy. this is the man who was the campaign manager for donald trump and also the senior white house adviser to the former pr
we have to go back to andrew weissmann and msnbc and "the new york times" and all of it. right? every fbi agent, all the cia, dhs, chris wray, all of them. it's going to be a new day. and maga will run things. they're going to know that maga's not only ascended, maga is in charge. it's very simple. victory or death. >> so this isn't, you know, red meat for the base. this isn't retribution. this is retribution as much as tony soprano's dad was providing protection to the local...
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leading off our discussion tonight is andrew weissmann, former fbi general counsel and former chief of the criminal division of the eastern district of new york and co- author of the new york times best-selling book, "the trump indictments." this professor at georgetown law and host of the podcast courtside with neil, both msnbc legal analysts. i want to start with you, and are, because of your experience in the justice department and the fbi. to take this oversight hearing seriously today, the imaginary world in which this could be a serious hearing, there are so many serious issues of oversight that should be of concern to the house of representatives today at this point where the department is, but what is your reaction to the republican approach we saw to this hearing including members who actually have set out loud repeatedly, they want to abolish the fbi. >> i want to try and differentiate republicans now versus what i would say is democratic and republican traditional support for law enforcement and the fbi, specifically. prior to trump, the fbi was viewed as a political, and it
leading off our discussion tonight is andrew weissmann, former fbi general counsel and former chief of the criminal division of the eastern district of new york and co- author of the new york times best-selling book, "the trump indictments." this professor at georgetown law and host of the podcast courtside with neil, both msnbc legal analysts. i want to start with you, and are, because of your experience in the justice department and the fbi. to take this oversight hearing seriously...
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weissmann.ference case, this obstruction charge, what is the scotus case regarding rioters. >> the obstruction charge was generally understood by the department of justice as a catch all that could be used to penalize people who walked into the capitol and impeded congress from meeting that day or obstructed congress from meeting that day through violent acts or otherwise. what the court is saying today is you have to understand that statute in light of the text that comes before it, and that means that the language that says it's a federal crime to impede or obstruct an official proceeding really only applies to things that one does in relation to documents. for example, the creation of false documents. so it's not the case, for example, that it can't be used against former president trump. the indictment against him has a whole section about the fake elector scheme and the submission of those false elector certificates. on the other hand, there are people like this particular defendant, joseph
weissmann.ference case, this obstruction charge, what is the scotus case regarding rioters. >> the obstruction charge was generally understood by the department of justice as a catch all that could be used to penalize people who walked into the capitol and impeded congress from meeting that day or obstructed congress from meeting that day through violent acts or otherwise. what the court is saying today is you have to understand that statute in light of the text that comes before it, and...
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we have got to go back to andrew weissmann and msnbc and the new york times and all of it. every fbi agent, all the cia, dhs, all of them. it is going to be a new day and maga will run things. they will know that maga has not only ascended, maga is in charge. it is simple, victory or death. >> this isn't, you know, red meat for the base. this is retribution as much as tony soprano's dad was providing protection to the local butcher. this is not a response to anything. what this is is just menace and physical threat. it is not politics, just power and force. they are just promising violence. that is what they are offering in this election. this is how we should run the country now. we will hunt you down and you will know that we are in power. we are going to get rid of law enforcement and salt the earth. we are just going to hunt you down. this is not some random right- wing media guy for this is the guy who was the campaign manager for donald trump and the senior white house adviser to the former president who is now the nominee again. it is not like he is the only one who
we have got to go back to andrew weissmann and msnbc and the new york times and all of it. every fbi agent, all the cia, dhs, all of them. it is going to be a new day and maga will run things. they will know that maga has not only ascended, maga is in charge. it is simple, victory or death. >> this isn't, you know, red meat for the base. this is retribution as much as tony soprano's dad was providing protection to the local butcher. this is not a response to anything. what this is is just...
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andrew weissmann is back. >> john heilemann is here, and misincreases national security contributor mikemidt is back with us at the table. mike schmidt, i remember one of the first time i read about how much trump was trying to do this as president, you wrote a story about efforts of don mcgahn to prosecutor i think hillary clinton, jim comey and maybe others. he was restrained in those years from doing that somewhat. durham unnecessarily investigated a number of people, but this is based on today's times' reporting. this has been turbocharged business his conviction. >> i think if falls into a category of things that he sort of has figured out. he figured out in the last weeks of the presidency, he could do more without the guardrails around, and he would plow directly into if he came back. he's really wanted this to be done -- there's an adeck dote in the mueller report, where he essentially held sessions' job over his head, saying i'm going to get rid of you unless you prosecutor hillary clinton, but there were these guardrails. don mcgahn writing a lengthy memo, this is why you canno
andrew weissmann is back. >> john heilemann is here, and misincreases national security contributor mikemidt is back with us at the table. mike schmidt, i remember one of the first time i read about how much trump was trying to do this as president, you wrote a story about efforts of don mcgahn to prosecutor i think hillary clinton, jim comey and maybe others. he was restrained in those years from doing that somewhat. durham unnecessarily investigated a number of people, but this is based...
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. >> andrew weissmann is not in this room and i think we can bring him in. allowed to ask michael cohen a question. >> hi, michael. i had a question for you about the actual last witness in the case on the defense case, bob costello, and we all got to read a series of emails, some of which you were on and some of which were happening behind your back which i think the jurors were led to believe, i think probably concluded, that this was this huge effort that was undertaken by him, by rudy giuliani and by defendant trump to keep you from cooperating so that you would not flip. i was wondering if you could take us back to that time as to what was it within you that knew to end up breaking with trump world and this was not the road orchestrated for you, was not where you wanted to be? >> great question, andrew, and from the very first meeting that i had with him and jeffrey citron, all they wanted me to do was sign a retainer agreement and all bob costello was interested in doing was promoting his relationship with himself and rudy giuliani. i never trusted rud
. >> andrew weissmann is not in this room and i think we can bring him in. allowed to ask michael cohen a question. >> hi, michael. i had a question for you about the actual last witness in the case on the defense case, bob costello, and we all got to read a series of emails, some of which you were on and some of which were happening behind your back which i think the jurors were led to believe, i think probably concluded, that this was this huge effort that was undertaken by him,...
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the three dissenters were justice sonia sotomayor, elena kagan, and as andrew weissmann previewed, trumpthe court does not dispute that congress' join session qualifies as an official proceeding. the rioters delayed the proceeding or fischer'sallied conduct was part of the effort to force three halt the certification of the election results. given these premesis, the case that fischer can be tried for obstructing influenced or impeding is open and shut. why does the court hold otherwise? it cannot believe at that congress believes what is said. that is chilling. >> so i think there are a couple things that are really worth noting because i think a lot of the reporting -- sort of getting this wrong. one, there's sort of the trump take on this which is that somehow this shows that the department of justice overreached and was doing so politically. it is really important to remember not just that you have this very, very well-written dissent led by amy coney barrett. as you note, a trump appointee. but of the 15 trial judges who heard this exact issue, 14 of the 15 including three trump app
the three dissenters were justice sonia sotomayor, elena kagan, and as andrew weissmann previewed, trumpthe court does not dispute that congress' join session qualifies as an official proceeding. the rioters delayed the proceeding or fischer'sallied conduct was part of the effort to force three halt the certification of the election results. given these premesis, the case that fischer can be tried for obstructing influenced or impeding is open and shut. why does the court hold otherwise? it...
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. >> andrew weissmann was here yesterday, the first day of hunter biden's trial, and we covered the first lady entering the courthouse, and there's more family there today in support of hunter biden. the president had a statement yesterday. talking about his love and support for his son and his battle with the disease of addiction and now in the trial, i wonder if it's enough that people see the obvious contrast, right? the president's own son is being prosecuted by the justice department. the projection and the accusation on the right, you have to spend a minute in the rabbit hole, the sort of disinformation they consume, but the entire construction is that trump is prosecuted by alvin bragg in new york because of the biden justice department. and as ludicrous as it is, it seems like a decent contrast to say, no, he's not in charge of that, but the one he is in charge of is prosecuting his own son. is it a conversation people are comfortable having or do you feel like it's a story that tells itself? >> look, i think it's a story that tells itself. again, we're looking at this as presiden
. >> andrew weissmann was here yesterday, the first day of hunter biden's trial, and we covered the first lady entering the courthouse, and there's more family there today in support of hunter biden. the president had a statement yesterday. talking about his love and support for his son and his battle with the disease of addiction and now in the trial, i wonder if it's enough that people see the obvious contrast, right? the president's own son is being prosecuted by the justice...
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. >> yeah, and what is weird about this, andrew weissmann and i were talking about this the other dayr people who have worked closely with either the fbi or the military, the idea that these are some kind of bastion of liberal-leaning people is so ludicrous. >> what a joke. >> i mean, the fbi is about as far from liberal woke as you could go in america. the same goes for the military. it is just unbelievable. do they think that people who are self-selecting to go to the military are people who are crazy liberals that really want to go and learn how to fight a war? i mean, it is -- it is just beyond stupidity to accept what comes out of this guy's mouth about these particularly two institutions that are conservative from top to bottom. i mean, look at the generals who lead the military. do you think you got there by being liberal pansies? no. they got there because they were good leaders of military personnel, which, by and large, are people who appreciate discipline. by the way, the fbi is no different. the intelligence agencies are the same way. they are peppered with veterans. the m
. >> yeah, and what is weird about this, andrew weissmann and i were talking about this the other dayr people who have worked closely with either the fbi or the military, the idea that these are some kind of bastion of liberal-leaning people is so ludicrous. >> what a joke. >> i mean, the fbi is about as far from liberal woke as you could go in america. the same goes for the military. it is just unbelievable. do they think that people who are self-selecting to go to the...
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it's not only been relaunched as of this morning talking about the trump trial with andrew weissmann,about some business, some tech, entertainment. i'm trying to be a little bit willie geist, a little bit jonathan lemire. >> no one has aspired to heights so great. >> i know, i know. i'm fuelled by a vaulting ambition. >> i know what you're fuelled by. john heilemann, thank you so much. john's weekly column for "puck" is online now and the first episode of his new podcast "impolitic with john heilemann" is out today. >>> still ahead, a former congressman's 6-year-old son upstages him on the house floor. we'll show you the moment that is going viral. t that is goingir val eyes on me" performed by gi-yan ♪ all eyes on me brand new drip is what they see ♪ ♪ these diamonds, diamonds on my teeth ♪ ♪ brand new whip is what they see, yeah ♪ ♪ in my bag like a bunch of groceries ♪ ♪ all this cheese and greens just come to me ♪ ♪ look at me on the go. always hustling. eyes on me ♪ ♪ all eyes on me, brand new drip is what they see ♪ ♪ these diamonds, diamonds on my teeth ♪ ♪ brand new whip is wh
it's not only been relaunched as of this morning talking about the trump trial with andrew weissmann,about some business, some tech, entertainment. i'm trying to be a little bit willie geist, a little bit jonathan lemire. >> no one has aspired to heights so great. >> i know, i know. i'm fuelled by a vaulting ambition. >> i know what you're fuelled by. john heilemann, thank you so much. john's weekly column for "puck" is online now and the first episode of his new...