the d.a. bragg's office and the u.s. attorney's office know that. and one of the reasons this appears to be happening so late in the game is because the u.s. attorney's office requested repeated extensions that trumps side consented to according to d.a. bragg. when the new york times asked the u.s. attorneys office for comment on the delay, the office declined to respond. the fact that this latest delay might be the responsibility of an arm of the justice department would be a big deal on its own, but this case is not alone. this delay would seem to fit a pattern. just hours after merrick garland was sworn in as attorney general, he held a private thing to get up to speed on what he promised with his highest priority, bringing to justice the people responsible for january 6th. and then, more than a year passed. witnesses in the fake electors scheme told the washington post that they assumed the case was dead, because no one at the doj was contacting them. remember, trumps infamous call to georgia terry secretary of state brad raffensperger, the colb

today d.a. bragg's office consented to a 30-day delay in the start of trial, but not because d.a. bragg needs another month. there's a new trove of records that were turned over by the feds, the u.s. attorney's office for the southern district of new york. tens of thousands of records. specifically 31,000 pages of records that the u.s. attorney iefs just handed over to bragg's office yesterday. now, the d.a. specifically pins this newest delay on trump, saying that trump's legal team waited until just two months ago to request this massive trove of records from the u.s. attorney's office. and don't get me wrong, i am sure trump's legal team is using every opportunity that exists to create delays in this case. it is what they do. but d.a. bragg's office and the u.s. attorney's office know that. and one of the reasons this appears to be happening so late in the game is because the u.s. attorney's office requested repeated extensions that trump's side consented to, according to d.a. bragg. when "the new york times" asked the u.s. attorney's office for comment on the delay, the office

the last filing from d.a. bragg, let me read from that. he wrote this on march 8th, the defendant filing a motion alleging a grab bag of arguments in the latest of a long series of attempts to evade responsibility for the conduct charged in the indictment. the defendant has taken ever possible step to evade accountability in this case for more than a year. he sought the deter the grand jury from considering the charges by promising quote death and destruction if he were indict. he sought to intimidate the

today d.a.'s bragg's off consented to another delay of the trial. the issue at hand is a new trove of records turned over by the feds in the southern district of new york, tens of thousands of records. specifically 31,000 pages of records the u.s. attorney's office just handed over to bragg's office yesterday. now, the d.a. specifically pins this newest delay on trump, saying thaton trump's legal tea waited until two months ago to request this massive trove of records from the u.s. attorney's office. and don't get me wrong, i am sure trump's legal team is using every opportunity that exists to create delays in this case. it is what they do. but d.a. bragg's office and the u.s.ic attorneys office know th. and one of it reasons this appears to be happening so late in b the game is because the u. attorneys office requested repeated extensions that trump's side consent d to according to alvin bragg. when the u.s. attorney's office asked trump for a comment on the delay, the office declined to respond. the fact this latest delay might bow a responsibilit

as far as the relationships between the office, d.a. bragg is good friends with u.s. attorney damian williams. they're very good friends. it's not that there's a deep animosity here. i think it's fair to say federal prosecutors in new york helping out the former president would be a bit of a mischaracterization, katy. >> let me give a little context about what you just mentioned at the top of that. there are potentially more documents coming from the southern district. judge merchan in his reply to todd blanche said, i appreciate you bringing that to my attention but i don't think it's related to this hearing. >> which is code for as far as me determining whether or not i decide if this case continues and as far as any trial delay, what todd blanche said is not material to that. i think that's what the judge was tackling there. >> tom winter, thank you very much. charles and caroline, don't go anywhere. we're watching both these cases. >>> next, moscow says it has the alleged terrorists who opened fire on the concert hall on friday killing 137 people. what it appears

bragg is saying 30 days. i see him coming down on bragg's side. >> the d.a.n -- i guess it was cy vance who had the papers in the case when they were investigating. >> it's the u.s. attorney for the southern district of new york. they will be in the hearing, too. >> my apologies to cy vance. the legal cases he is facing, none have a trial date. we are a month away from the supreme court hearing the immunity issue. the delays are playing into his favor. at some point, the immunity issue is what everyone will look at. >> that's right. i think these delays, which has been his tactic, now he has an extra weapon to help him pursue that tactic, which is to throw out arguments about presidential immunity that are perhaps ridiculous and novel and courts take a long time to opine on novel things. it is working for him. i think we will see a trial in at least the hush money case in manhattan before the election. possibly the beginning of a trial in the january 6th case, depending on how the supreme court rules and how fast they rule. you are right, the delay tactic for

that is exactly what d.a.eges here, that trump engaged in in 2016, that this is the case of a falsifying business records goal of the hush-money payments to stormy daniels was to come in his words, corrupt the presidential election by hiding from voters the scandal that had broken right on the people of the election and that could have threatened his campaign. and that is the crux of the prosecution's case that they are going to present to a jury next month. ben: adam, thank you so much. adam with his analysis of what has been happening today. still to come on "the world today," the bbc follows ukrainian troops on the front line in a new behind the scenes documentary. this is "the world today" on bbc news. ben: now, countries around the world have long wrestled with the question, how to deal with china as an economic partner or as a potential threat, even an enemy. today the u.k. government said hackers affiliated to the chinese state were behind what it called two malicious cyber campaigns on the british elec

i guess d.a. bragg can brag about that. and does being aggressive on crime include what d.a.obation to a man convicted of attempted murder and that guy went on to kill three women. and is kamala style justice what we saw in austin, texas where d.a. jose garza gave a plea deal to a woman convicted in a murder for hire plot against her husband parents? her father-in-law was killed but her mother-in-law survived. gentleman's lynn alexa edison was given 10 years probation. no prison time. joining me now tulsi gabbard. how is your former party going to spin their way out of this mess? you heard what kamala said she sounded frighteningly ignorant especially on this issue where so many lives have been lost, needlessly, because of these policies? >> yeah, laura. you hit it right on the head there. you see how kamala harris and so many other people in the democrat elite, not only at the federal level but at the state level and in some of these cities are so grossly out of touch with reality and lacking basic common sense that the vast majority of americans have. we know that if you le

manhattan d.a. alvin bragg, who supported a 30-day delay says there's no grounds for dismissal .e aileen cannon rejected one motion and said that the presidential records acts was vague. joining me now, glen kirschner, former prosecutor and host of the "justice matters" podcast. and former fulton county, georgia deputy attorney. thank you for being here. glen, your reaction to how judge mcafee reached the decision here that rebukes d.a. willis but still allows the georgia case to move forward? >> you know, jonathan, on the upside, judge mcafee, after a lengthy evidentiary hearing concluded that fani willis, this district attorney, should not be removed or disqualified from the case. she will continue to head up the rico prosecution of donald trump and his 18 criminal associates, his co-defendants. he also found there was no financial gain by her having hired nathan wade and then having a relationship with him. he found there was no prejudice to any defendant, and he found that no defendant suffered any due process violation. however, he then went on to say, well, under georgia la

attorney in the former d.a. of manhattan took a pass on the bragg case.you make that abundantly clear we heard congressman barry l. congressman subcommittee chairman congressman you put out a report the generally six committee you're finding things that are extraordinarily troubling to you and your other members that is among other things this mass destruction of evidence. whether it is a video, deposition, texts, e-mails, the movement of certain information behind firewalls encrypted so you folks have been unable so far even with forensic experts to break through and get the information. most of this occurred a week before the republicans took over the house so it was done in a very aggressive way and in a purposeful way. you also found a number of substantive things involving whether or not president trump did in fact offer the national guard liz cheney running around thing that false to the report she keeps doubling down also you have information from a witness who did in fact testify that was not included in the public pronouncements of january 6. at

i guess d.a. bragg can brag about that. and does being an aggressive on crime include what d.a..? he mur gave probation to a man f attempted murder and that guy went on to kill three women. and it is kamala style of justice what we saw in austin, texas, where jose garza gave a plea deal to a woman convicted in a murder-for-hire plot against her husbands parents?-i her father-in-law was killed, but her mother-in-law survived.0 edison was given ten years probation. no prison time. joining me now tulsi gabbard, fox news contributor, author of the upcoming book "the love of country." how is the former title going t? spin their way out of this mess? you heard what kamala said. she sounded frighteningly ignorant, especially ossuen this issue where so many lives have been lost needlessly because of, these policies. >> laura, you hit it right on the head there. you see how kamala harris and so many other people in the som democrat elite, not only the s federal level but the state level and some of the cities ary so grossly out of touch with reality. and lacking basic common sense. but t

attorney in the former d.a. of manhattan took a pass on the bragg case.make that abundantly clear we heard congressman barry l. congressman subcommittee chairman congressman you put out a report the generally six committee you're finding things that are extraordinarily troubling to you and your other members that is among other things this mass destruction of evidence. whether it is a video, deposition, texts, e-mails, the movement of certain information behind firewalls encrypted so you folks have been unable so far even with forensic experts to break through and get the information. most of this occurred a week before the republicans took over the house so it was done in a very aggressive way and in a purposeful way. you also found a number of substantive things involving whether or not president trump did in fact offer the national guard liz cheney running around thing that false to the report she keeps doubling down also you have information from a witness who did in fact testify that was not included in the public pronouncements of january 6. at depu

ready based on what the rules are, and president trump would be allowing counsel here, and if i am d.auld think that trial is good one for me. >> and there are restrictions that were put in place, and daniels can not testify about a lie detector test that she took in 2018, and exact limitations on mcdougal's testimony and the "access hollywood" tape cannot be played at trial, and it can be referenced at trial, but why these restrictions, kelly? >> well, the judge made the restrictions because of the fact that he did not want it thought that it was potentially not relevant to the case as well. so, we have to look at the case, and what it is about, and this case is about business records and falsifying business records, and the fact that stormy daniels got this money, and how she got it as well. once you go outside of the perimeter, it is not relevant and prejudicial to the defendant in the case. >> and now, seven co-defendants are seeking a review of the decision not to disqualify the fulton county special prosecutor fani willis. what happens next. >> he wants kathy there for the decisi

manhattan d.a.p ising a books and recorded case into a federal -- it's actually a misdemeanor, boot strapping a misdemeanor into a federal felony case claiming hush money pa paid to stormy daniels was meant to interis fear and influence the -- interfere is and influence the 2016 election. >> alvin bragg campaigned about going after donald trump. this is the old joseph stall then, show me the man, i'll show you the crime. it's a completely abusive prosecution on the facts and on the law. as for the federal cases, i don't think either of them can be tried before the election for a whole host of reasons. the documents case has lots of pretrial issues and classifications -- classification issues and discovery, and there's just no time given the amount of preparation. and the fact that the case will probably be remanded for further review in the lower courts. elizabeth: got it. julian, come back soon. >> thanks for having me. elizabeth: tomorrow, mike huckabee, senator ron johnson, art laffer. let's send

or the manhattan d.a.', that they want to present evidence about a doorman, for example, who was paid off in 2015. and another model that was paid off before the hraebgds. >> you mean, there were other people who were paid off by donald trump. >> other people paid off. and there were inappropriate records for that as well. i think that this is important. because it doesn't go to the character. right? you can't put this in as character evidence. but you can put it in for intent and motive. and it's something i frequently do as a prosecutor. >> and past behavior. >> past behavior. this is very persuasive evidence. as you can imagine, a former president wants to keep this out. he's making political points. this shouldn't be out in a campaign season. all of this past behavior. >> it's relevant. >> it's relevant for jurors to hear this. i can see the judge restricting some of this evidence coming in. >> hold up. why does a judge restrict evidence that goes to the behavior in question? >> a lot of times, that's j

we have the d.a.hat's a scam everybody say use read the people that you have jonathon turley and mccarthy all of the good people that you have on this is a case that shouldn't be brought on and it isn't a crime and it all comes out of the white house. rachel: shannon. >> well interestingly that he named chuck jonathon turley whroong tom to break down on the show to break down cases. of course you know former president takes heat for saying things like our legal system is a third world country and points to doj says he feels they're acting in a political or partisan manner his base responds. it is something talks on the campaign trail and gets huge cheers people are worried they could be prosecuted or persecuted based on their political beliefs. interesting to me this week that hunter biden was also in court out in los angeles and federal court, he argued that the tax charges against him are political. he says that republicans have pushed doj conservatives have pushed doj and donald trump has pushed do

they see the disaster happening here with the likes of d.a.gg and everybody else that fights the legal department every angle, it is ridiculous. jon: the mayor recently struck funds from the police department because he wanted to give more money to incoming illegal migrants. >> that is another thing the mayor and the governor the government marked money for illegal migrants. so think about that our veterans are on the street with no place to go. with no benefits. our police department are defunded for the schools cannot get funded. it's enough that people are saying enough. this is lit a fuse across the country people have had enough and they want answers they want results. those results come at the polls. jon: he did everything right. he was directed toward this car. he asked the guy to get out. he did everything by the book but the guy had a gun in the bullet hit him in such a way that it hit eight major argent artery and he bled to death it is so unbelievable a good guy like that loses his life to this 21 times arrested dirt bag. >> that is

>> reporter: manhattan d.a.as already asked the judge to rein trump in with a partial gag order, but ray blame the prosecutors for taking a candidate to trial just months before a presidential election. are you saying that former leaders should never, when they're running for reelection ever be held accountable for alleged crimes? >> no. but i'm saying that the unusual circumstance that we find ourselves in, is that we've got four pending indictments in an election cycle. that is a result that i think most people would agree undesirable. >> reporter: but bob, he gets to bring in his evidence. he gets to cross examine witnesses, and he could be acquitted. and that would help him in an election year. >> i think there are questions p whether or not donald trump can get fair trial in the district of columbia as there are on whether he can get a fair trial in manhattan, given the potential juries. >> i watched them deliberate. they take it very seriously. >> reporter: but professor murray is confident that juries mad

bragg who refuses to prosecute a lot of these cases and blames it on bail reform and then the judges do the same thing, the cops are stymied. >> shannon: joe, shannon bream here. we talked last hour in d.c. there's been a pivot or turning back on some of the lax actions they had taken towards downgrading felonies to misdemeanors and other things regarding crimes here. we just saw and a public vote out in san francisco and other communities out west that they too are backtracking on some of the more progressive policies. is there any appetite for that in new york. wouldn't have to start with state lawmakers? is it local councilman? where does the change come? >> change and start right there in new york city with the city council. that is the biggest deterrent right there. the city council who refuses to broker any deal that would help the police out. let's be real. they took away the indemnification from the police officers and joe borelli had it right on the head. thank god we have them as a voice over there because he's the only voice of reason appeared i can't say the only, but he

but he was pleased at manhattan d.a. alvin bragg agreed to a 30-day delay for the defense to study new evidence in the new york trial approved by a judge late today. >> they had to because they didn't give the documents to us. frankly, that whole case should be thrown out because it's a ridiculous case. >> former president reacted sharply to senate majority leader schumer calling for a new israeli government. >> i also believe prime minister netanyahu has lost his way. >> trying to turn the uproar against president biden. >> does that sound to you like the u.s. telling its sovereign ally how to run its government? >> well, 100 percent. there is no question about it. they don't know where to go. they are very bad for israel, the democrats are very bad for israel. israel sticks with them. i guess israel's loyal, maybe to a fault, because they stick with these guys. biden is so bad for israel, they should have never been attacked. >> while biden has said netanyahu's aggressive assault and densely populated southern gaza is

mccord, those were not the only things he said last night, calling letitia james a low life saying d.aagg was in his office to get trump and made fun of fani willis' name and relationship with nathan wade, but he tried to brush all of the cases off as, quote, local cases. right? ignoring the fact that all of these cases have national impact. these are not local cases. yes, the venue may be georgia, but he tried to undermine the national election. >> that's right. even the new york case involving the payments to stormy daniels, a type of election interference in the 2016 election, to keep the information that would have been damaging to him as a candidate, to keep that from the public, there's a national significance. he was a presidential candidate and didn't want the information to come out. as you indicated, the georgia case is a rico case about the effort, focused on the efforts in georgia, but the effort to overturn the vote of the people in georgia, which, of course, would have been significant to the ultimate count, and you know, the ultimate electoral ballot count, involving the

it feels like the d.a. bragg case is going to be the only case that is moving. >> thank you for your advice. coming up later a bit later coauthor of find me the votes joins me to talk the very latest move in the case of the d.a. of what is being disqualified including the chances of it going to trial before november. we will see if there are any differences in opinion. meantime, the one thing that truly gave me goosebumps today and you are going to hear it. we are back in 60 seconds. we a. k helps keep your laundry pacs in a safe place and your child safer. to close, twist until it clicks. tide pods child-guard packaging. if you spit blood when you brush, it could be the start of a domino effect. new parodontax active gum repair breath freshener. clinically proven to help reverse the four signs of early gum disease. a new toothpaste from parodontax, the gum experts. >>> breaking news in baltimore. workers are making progress in clearing the remnants of the collapsed bridge. the coast guard that the first se

in other words d.a. bragg may have overstepped.goes on to state where the new york what is it intended for only these state offenses to serve as the crime to enhance estate misdemeanors to state-level felonies these are open legal questions that are likely to be pursued during trial. explain to us why it is important to understand some cases. it sounds like you found two problems with the theory of the case against trump in new york. >> this is a good example of what we want people to do. understand this as deep as they wanted to go but you are raising super in the weeds on an important legal issue. >> you raised it. >> true. and also, exactly. it is tough. this has to do with something that people have really come to understand. what was charged in this case is false business records. those are misdemeanors, normally. unless you are intending to do it in connection with some of a crime the legal issues are many as to what those other crimes are. these have been charged as felonies. the state had four different theories for why the

he is free to call this a witch-hunt, he's free to go after d.a. and even the judge in this instance, which is why it is narrowly tailored. that's what constitutional scholars look for when deciding whether or not these types of orders will hold up under scrutiny, whether or not they're narrowly tailored to do the job that they are meant to do without going any further. >> caroline, i'm thinking, because it is -- and just rereading what the gag order -- partial gag order includes, he can't make statements about potential witnesses, court staff or jurors. the former president's campaign says that's part of core political speech? >> yeah. exactly. that is debatable, but whether or not it is part of core political speech, again, core political speech can be reined in, can take a back seat in certain instances when there are overriding factors and here that is the safety really of potential witnesses, we know the jurors are going to remain unanimous for their -- anonymous for their safety and security. so, there are concern instances in this country wh

as you know, d.a. bragg did not want to bring this case.s forced into it for outside reasons, and it's a disgrace that it can happen. this was a case that had been brought three and half years ago, and they decided to wait now, just during the election, so i won't be able to campaign. i will be appealing this. for the other decision, it will be my honor to post, and we will post whatever is necessary, whether it be cash or security or bonds. it's a decision we appreciate and respect of the appellate division very much. we have a judge who i believe is a crooked judge and a crooked attorney general, absolutely crooked. we did nothing wrong at all, 100%, and that was proven. everybody there said it was proven. all we had to do is read the legal scholars to see it was proven. we will continue with that but we appreciate very much the decision of the appellate division. thank you very much. >> harris: did you catch the question? >> emily: "what is your collateral on the bond?" >> harris: and he turned quickly on his heels and said "cash." there

. >> the d.a. bragg case gets short shrift. >> it does. >> because of stormy daniels. it's about we don't want to think about donald trump with a porn star. she also says ew, by the way, stormy daniels. i love her. she is great. >> she has earned her money. >> talk about this case. this is the case that is actually going happen. >> i think that's right. i do think it gets short shrift because the facts are so salacious. but it is a species of election interference. and alvin bragg has consistently talked about it in that tenor. this is like the lead-up to what we see on january 6th. it's the dress rehearsal, keeping information from the voting public in order to maximize or optimize your chances for election. and, again, to do anything to win. and you see that again happening on january 6th. so, again, i think the two cases actually run together, and we dismiss or pooh-pooh this case to our detriment. >> here's the thing, tim. today one of donald trump's fans, we're assuming while he was in court, because our reporter saw him in court. someone posted to his truth socia

the d.a. bragg's office says it is turning over even more documents to trump's legal team now giving them 100,000 pages and counting of new evidence. what that means for the trial, which was supposed to start in just over a week. joining us now, msnbc legal correspondent lisa rubin, as promised, former fbi general counsel and robert mueller special counsel investigate, into russian interference, in the 2016 campaign election, andrew weissmann and former deputy district attorney and msnbc legal analyst melissa redman. everybody, welcome. melissa, starting with you, fulton county is your specialty. what did you think of today's decision? >> it was interesting to me, i think we were, at least i was anticipating the judge to make a decision, which standard applied, whether it be actual conflict of interest, or an appearance of impropriety, and what he instead found, analyzing both, so i think that really limits the defendant's ability to appeal his denial of that motion for qualification, finding

two weeks before the trial, the d.a., alvin bragg, says he wants an adjournment because of discovery. now in new york the discovery laws are very clear. if the defense does not get information, normally within 15 days of arraignment, that case is dismissed, finished. in this case, there is such a massive discovery violation against former president trump, this case has to be dismissed. and not only that, alvin bragg has dirty hands. you just read it yourself where you said that the feds looked at this case. everybody knows the feds looked at this case. so as a result of that we all know the feds have records. so the feds, just this week, delivered 31,000 records yesterday, which should have been delivered within 15 days of arraignment. the next week there is another batch that is going to be delivered. and after that, there is going to be even more. now alvin bragg, the man who has pushed for discovery to move it quickly, to make sure defendants get what they are entitled to, he subpoenaed records, too, and when he subpo

>> reporter: manhattan d.a.secutors for taking a candidate to trial just months before a presidential election. are you saying that former leaders should never, when running for re-election, ever be held accountable for alleged crimes? >> no. but i'm saying that the unusual circumstances that we find ourselves in, we've got four pending indictments in an election cycle. that is a result that i think most people would agree is undesirable. >> reporter: but, bob, he gets to bring in his evidence. he gets to cross examine witnesses and he could be acquitted, and that would help him in an election year. >> i think there are questions about whether or not donald trump can get a fair trial in the district of columbia, whether or not he can get a fair trial in manhattan given the potential juries. >> i watched them deliberate. they take it very seriously. >> reporter: but professor murray is confident that juries made up of american citizens are more than up to the task. >> i think very few jurors go into there, like i

the manhattan d.a.efuses to enforce the law. they just enacted a new congestion pricing making it more expensive to drive in the city when new yorkers are struggling to make ends meet. kathy hochul refuses to give judges discretions dangerous setting bail. new yorkers are hitting people are in charge. elected officials aren't actually making life in new york. now you confront that problem withs raw emotion of a family who just lost their loved one, and the last thing in the world that they want are any of these democratic politicians to try to grabbed stand selflessly for their own good. >> brian: the reason why you almost won, lee, many reasons, she was late to the party to suddenly act tough on crime. bail reforms left wing legislators in albany and similar to other states around the country. what are you idiots, if these people commit a crime. i don't care about their rehab. here is what president trump said to me yesterday about what it was like inside the massapequa funeral home. >> stephanie is in

alvin bragg the trial to begin april 15, 4 counts falsifying business records, of course, maria has pled goes along with letitia james alvin bragg, i said before on air going to say doesn't alvin bragg have something better to do like clean up new york city than go after former president trump same things james went after him for? how much this is going to cost new york city taxpayers? just asking. maria: it is a question, all feeling impact of no consequences whatsoever for crime in new york city, sad situation, thank you cheryl casone meanwhile, is atin meeting with israel. >> said operations should not proceeded with a plan that down the -- the defense chief before that meeting. >> our security bond is unshakeableable united states closest, friend that won't change. >> over past six months, we have been -- fighting a war against a group of organization hamas, which is isis of gaza, hamas meeting with iran negotiator the picture is clear. >> joining me right now mar on this 70th secretary of state fox news contributor secretary mike pompeo thanks so much for being here. good morning gr

alvin bragg.as priority, why can't we rewind and have her impleapt and remove him from office. >> harris: subway crime has always been bad, he said to everybody, it is perception of crime you are having, the 57-year-old grandma beaten in the back of the head leading from one platform to the other. weekly basis, we had videos that people caught on their phone. where was she with national guard? it took thousand when you combine national guardsmen and women and new york state police. she is sending everything in her power to one segment of the crime. talk to people who have had different areas of violent crime but it boggles the mind. how did he have a blind eye? are they not talking? what is happening between democratic mayor of new york and governor of new york she is pushing against him? those are questions that maybe local media could ask and bigger picture, it is dangerous out there, we have people sleeping outside doorways, you have to walk around and over them to get in. it is all sorts of th

d.a. alvin bragg said he would not 30-day delay. is that enough? >> no. ainsley, there has not been enough time from the beginning of this case, given volume of information. a judge would have wrapped the d.a.'s office on the hand for failing to turn over this discovery material at this late date. this is shocking and even 90 days is insufficient. think how long it takes to read a 500 page novel. this is tens of thousands of pages that impact whether or not president trump might be recommended to go to jail if convicted. >> todd: this is unbelievable. the southern district of new york was the one who didn't hand over the document and background information, because they were considering bringing charges against the former president and decided not to. alvin bragg's office said, can you give us the paperwork? they just got to it and handed it over to him. same time trump team asked for a delay and now all of a sudden, everybody wants a delay. here is the exact statement. people are prepared to proceed to trial on march 25, we do not oppose adjournment in a

this is a criminal charges that the d.a., alvin bragg brought into new york dating back to what the d.a. argues is a kind of democracy election crime. when you stack it together with the secret hush money payments and assorted related allege lies about all of that that were made to stormy daniels baiting to -- dating back to '16. here's what's new tonight. we didn't know this until late today. the trial is back on. he trumps delay tactics have failed. the judge ordering an april 15th trial date which is a rejection of the many ways that donald trump's lawyers argued it should've been much later. everyone is seen the delay tactics and in some courtrooms they have worked. they failed today. now, if you're thinking, wait, i did hear this was supposed to start earlier, that's true. if you keep track of this kind of thing, donald trump lawyers and other kind of people, the original trial was actually for today. it was delayed not because of donald trump's efforts but because of new documents on the government side came to light. as you may recall, the d.a. said in fairness were not going to

the last filing from d.a. bragg, let me read from that. he wrote this on march 8th, the defendant filing a motion alleging a grab bag of arguments in the latest of a long series of attempts to evade responsibility for the conduct charged in the indictment. the defendant has taken ever possible step to evade accountability in this case for more than a year. he sought the deter the grand jury from considering the charges by promising quote death and destruction if he were indict. he sought to intimidate the district attorney. if corruption is sort of running through the vein of this, threats and intimidation and what bragg calls meritless grab bag is the subplot. >> exactly. and merchan contrasts this with cannon. the same arguments are made and she entertains them. he really was very decisive in basically rejecting all of them and that's the whole thrust of what trump is going to want to say and now more importantly or as importantly, there's a jury here and trump, if he goes out and does his, the other page of his playbook of vilifying the

late today d.a. alvin bragg wrote the judge urging him to deny the immunity claims. then there's the mar-a-lago documents case where he was in court yesterday with special counsel jack smith. trump's team was arguing two different motions to dismiss the charges against him. the judge denied one of trump's motions to dismiss based on alleged vagueness in the text of the espionage act. we're still awaiting another ruling from cannon on his second attempt to dismiss based on the presidential records. yesterday she did seem skeptical of trump's arguments. then the coup case in washington, d.c. that case is on hold after the united states supreme court agreed to hear the immunity claims. those are scheduled for april 25th. there's no telling how long the high court will take to decide the case. meaning the likelihood of that trial happening before election day remains slim. melissa lee is here and dave aaronwood is here. i'll start with you. alvin bragg said trump never asserted presidential immunity as a defense and he waived any argument premised on the absolute theory

on the d.a.'ubin reported on our air as it happened last week, the timing was surprising. now it seems we're getting answers about what happened. joining us now, nbc news investigative correspondent, tom winter. so, tom, what actually happened? >> it appears with the hindsight of many more filings in this case, this all stems from michael cohen, by the way, and what trump's defense is trying to do is find out as much about michael cohen as possible. everybody assumes that michael cohen is going to be called as a witness, and they obviously want to impeach his testimony which could be critical to the manhattan d.a.'s office. at issue were a number of items trump's defense requested as part of a subpoena they asked for in january of this year and as the southern district of new york, which led a parallel criminal investigation, the first one filed against cohen, is they started to produce documents. and that subpoena, by the way, was different from what the manhattan d.a.'s office asked for and beli

. >>> plus, enough is enough, that is what manhattan d.a.in bragg is saying about donald trump's strategy of distraction and delay in the stormy daniels hush money case. bragg's push to bring trump to trial, and why trump's legal team has real reason to be worried. >>> and brand new reporting about the pressure campaign donald trump put on his vice president mike pence on the morning of january 6th with startling new details about trump's actions before, during and after the insurrection. all of those stories and more when "deadline white house" continues after this. do not go anywhere. (shouting) i can't! i'm just telling everyone! ...hey! see your tax refund go further with buy one get one free at visionworks. see the difference. ( ♪ ♪ ) start your day with nature made. the #1 pharmacist recommended vitamin and supplement brand. we're talking about cashbackin. not a game. not a game! we're talking about cashbackin. we're talking about cashbackin. we're not talking about practice? no. we're talking about cashbackin. we're talking about cash

and, manhattan d.a. alvin bragg tells a new york judge enough is enough. there's no need to delay trump's criminal hush money trial any longer. >>> but we begin tonight with some cold, hard facts. donald john trump is broke. and begging for money. he owes new york state roughly $454 million, and the deadline to put up a bond if he wants to appeal or a deposit on the debt is monday. if he fails to do so, new york attorney general letitia james can move in on trump's bank accounts or real estate. his lawyers paid for by the rnc are telling the court that he doesn't have the money. which leads us to another fact. trump has for decades lied about his wealth and about the valuation of his properties. he also has a history of not paying back his loans and so most self respecting financial institutions and wealthy individuals don't want to take a chance on him. too risky. and here's another fact. no bonding company will accept real estate which accounts for most of trump's wealth as collateral. trump, who back in the day was ridiculed regularly by the media for h

the manhattan d.a., alvin bragg wants to start next month, meaning the delay would only but a few weeksme. trump's attorneys want a delay much longer than that. give us an idea when you think it would start and when you'll learn of the new trial date? >> i think that's why the judge wants to get on the record to find out what was turned over and the reason for the delay. we know that this very large document dumping came from the southern district of new york. that's not alvin bragg's material to turn over. he didn't have the ability to do that. i think the real question is how much more time does the defense need to prepare the case. i think what alvin bragg has represented now is that among the documents, most are due milk does, meaning they've had other copies of this thing and there are like 137 new pages. if that's the case, 30 days is more than enough time to get ready for trial, and so i think that's what they'll inquire about today. i think as long as that is accurate, i think a trial in sometime mid-april is really quite reasonable. >> barbara, what we know of the case being pr

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last year, he posted a photo holding a baseball bat next to manhattan d.a.in bragg's head, which he deleted shortly thereafter, and which is on lawyer said was, quote, ill-advised. he has gone after judge tonya chuck can and special prosecutor jack smith, calling the prosecutor arranged and demanding that the judge recuse herself from the federal election interference case. county attorney, willis and attorney letitia james have also been targets of trump. this week, as judge juan merchan set a date in the new york as many case, you know what trump did? he ramped up his accusations against the judge and his daughter, specifically with a picture of her behind bars on the x account. however, that specific post doesn't belong to the judge "alex witt reports three's daughter, she deleted it about a year ago. the bottom line here, all gag orders have been put in place in some of the ongoing criminal cases, there has been no real accountability for the former president's words and actions. take, principal, comedian kathy griffin who underwent federal interrogation

meanwhile, the manhattan d.a., alvin bragg, made his request for these materials more than a year agoal team in june of last year. i don't know what they were doing from june of last year until january of this year. if team trump wasn't happy with the original records request last year, they could have said nothing. but instead, they waited seven months to raise their hands and complain. all of this leads to one important question, will the former president ever be criminally held accountable? joining me now was joyce vance, msnbc legal analyst, and professor at the alabama school of law. let's talk very specifically, very generally speaking, the delay tactic is when he has used by all sorts of defendants and one that has been used very effectively by donald trump but in this particular manhattan case, the circumstances of this discovery, these documents that trump's team says it needs time to look at, tell me about this. >> this is such a confusing situation. this is a case that was filed by the manhattan d.a. state prosecutor. but, because the feds, the united states attorney's offi

manhattan d.a. alvin bragg said he would go along with a 30 day extension so trump's team can review those very late files. the final decision on timing is up to the judge. >>> let's bring in our lead off pena, eugene scott, senior politician for access. peter baker, chief white house correspondent for the new york times and former u.s. attorney, joyce vance who spent 25 years as a predator federal prosecutor. both msnbc contributors. joyce, all right, lay it out for us, where does the classified documents case stand after today? >> right, so this will sort of an ugly win for the government. it was a win that the judge did not buy trump's motion to dismiss but she virtually invited trump to raise this emotion again during trial when more of the evidence is available. and, of course, the downside to that is decisions that the judge makes after the jury has been impaneled and the cases started can't be reviewed. that is because of double jeopardy. says that once the government has got a jury in the bo

alvin bragg and so much of your case things on his testimony, and obviously as a witness, he has lotsn be impeached. are you worried about this, what is the defense going to do, where the places they can attack michael cohen and really tried to bring down this testimony? >> i think the first thing you do is you make certain, picking the jury, how you do an opening statement, that you don't set too high a bar for michael cohen to meet. you make sure the jury understands that he was in this crime, two point you make sure the jury understands that it is the only way to get a first- hand witness, first-hand observation, is someone who has a very complicated situation, because they are a criminal as well. so, i think you tried to let the air out of the balloon of a perfect witness, because he will not be one, and i think he will suggest to the jury over and over again, before michael take a stand, that he will tell a consistent story about the heart of this crime, no matter what is going on around him, no matter what attack happens over and over again, i think we will see on his credibilit

trump's team is now claiming manhattan d.a.treating two witnesses who admitted to lying, differently. the trump team saying cohen is getting better treatment because he's willing to turn on trump. what is your read on this? is this prosecutorial misconduct as trump's team claims or just to be expected leverage is how it works? >> i think it is neither. i think it is a spin by trump's team. i think partly they're hoping to get us talking about it, like we are right now. i think partly it is just to throw some shade on the prosecutor. ultimately, the prosecution is going to put on its witnesses on the stand, they're going to be cross-examined and it is not unusual for prosecutors to put cooperators on the stand who have issues. often they're convicted of crimes. often they're convicted of crimes like fraud and dishonesty, like michael cohen is. so, ultimately the jury will have to weigh his credibility. that's not all that unusual, but by making a big showing of it, it creates discussion, it probably creates talking points or fod

mayor eric adams and d.a . alvin bragg were both confronted directly, this timenr by opposite diller's wife, the source tells me. di, too,them have it telling them the same thing they were told uncle. his blooing,d is on your hands . >> make no mistake. far left politicians and district attorneys r lefthave empowered criminals e the one accused of murdering officer diller. nocriminals w, violent crime iso problem across new york cityle and is still way up from pre pandemic levels. >> this week, another new york city woman was randomly punched another the face. the allegation is that it appears to be a growin g trend in the city. the victim allegedly suffered a brokenty.re jaw and her mouth is now wired shut. but the alleged was released from jail without posting bail,t ,despite two prior arrests forsl assault. >> here now with more, florida congressman byron and fox news contributor leo terrell. >> gentlemen, i know you get as infuriated as i do at thesets types of situations because you have a deaed officer an

the d.a.'s team, bragg's team walked in around 9:30. 15 minutes ago.him and also don junior and his son, eric. we have not seen the former president. stand by for that when it happens we'll bring you back there. in the meantime, here is this on haiti. >> about as simple as calling a cab and getting to the airport and all of a signed you go home. the reality is you have an easier time getting into this country illegally than you do just to be rescued as a united states citizen. how the hell does that make any sense? >> dana: ron desantis with the scathing comparison for the crisis in haiti. [shouting] >> dana: as violence surges in haiti the state department says it has only managed to rescue 230 americans. government agencies, private companies and nonprofits are all on the ground trying to help and one of those nonprofits facilitating evacuations is the jack brewer foundation. ceo jack brewer joins us now from the airport. he is there in the region. good to have you here. i want to play one thing from a father who wants to thank you for helping get hi

granting the request of the manhattan d.a. attorney alvin bragg.attorney fox news contributors leo terrell has thoughts on this. good morning to you. here is from the judge's decision, all right? indeed his statements were threatening and denigrating. not only fear on the part of the individual targeted but also the assignment of increased security resources to investigate threats and protect the individuals and family members there. did the judge make the right call, leo? >> no, no. bill, 34 years of being a lawyer. that ruling is vague and ambiguous. who is complaining, bill? where is the evidentiary hearing of the witnesses, the council members being threatened? they are limiting trump's right to articulate his viewpoint in the court of public opinion. i will challenge you, bill and everyone watching. make me a case like this where the judge is drawing his conclusions from. this man is running for the highest office in the nation and he is the leading candidate and they are saying you can't talk about public figures, michael cohen, who has a pod