tonight on the mehdi hasan show. attorney general garland appointed special counsel. well it bring donald trump nichols or to justice? plus, democrats are already looking to 2024 in the shakeup of the presidential primary

calendar. i'll speak with former 2020 candidate, castro. just a few moments, a live report from colorado springs with the latest on that shocking mass shooting inside an lgbtq nightclub. on tuesday, a major and pretty shocking political moment in our nation's history occur. an event, whether we like it or, not would have reverberations for years to come. >> in order to make america great and glorious, again i had tonight announcing my candidacy for president of the united states. >> the fact that donald trey trump, a disgraced twice impeached ex president can make this announcement despite everything is a massive indictment of this country's political systems.

it shows how broken our media is to. to put mildly, trump's four years in office were one long car crash of scandals, controversies, corruption and chaos. and came the first president to be impeached twice. the second time, literally inside an insurrection at this nation's capital. to voting that if trump had been convicted and sent last, year he could have been barred from running for office again. instead, the very same republicans who are now privately complaining about his return, or the ones that craven lee let him get away with that. now, there are some groups of activists trying to hold donald trump accountable. nonprofit watchdog. citizens first ponce ability, ethics in washington or crew, announced they will sue the ex president to stop from holding office once again. they claim he's violated section three of the 14th amendment to the constitution. it's the same amendment that was used and attempts to bar congress marjorie taylor greene

and -- for running from office earlier this year. however, both of those attempts failed. it's unlikely against trump pulpit pan out any differently. which means that that case could be added to the seemingly endless list of legal blows dodged by donald trump. i mean, he didn't earn the name teflon don for nothing. don winslow rideout has yesterday that it has been almost 50 years since the justice department first came after trump in 1973. federal government accused the federal government of racial discrimination over the country 's -- potential lieutenants. that case ended in a settlement which saw the trump's not having to admit any wrongdoing. it brings us to today. right now, donald trump is currently under investigation by the new york attorney general who has now -- donald trump himself, and three of his adult children, alleging massive fraud.

manhattan district attorney's office carrying out its own into the business dealings. georgia district attorney, who is investing in donald trump's alleged efforts to overturn the 2020 election and department of justice, which is also looking into trump's election interference and alleged mishandling of documents. let's mention that donald trump is also facing -- e. jean carroll who has accused him of rape. and tax fraud trial taking place in new york. but is this tough one ex president ever actually going to be held accountable? in a court of law? you never see the inside of a prison cell. he's an ex president who wants to be president again. yet when it comes to those doj probes, we were told by attorney general merrick garland that politics, presidential candidate did not play a role in the department of justice's decision-making.

here he is, garland, speaking to msnbc in july. >> we don't pay any attention to other issues. >> it should be gentle sharper to become a can of her president again, that would not change your schedule or how you move forward order forward? >> i'll say it again. we will hold accountable anyone who was criminally responsible for attempting to interfere with the transfer of legitimate lawful transfer from one administration to the next. >> just four months later, the man seems to have changed his tone. on friday, garland announced the ferment of council. jack smith, former prosecutor specialized in corruption, who will oversee the departments investigation into trump and over classified documents. listen and weep is you hear garland say why he made this decision to handed over to special counsel.

>> based on recent developments, including the former presidents announcement that he is a candidate for president in the next election, and the seeding presidents stated intention to be a candidate as well, i've concluded that it isn't public interest to appoint a special counsel. >> the public interest? come on. what happened to politics not getting in the way? presidential campaigns not being a shield? with disappointment, trump gets his way and garland gets to handoff the responsibility for going after the former president to someone else. see, the attorney general says the move well help distance the biden administration from the administration, avoiding any illusions of partisanship. but if you think the right will be appeased by the decision to appoint to special counsel, think again. this is how fox reacted to the decision on friday night. >> so who is the special counsel?

his name is jack smith. he's a democrat, so it'll probably hire a team of other democrat prosecutors to investigate the former republican president. mr. smith began his career in new york and worked for the clinton and obama administrations, and right now, mr. smith is over in europe. >> but it's not just fox. the media as a whole in this country has normalized donald trump for far too long. despite the fact that trump isn't in any way a normal politician. he's a man accused of serious and said in violence against u.s. seat of government. these are the facts that should be front and center in anyone all coverage of his decision to run again. so, sure, that's how it should be. but here's the reality. when trump announced his run on tuesday, some in the media reacted with inane trivia like this push alert that noted that trump, if elected, would become only the second president to serve to non consecutive terms.

who cares? other media organizations just send out the ex presidents declarations verbatim, putting out tweets that red as if they were written by trump himself. and then, there's social media as a whole, where last night, the republican owner of twitter, multibillionaire ilhan musk, announced trump would be welcomed back to the platform. it was only a few weeks ago that must plentywood not reinstate trump until he set up a moderation council. he chose to forgo that counsel, leaving trump's status up to the will of the people. the will of the people, using this on scientific twitter poll, which recommended trump be let back on to the site. 51 to 48. an exercise that becomes all the more unscientific and ridiculous when you remember that almost one in four of musk 's own twitter followers are expected to be bots, spam, or fake accounts. look, it's been three months since the fbi found those top secret and classified documents lying around in trump's florida resort home. it's been 22 months since trump

used twitter to help incite an armed attack on our nation's democracy. yeah, now, the very same teflon don who is still not been indicted for any crime is running for president again and has his twitter platform back again. to those who say, just ignore him, no need to pay intention to donald trump anymore, i say, are you out of your mind? let's discuss this and more with former specialization for the counterintelligence division of the fbi. she's now a senior at the yale jackson school of global affairs also with us, jill wine-banks, msnbc legal analyst, former assistant and special prosecutor, co-host of the sisters in all podcast. thank you for coming back on the show. asha, before we get into the special counsel stuff, just briefly, what's your immediate response to the possibility trump could be returning to twitter very soon? >> oh, i mean, i think it's

ridiculous. i have blocked him for a long time. so it doesn't actually impact my twitter experience. but, given the fact that he essentially mobilized his followers to a large degree leading up to and on january 6th, using that platform as a vehicle, it's incredibly disappointing. >> okay. so let's talk special counsel, asha. make the case for the appointment of a special counsel. why shouldn't people like maybe holding their heads in their hands right now? >> i think there's a number of reasons why this was the right move and frankly, i've been suggesting that garland should've appointed the special counsel right after he was confirmed. but in addition to creating a buffer, which you mentioned, between garland himself, is a political appointee, and would

effectively be investigating the political rival of his boss, will also be running for office, i think the special counsel adds a layer of transparency and accountability that you don't have a normal investigation. that's because the attorney general does not supervised the day-to-day operations of the special counsel, but does have to approve or deny major prosecutorial steps. to the extent that they have disagreement, those reasons for him overruling the special counsel, let's say that the council wants to indict trump, and garland says, i don't think he's shed, he would have to report that to the house and senate judiciary committees along with his race. there's this vehicle for sunlight, and i think that's important in terms of documenting the reasons why things are done or not done in this investigation. we wouldn't get that in the

regular department of justice investigation. >> and those are all good arguments. i guess my issue is that the people he'd want to appeal to with the buffer don't recognize it as a buffer and never will. jill, on friday, you are opposed to this decision. have you since changed your mind? tell me why you had some hesitation and are now convinced this isn't a bad decision. >> i still don't think it's a necessary step. i still think the department of justice could have been should've continued, and that it's sort of insulting to the prosecutors at the department of justice who do you, in fact, act based on the law, and the facts, not on -- partisan considerations. but here's some of the reasons why a change when mind. one, i started thinking about my own experience in having my chief prosecutor fired, and replaced. we lost no time because we stayed on. if he had to fire everyone who is working on the case, i'd still be opposing it. but we lost no time. we came in and brought him up to speed, and we continued

without losing a beat. so they won't be lost time by bringing him on. secondly, he seems to be about as good a person as you could have to put in charge of this investigation. his experiences stellar. he's prosecuted former president. he has the experience that it takes. he doesn't have the diversions the attorney general has of running a whole department, including the fbi. he can focus only on this. and my final reason was, he, should biden leads the election in 2024, doesn't going away. and the same way germ doesn't go away. you will outlast the president, because he can only be fired for cause. that means that if, in the horrible bull event, donald trump or someone like donald trump becomes president 2024,

we will still have this case going. i think there will have been indictments before that, but -- >> we'll, let's talk about indictments and timings. asha, this week, trump's former attorney general, bill barr, was asked about the department of justice's probe into the documents mar-a-lago. is what he had to say about the case. >> i personally think they probably have the basis for legitimately indicting the president. i don't know, i'm speculating. but given what's going on, the probably of the influence that we check the box. they have the case. >> asha, if even trump's old ag is saying his old boss is committing crimes, isn't this open in chat? why is this process taking so long? a lot of americans want to know. >> well, investigations take a long time, mehdi, but i do

think especially with the mar-a-lago case, which is more straightforward in terms of trump's liability the january 6th, not that he can't be held criminally liable for january six, but there is just more elements of moving parts to that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. that. >> there have been senior level officials that have been moving forward. the special counsel has allowed to make his own team angrily handpicked the prosecutors investigators to work on this.

also we'll get a budget that can be tampered with, at least for the coming year. >> jill, last quick question to you. the former president, he surely would have been decided already for a host of crimes? and when garland claims that this move is to prevent the appearance of partisanship, i mean, naming a special counsel and response to trump announcing he's running for president, many would argue is a political act in and of itself. >> and i would agree with that. first of all, i've always believed that even a sitting president can be indicted and investigated. >> you hear. >> during watertight gate, i urged the special prosecutor than to go ahead with that. , then when nixon resigned, i went back and said, now, you said we couldn't do it for a sitting president. he's an ordinary citizen. he must be indicted. let's time it took to persuade,, , pardon him, and we were unable to proceed with law.

and it needs to be done now. the special counsel will not satisfy any republicans. they will go on believing that this is partisan. it is not. they're calling it a witch hunt again. it is not. we need to proceed. >> they called robert a lifelong conservative, a democrat, blah blah. we'll have to leave it there. thank you for your in-house. appreciate it. shifting gears now, we're continuing to follow the breaking news out of colorado springs. police say a gunman walked into an lgbtq club overnight carrying a semiautomatic rifle and opened fire immediately, killing at least five people, injuring 25 others. two people are credited with fighting, tackling the 22 -year-old suspect, until officers were able to apprehend. msnbc correspondent steve pattinson is in colorado springs. steve, although club q, where this mass shooting occurred, is calling this a hate crime, police say they're still investigating the motive?

>> yeah. i think it's important to say there's still quite a few processes to go through, especially when it comes to not only processing the scene, interviewing witnesses, a lot of that work has been done. but, now this investigation truly shifts to focusing on the suspected shooter. who was? how did you get the gun? whether tensions, including the possibility of adding on a hate crime? which is a much different stretch. there's a lot of work to be done, and i think in that time, police with federal investigators, will dig into the background. we should answers as we've been getting pretty solidly every day in that time. we have to mention that people are hurting, and they're hurting bad. we've been speaking to this community, not only lgbtq members of the community, but everyone who's lived here, and has experienced all the mass shootings that colorado alone has experienced, let alone colorado springs. it has quite a unique history. but also, the people who are at this club, new people in this

club, victims, themselves, so much pain. we spoke to members of the community here about how they feel. is what they told me. >> i hope that people don't use this as an agenda against the queer community, and spread more misinformation that doesn't already pre exist online. no matter how safe you think a place might be, there's always gonna be people that just to hate that i exist for no real reason other than just personal beliefs, or misinformation that they've consumed on the media. so. it's always personal when it comes to stuff like this. >> many, just to give you a sense of how the community is doing, there's really just to gay clubs in this community. that's the one behind me, and there's another one called icons. we spoke to the owners of that club. when they heard the news, the

night of the shooting, they locked the front door, they rushed everybody at the back, and they've been closed down ever since. the anxiety here is palpable. people, though, want their stories to be told. they don't want this to be a moment that's forgotten. and that's the only way, they say, that can heal. fog mehdi. >> msnbc correspondent steve patterson, thank you for your reporting. appreciate it. coming up, the new democratic push to change the presidential primary map before 2024 julián castro is here to discuss. don't go away.

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presidential primaries. this week, nevada democrats tried to leverage the parties midterm winds to move their states primary forward. the democratic congressional duck allegations and the -- urging members to elevate their state to the top spot. meanwhile, congresswoman debbie dingell is advocating for her home state of michigan to be first in line, writing a new letter, quote, michigan is one of the best places to pick a president. the most diverse battleground state, and a microcosm of america. no, she might be on to something. according to -- less than 7% of the states population is hispanic, only 4. 3% is black, and just 2. 8% is asian. that's far more homogenous than michigan, nevada, and let's be honest, most of the rest of the country. look. iowa is not where democrats could be placing the first best for a party nominee.

it makes no sense. in this midterm election alone, democrats lost the races for governor, attorney general, secretary of state, a senate seat, and all four house seats. so in the beam mc meets in the couple weeks to discuss the presidential primary schedule, i say to them, move on from the court dogs and the debates on ethanol. let's move on from iowa. please. joining me now is julián castro. is served as obama's secretary of housing and urban development. he's the former mayor of san antonio texas and ran for the democratic presidential nomination in 2020. thanks for being here. i want to play you a clip of you back when you are running for president in the 2020 election. have a listen. >> i actually believe that we do need to change the order of the states. because i don't believe that with the same country where in 1972. that's when iowa first held its caucus first. >> that was a bold thing to say prior to campaigning there. do you still hold that view?

is it time for iowa to step aside? >> of course i do. i didn't think, mehdi, when i said that in the 2020 campaign, that that would be the most controversial thing i could say in iowa iowans. anne but it was. and i still believe that we should take a different direction. of course, the rules committee of the dmz is gonna have that opportunity and december 6th, and here's why, as i said back then, basically iowa and new hampshire have had early 1970s. we changed a lot since that time, as a country, as a party. we've become more diverse. one of the things -- and couldn't these last things -- in the terms, is that we are a -- coalition should be respected and reflected by the presidential primary. not only does that mean not making iowa first, but it also means, i think, not making new hampshire first, which is even

whiter than iowa, as democrats show. you showed new hampshire is demographics. it's even less nonwhite than iowa. so it's a slap in the face to that coalition to keep those two states in their position, even though the people in those states are wonderful. i think it's time to move on. charlotte >> so, you mentioned the dmz meeting on december 1st. do you think they'll move on? and what state would you like to start with? >> i think they will move on. for quite awhile, now, we've seen it coming that iowa is not gonna be in that first position. the question at this point is whether new hampshire is gonna be able to hold on and move into the first position from its current second position. i've not expressed a favorite. i think there are other states that should be looked at, certainly nevada, they say, very strong case. it has a good urban role mix. very diverse state, strong union state.

also has embraced things like mignon universal but by mail, which is in keeping with the values of the democratic party that makes voting convenient for people. i think places like michigan, perhaps other states. but it's not iowa, it's not new hampshire. it would be a slap in the face for the dmz to keep either iowa or new hampshire as their first state. let me give you one stat, mehdi. 1. 9%. that's the black population of new hampshire. how do you start your presidential primary calendar in a state that has a 1. 9% black population, and that such a vital an important part of the democratic party's success? it doesn't make any sense. >> so, a bit of a pivot. let's talk about president biden celebrating his 80th birthday. you came across as critical or questioning of joe biden's age. maybe even his mental competence, when you are running against him in the 2020 race, when you are in a debate state with him. if he wins again, he'll be 86 by the end of his second term. do you think you should run

again in 2024? >> look, president biden has had a good, strong first term. and especially before the midterms, with a string of successes that should be applauded. i think that's part of why democrats did better than expected in the midterms. and so, in many ways, he's been a good strong president. at the same time, if you're asking me do i believe he's gonna run again for a second term, i don't. i think he said himself that he views himself as a bridge to a new generation of leadership. it was telling a few days ago and speaker nancy pelosi explicitly in her speech -- and she's been amazing. she's been an incredible, iconic speaker, said i'm stepping aside. i'm stepping down. and i look forward to the leadership of a new generation of democrats that i have confidence in. i bet that's how president

biden feels as well. and it'll be fascinating to see at the beginning of the year what decision he makes. >> one last question. 30 seconds left. i have to ask you about the mass shooting in colorado, the lgbtq club. it left five dead. what's your reaction? >> this is another horrific mass shooting. we need to find the will in this country to stamp out this kind of hate, to catch it before it turns into this kind of violence, and also, to finally do something meaningful and more substantive and common sense gun reform in this country. how many of these are weak and i go a fair? el paso, uvalde, the pulse nightclub shooting, so many others, and now, today, colorado springs, before we do something? we need to do something. >> it's a good question. sadly, i fear we know the answer. julián castro, thank you. appreciate your time. >> thank you. >> next, the myth of the genius billionaire. time for my 62nd went. don't go away.

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the results of elections they've lost, but also using whatever power they do have at the state and federal levels to remove democratic winners from office. case in point, pennsylvania house republicans move this week to impeach philadelphia district attorney larry krasner, the man who overwhelmingly won his reelection bid just last year. apparently, that doesn't matter to keystone state republicans. they feel that as long as they can point to a slight uptick in violent crime and demonize a progressive proxy cuter in the process, they can overrule the will of the voters and asked a democratic da from office. joining me now is that democratic da, philadelphia district attorney, larry krasner. thanks for coming back on the show. right out of the gate, i want to acknowledge that fortunately, this impeachment move by

republicans is little more than an attempt to -- they don't have the votes to secure a conviction, do they? >> and the senate, which is where such a trial would occur, we think the answer is no. but, you know, why are we here? why are we doing this? it's the first time in the history of the commonwealth that anyone tried to impeach an elected official for their ideas. there's no suggestion or allegation of corruption or crime, and that's what impeachment is for. >> i just want to emphasize again for our viewers, you won reelection last year by a wide margin. that seems to be of no concern to the pennsylvania republican party? >> it is of no concern to maga. mega, as you know, is that war with democracy. there are republicans of goodwill. always have been. more among the voters than the elected's right now, because of the dominance of maga. in fact, even though the vote was entirely on party lines, there wasn't a single republican who sided with us, that there should not be an impeachment. impeachment is not to go after people's ideas. it's a very dangerous precedent. and frankly, republicans may want to be careful what they wish for. right now, the democratic party

in pennsylvania's sentient, if they normalize the idea that an election is never over and that people who do not live or work in a jurisdiction can impeach a newly elected official from that location, that is just a two edged sword that none of us should have. >> just remind our viewers, what are they accusing knew of? >> i mean, fundamentally, but they're accusing me of is that they don't like my policies. that's pretty much it. and then some sort of vague hand waving about, maybe it caused crime, with no proof whatsoever. there's a few specific cases that they're pointing at and they don't like something that happened there. i would point out significantly that two of those cases involve prosecutions of police officers. a brilliant woman in philly -- said more than once that the issue they have is not the case is that the da's office and philly won't prosecute, it's the ones we will prosecute. that is unquestionably a large part of what's happening here.

>> you mentioned the rise from crime that they want to blame on you, the crimes that take place that they won a blame on your policies. it's no secret the gop nationally tried to make a crime huge issue in the midterms. what i find curious is how it appeared to have some civilians in some parts of the country but not others. i think it's clear the message was affective in new york, but as john fetterman and josh shapiro win appear as winston's pennsylvania show, it doesn't seem to have had the same impact on your comment off. why do you think that is? >> it's hard to say. fetterman is the one who is actually identified with a certain level of criminal justice reform activity, and rightly so. and it didn't work. fetterman is one of the most important wins of the entire election cycle, and despite the challenges he faced, it didn't work to use the usual fear based willie horton type of campaign. i think the truth is that voters are smarter than they were in 1968. they don't actually want to go backwards to exactly the same policies that have caused our

criminal justice system to be so broken. they want public safety as we all do, and it's ways to do it. there's modern ways. scientific ways. there are compassionate and humane ways. they involve investment in public schools, and things like that. >> on that note, very quickly, last question, going forward, i'm sure democrats in your view meet the charge of being soft on crime? republicans have been attacking liberals with that claim for decades. but nationally, they haven't developed a strong consistent counter message. >> they don't know their facts. it's a fact that the red states have a 40% higher rate well they just do not know their facts of homicide. , the red states have a 40% higher we. republicans are terrible at crime. they always have been, democrats need to answer directly because we have all the answers. >> da larry crowds, on that note we will have to leave their. thank you for your time. >> thank you. >> next, you know when you lose

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nonsense like this. >> it more background checks, the president should start with yours. >> flash forward to 2012, obama defeats mitt romney and gets a second term despite four years of an insanely racist attacks on him from the gop including be asked about his birth certificate. the loss was so humiliating for the gop that the rnc put outed autopsy report detailing how they need to reach out to minority voters saying, quote, if we want ethnic biden already voters to support republicans we need to engage them and charge sincerity. guess what happened? republican primary voters did not read the report as they picked donald trump, the man who launched his presidential campaign calling mexicans rapists as their nominee for 2016. now trump may have won the electoral college and their presidency, but he lost the popular vote. chapter 2020, trump loses both the popular vote and the electoral college vote, and

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now find, the shell on the msnbc hub on peacock. monday through thursday, now it is time to hand it over to our good friend eamonn. amen before i go, former price president pence out with a new book is continuing with his non apology self rehabilitation media tour. here is his latest evasion. >> is he fit to serve as president of the united states for another four years? >> well i really do believe

that is a decision for the american people. >> no. no, it is a decision for you mike. it is not just pans, i'm sure that you saw trump's former ag bill barr would not rule out voting for trump again in 2024. even as he himself admitted that the doj probably has the basis for, quote, legitimately indicting his former boss. i'm just fed up a man of these establishment republicans who served under trump, enabled him for years, and then distance some selves from trump in order to sell a book, but still will not rule out supporting began in two years time. i am fed up with the cowardice and cynicism. >> look, honestly, it is not just folks trying to rehab their image that are displaying this cowardice. look at paul ryan, take a listen to what he had to say. he is out there, he is also trying to sell a book, he is with -- listen to what he said this morning about why he will not support a third trump presidential run. >> i am a never again trumper. why? because i want to win, and we

lose with trump. >> he wants to win, and they cannot win with trump. not that trump is a bad person who caged children and separated families, or banned muslims for country, or fanned the flames of racism and antisemitism, i can go on and on. no, that is not it. it is not policies that paul ryan has a problem, with it is the name trump. it is only about power for these republicans, it is rarely about principle. >> and one thing that i always remember about paul ryan, there is that wikipedia page on spinelessness, they put a photo paul ryan there. >> mehdi, a great show. i'm sure you can get up early to catch on the world cup. >> yes, england and iran, come on. >> are they gonna bring it home? >> -- >>. all right, enjoy the rest of your evening. coming up on ayman the latest on breaking news out of colorado springs, what do we

know at this hour about this mass shooting at an lgbtq nightclub. plus the ohio democrat who defeated a 13 term incumbent republican, i'm gonna speak with congressman elect about the biden agenda and his plans in the house of representatives. and crisis of confidence, a new allegation of another supreme court leak. it is the highest court in the land unraveling before our very eyes? i am ayman, let's get started. we tonight we start with that breaking news out of colorado, a gunman entered a colorado springs lgbtq nightclub late last night and immediately opened fire, killing at least five people and injuring 25 others. police chief adrienne vásquez says that two patrons confronted the suspect and detained him until authorities arrived. that is -- they described their actions as