now on alvin bragg to prove it.far as coming from congress itself it will be more of a publicity and news media keeping the pressure on alvin bragg. you did. this you're going to be held responsible for it. >> you talk about alvin bragg having to prove it. do you think he has enough to prove it. >> it's up to him. he better. you bring a case like this. and, again, the prosecutor through the grand jury process the grand jury indicted but alvin bragg -- it's all his many radio. it's not a defendant's room. it's a prosecutor's room. so if he didn't get a true indictment and brought this before it's more on him. he has got his indictment now. it's now on him to prove it in court. if he doesn't bring, it will be a major story. this is not going to play out very quickly, be reminded. all of a sudden he turns himself in on tuesday and trial on wednesday. this isn't law and order. this will take a long time to play out. >> todd: what do you make of the fact the feds you, alvin bragg himself. letitia james. all passed on thi

then came alvin bragg. elvin brig grew up in harlem on a block known as strive zero, a neighborhood that wa home to black professional like alvin bragg's parents sadie and alvin bragg senior who grew up in the small tow of petersburg, virginia, where they met in eighth grade sadie was valedictorian, in he high school graduating class she went to virginia state university well alvin senior went to syracuse university, they married in alvin's senior year of college, and deliberately decided to move t harlem and decided to stay there. when they easily could hav moved to the suburbs because they wanted alvin bragg junior to grow up in that nurturing harlem community of structural. alvin bragg senior worked at the urban league, was wife sadie became a dean at manhattan community college. alvin bragg was a good student who went on to harvard college where he became president of the harvard black students association. during his graduation week, in 1995, harvard's daily newspaper, the harvard crimson, published a

alvin bragg. that took placements ago. he left the das office in lower manhattan and getting into his vehicle and being driven off. i think you will be under very tight security in the days and weeks to come. i want to bring you back in. this is the indictment grand jury, apparently voted in majority of the 23 grand jurors voted to recommend an indictment. this is just the beginning of this criminal case. not only do we still have to see donald trump, how he surrenders how the process is negotiated and the media circus attended to that. then there will potentially be a criminal trial. >> exactly. we have a statement fresh from the manhattan's district attorney office. per a spokesperson. they said this evening we contacted mr. trump's attorney to courtney his surrender to the manhattan d.a.'s office for arraignment the indictment is under seal, indictment will be provided when the indictment data selected. we do not know when the surrender will be, the charge or charges are, we do know from presid

alvin bragg says he won't do it anymore. it's curious you're not going to pursue a crime that we know about, resisting a wrist. it's ironic that donald trump could resist arrest and not pros cuted by bragg. but politics is all over it. it ruins everything including our justice system. >> bret: we have been told the associated press that trump's attorney has officially informed the former president that he has been indicted by the man had tan d.a. we heard the statement that i read out on the air, pretty lengthy from former president trump. now let's move from the legal to the political and how you think this affects the former president and the gop primary, how it stands politically right now and he's perceived. >> it doesn't hurt him one bit among republican primary voters. the underlying facts may be two decades ago would have given some folks, particularly in the evangelical voters some pause perhaps. i never thought i'd hear the phrase porn star. i'm not sure what that means. i don't think it's going to hurt him. if anyt

alvin bragg's predecessor declined and bragg himself threw a flag on the case. then his two prosecutors resigned and one did something that i think is deeply unprofessional. he wrote a book about a person who wasn't even charged, let alone convicted, who is still under investigation and you have a public campaign to force alvin bragg to indict him. i thought it was an unprofessional thing to do. >> todd: bring in alex swaryer for the washington times. you heard jonathan turley right there. this case should be a deadend. walk us through the way alvin bragg's case falls apart when he's pressed to answer the legal and factual issues presented. >> yeah, i think first and foremost it is important to remind everyone when you present to a grand jury it is alvin bragg and the prosecutorial team. there is no defense attorney, trump's attorney is not present, they are only hearing one side of the case. there is a saying you can indict a ham sandwich. when talking about the what is reported to be campaign finance potential violation charges that could be brought forward. t

alvin bragg is doing what he does. it is now -- the chatter is there will be an indictment of president trump tomorrow, probably this week. an arraignment would take place next week. we continue now with kellyanne conway and robert costello with this never before heard information about the grand jury probe in new york, in to the former president. both called before the grand jury. kellyanne, i didn't mean to cut you off. we've been friends a long time. i wanted you to tell your whole story and more importantly specifically did michael cohen ever mentioned anything about this payment that he made and whether or not he did or did not tell president trump? >> the payment to stormy daniels never crossed my desk as campaign manager. in his book in 2019, he talks about a six-minute phone call that he had on the night of october 28th. the fbi affidavit says november 1. that could have been about anything. i've known him ten years. they had my phone logs. it was obvious i returned many calls that evening. he said he couldn't

nobody but alvin bragg. everybody else can calm down and wait until the indictment is unsealed and then, we will go from there. i cannot wait to see with the jury pool is going to be like in new york city if this comes to trial. host: all right. the indictment remains sealed this morning after the news broke last night. cnn is reporting of the our 30 plus related counts against the former president. we will see if that comes true. when and if that is unsealed before the president is arraigned on tuesday, april 4. washington post reporting that is happening around 2:00 p.m. eastern time. mark in maryland, republican. good morning. caller: good morning. the democrats have finally done it after years of being the bad guys in american history, they have finally done the ultimate and indicted a former president. we are supposed to believe, i guess, the two star witnesses in the case are a pornography star and a serial perjurer. this is just as pathetic as the russia hoax, the ukraine impeachment, the january 6 fr

alvin bran this. -- alvin bragg. alvin bragg is — this. -- alvin bragg.. -- alvin bragg. alvin bragg is a democrat. - this. -- alvin bragg. alvin bragg is a democrat. he l this. -- alvin bragg. alvin i bragg is a democrat. he was elected into the position and he, it was his predecessor cyrus vance who began the five—year investigation into whether, whether president trump, the organisation, falsified business records in regards to the hush money payment to the adult film star stormy daniels. and alvin bragg, this is a local case here in manhattan. we know that federal prosecutors had gone after mr trump's former oil —— lawyer michael cowan who served prison time on the charges of federal campaign violations and the federal prosecutors never went after mr trump in that case. so, this is a local case but nevertheless, we are already hearing from republicans in congress, saying they want to investigate the district attorney. they are calling this politically motivated, saying that this is a weaponisation of the criminal justice system. but the district attor

host: alvin bragg. caller: i hope he has real solid evidence that he's not going to make an idiot of himself and not make it idiot of the justice department. i hope he has all his ducks in a row and will be able to do it properly and legally. thanks very much. host: front page of the new york post this morning. your grand jury poster charge -- poster charge. caller: this kind of looks like election interference to me. i know the laptop, hunter's laptop, the fbi said 50 of them said it was fake and now we realize it is not fake. and that it showed bidens grandson that i -- got $100,000. he is 14 years old. looks like they are hiding what they want and exposing everything they can about trump. alvin bragg was elected because he said he was going to target trump. he gave him $40 million to run. this is seven years of trying to get trump. i know they also tried when they went down to mar-a-lago and they got these secret documents and they're going to press charges on that. within biden had -- but then biden

alvin bragg. he says he was hand picked and funded by george soros, calling him a disgrace rather than stopping the unprecedented crime wave taking over new york city. he's doing joe biden's dirty work, ignoring the murders in burglaries and assaults. he should be focused on then, he says, i believe this witch hunt will backfire massively on joe biden, the american people realize exactly what the radical left democrats are doing here. everyone can see it. so our movement and our party united and strong will first defeat alvin bragg. and then we will defeat joe biden and we are going to throw every last one of these crooked democrats out of office so we can make america great again. this is something we had reported he was going to do. he was going to link brag to joe biden make this about being a politic. kal opponent that he had been talking about this and their response, saying that this was coming as some sort of favor to joe biden from the da alvin bragg trying to link him he is a democrat to

there's been an undermining of alvin bragg.been becomments donald trump himself have made some people have interpreted it as racist calling alvin bragg an animal amongst other things. there's also this george soros line that keeps coming up, which is code. when someone talks about george soros backed, the implication is jews controlling stuff >> correct you go back to -- well, i would say an obvious code of anti-semitism. why do we have to bring that in here jews don't control the media, and they don't control the criminal process in new york state or in america. and so to-do that is to somehow degrade the -- to use soros' name is an effort to degrade the process and to bring up terrible associations we have too much hatred and bigotry in this country. we need to have a process that's fair and honest and that's what's going to happen in new york state, and donald trump will be given his rights his defendants have free speech rights, too, so they can say what they want, but they can't try to obstruct the process. they can't inte

host: alvin bragg.aller: i hope he has real solid evidence that he's not going to make an idiot of himself and not make it idiot of the justice department. i hope he has all his ducks in a row and will be able to do it properly and legally. thanks very much. host: front page of the new york post this morning. your grand jury poster charge -- poster charge. caller: this kind of looks like election interference to me. i know the laptop, hunter's laptop, the fbi said 50 of them said it was fake and now we realize it is not fake. and that it showed bidens grandson that i -- got $100,000. he is 14 years old. looks like they are hiding what they want and exposing everything they can about trump. alvin bragg was elected because he said he was going to target trump. he gave him $40 million to run. this is seven years of trying to get trump. i know they also tried when they went down to mar-a-lago and they got these secret documents and they're going to press charges on that. within biden had -- but then biden h

hello trump was posting his hatred of alvin bragg and social media, today alvin bragg was putting a icesecruiter in new york state prison, for 18 years. in hisk (b■ statement about that sentencing, alvin bragg said, tragically, manhattan will continue to be a target, for those who want to harm this country. that sentence, of course, applies to donald trump. that is his tactic. >> he sent a violent mob to the capitol on january 6th, to strike terror into the hearts and minds of members of congress so that they would vote to keep donald trump in the presidency. that was trump terrorism on january six. donald trump terrified people around the country this weekend, on saturday, when you predicted he would be arrested in your come tuesday, and then, told his followers to protest, and to take our country back, millions of people are terrified, if that might mean donald trump would cement his violent mob of attackers, to attack the way he did in january 6th. a particular trump tara tactic, did not work on me, but i know it worked on a lot of people. i spent days time people privately and public

even alvin bragg himself decided against prosecuting trump. case as tucker was saying centered around $130,000 to porn star stormy daniels who claimed she had an affair with trump. alvin bragg could not charge this case as a misdemeanor because the statue ran out in 2018. the charge it as a felony, the da had to perform what many called financial gymn gymnastic. experts pointed out it would be monument tally improbable. here is your law professor weighing in on the indictment, watch. >> the concern is if this theory is the basis of the indictment then this is a rather noble moment in history. donald trump may be the first president, first former president to be indicted. if this is the standard, he won't be the last. >> the case would rely on solely on the testimony of former trump's lawyer, michael cohen who directed the hush money on the eve of 2016 in exchange for keeping her quiet. robert costello testified before this grand jury was on tucker carson tonight back on march 20th. watch this. >> i called them up after i saw michael cohen on t

they all insult and demean alvin bragg as a tool of george soros. george soros has never met or spoken to allen brag. joining us now is democratic congressman daniel goldman of new york. he's a member of the homeland security committee, the oversight committee, and the select subcommittee on the operations of the federal government. thank you very much for joining us tonight. you have been -- your service as a prosecutor you have some sense of what the people working and alvin bragg 's office are going through now. but this is clearly going to be the single most attacked, criticized, district attorney's office possibly in history. >> well, that's true. but even if you assume that to be the case, it's still quite remarkable what house republicans are doing before we have an indictment, before we know what the evidence is. and the aggressive nature of jim jordan, james comer, and bryan steil to ascend an inflammatory and accusatory letter to alvin bragg, without knowing the facts, without knowing the evidence, making all sorts of outlandish accusation

alvin bragg acts, the president will be set. america will officially become a country like bolivia or fill feigns where prosecutors arrest leaders of rival political party. trey, is that overstating it? we know the feds looked at this case and decided to drop it. this district attorney thinks by reports we're getting it is worth while to pursue. >> trey: it is georgia, kim is right, justice system is at a dangerous point. anyone who doesn't think we can find a red state prosecutor to go after a democrat, the justice system, she wears a blindfold for a reason, she's not supposed to care about political, race or gender this is weakest of the cases president trump is under investigation, factually weak, legally weak, you have statute of limitation problems, witness credibility problem and alvin bragg has found a crime he thinks is worth pursuing, not resisting arrest, not shoplifting, not drug offenses, he thinks paying hush money. he doesn't think prostitution should be illegal, but paying for silence. dangerous point, last point,

alvin bragg. >> this evening, we contacted mr. trump's attorney to coordinate his surrender to the manhattan d.a.'s office for arraignment on a supreme court indictment which remains under seal guidance will be provided when the arraignment date is selected let's bring in nbc news national correspondent gabe gutierrez outside the d.a.'s office in lower manhattan. what is the atmosphere like there? donald trump had led us to believe it could be a raucous atmosphere, but what are you seeing and hearing, gabe >> reporter: hi, there, joy. first, let me tell you that just within the past few seconds, we saw d.a. alvin bragg's car pull out of here. there was a crush of media awaiting he had no comment. he did not speak to reporters. so he left here. we have noticed a huge security presence here, joy the nypd is down here, and over the past several weeks we have seen them install these security barricades right behind me the d.a.'s office is obviously in lower manhattan behind me as well i can tell you this is not the raucous atmosphere

alvin bragg did not care. he's now using a legal theory to charge a former president over an alleged payment from six years ago. this reeks a banana republic politics. here now with more of the author of "trial of the century," greg jared and the author of "get trump," allen dershowitz. what they're trying to do is to take a federal crime where the fdc already said there is no crime, boot strap it and somehow get jurisdiction new york state of a federal crime and as a state prosecutor prosecute this. is there anything illegal about what they're alleging? >> i don't think so, even the full record's case is very weak. there are thousands of non-disclosure agreements every year. do you think anyone had told the truth about the payment. can you imagine the record saying we paid $130,000 to a porn star to buy her silence of her adultery affair with the ceo. they don't have the misdemeanor that's beyond the statute of limitation. then, to turn it into a felony, you have to assume that the only reason he did that, th

, they cad him fat alvin.w is the trump case looking? dangle more cash in front of his face. >> all i can say is this. the video that you showed of bragg before he was in office pledged to get donald trump is going to form a lynchpin in donald trump's defense. >> jesse: that could blow up bragg's case. >> yeah. procedurely interminable. it's going to go to appeals, motions of dismiss. this could go on a constitutional issue all the way to scotus. >> jesse: you think this could go to scotus? >> it's 6-3 in scotus. >> we'll see how that shakes out, pal. now back to mike davis, article 3 founder and president. you've had time to you'>> i feel the same way where i felt before which is this is a bogus political prosecution by sorrel and manhattan da, he's trying to get trump. this is bad for the democratic party across the nation and more importantly, this is bad for the country. we have crossed the rubricon here, i don't know how we'll go back. this is horrific judgment on bragg's party selfish. this is a maliciou

alvin bragg, the manhattan da, is the same alvin bragg that would not go forward with the case when he first came to office, correct? two of his -- a.d.a.'s designed, one wrote a book. clearly, alvin bragg must have seen, almost a year later, or had presented to them, evidence that does say he has to uphold the law. if he was doing something political, he'd already decided not to go it, he was attacked, he was maligned, and he didn't do it. so, if there's anyone that would be -- for me to believe was doing something political, it would be a guy who didn't do the case in the first place. what everybody wanted to. >> he came under an enormous amount of pressure, -- >> the pressure was over. >> when that book was released, after he went on 60 minutes, he talked about how bragg would not go forward. it was then that he took a case that was deemed dead on arrival. >> after was over. >> the book did not make the best sellers list. >> i hope not. >> but there was pressure. >> no one else would be prosecuted for doing what his alleged. -- >> people have been prosecuted. you have people that ha

alvin bragg and resigned last year. because bragg was taking too long to bring charges against donald trump. here with more house judiciary chairman jim jordan is with us. how are you? >> [inaudible]. >> sean: your reaction to what happened today? you heard from joe. what is your reaction to their analysis of this case? >> well, i think alvin bragg may be going back to what he thought when he first won the job, he should not bring this case. the overall picture. the question is: what changed? we know the department of justice was not going to bring the case. the previous district attorney was not going to bring the case. now bragg gets elected as district attorney, he won't bring the case. the only thing that changes between then and now is president trump announces he is running for president and pommerrants and dunn write a book and create pressure on alvin bragg. he decides now i will indict trump. that's why we are sending letters to the other two men and we want them to come in for an interview to ask them importan

even alvin bragg could have found him, he was in the white house and in the end, i think alvin bragg is worried about his own bar card. he is worried if he brings this case and uses a witness, who he has to know is lying, there will be investigations of him and there should be investigations. >> ashley: today tiktok ceo will testify before a house panel eager to get answers on the threat the app poses to u.s. national security and attempt to convince lawmakers the social media giant is not an agent of china or any other country. >> todd: doug luzader has more. >> douglas: whatever you think about tiktok, they are in for a tough day. there is growing concern about tiktok data collection and ties to the chinese communist government. >> ultimately, anything you are doing on your phone that application is able to get access to will be accessed by the chinese communist party. right now 150 million people's data are at risk. >> tiktok issic taking pictures and text messages, we should ban it entirely from chinese manipulation. >> that sentiment is bipartisan. mark warner says i appreciate

cy vance handed three trum matters over the alvin one was indicted the trump organization cas where alvin bragg's office got a 17 count conviction. in two pending investigations. now one of them has to do with evaluation assets and the othe is the one we're gonna see the charges when they're unseale on tuesday and that when the statute of limitations about to run so that when they had to bring now. but there's still one more investigation that's pending i the office so you might see more charge coming out of the manhatta da's office. he just never know >> dan horwitz first of al thank you for your guidance on this program leading up to thi day. when the news came out the other day that the grand jur was facing a previousl scheduled break for religiou holidays of passover in easter there are many who thought oka nothing no possible news until may on this case you steered us away from that. you. stewardess towards the possibility that it could stil happen this week and you're the only voice with that kind of experience that status in a particular direction. so here we are what have you seen

i can't get in alvin bragg's head but i can postulate two motives. one is this pomerance individual, what happened to pomerance? when he resigned in protest. i want to take down trump and you wouldn't let me. and jonathan turley said that he was an instant success in the media that spent years highlighting criminal theories that were never charged against trump. pomerance follow linked trump to any crime. it was like a heroin hit for an audience and the campaign worked. he caved. so if alvin bragg brings this case, he's a national political figure. he wants to run for governor of new york. man, he's posturing himself well to do that in blue new york. we're toldpy "the new york times" that he's not interested in political calculations. he would be the first politician that is not interested in that. possible motive number 2, kathy hochul gets tired of crime in new york and says alvin bragg, you're out the door. this insulates him from being fired by the governor of new york. you can't fire the guy that indicted trump. >> it's so ironic. governor hochu

on thursday, a grand jury vote to indict the former president as part of manhattan distric attorney alvin weiss investigation into a hush mone payment made to and at fil star stormy daniels, in 2016 that indictment is currently sealed that means we don't know the specific charges being levie against donald trump but we do know that bag ha been focusing on a felon charge, of falsifying business records, which carries a maximum sentence of four years it means that he's formerl charged with a crime but there are still severa steps -- in the coming days, the ex president is expected to surrender himself to authorities, after which h will be taken into custody like any other person charge with the, crime he will then likely have his mugshot an fingerprints taken, however, unlike an ordinary citizen, he will do so accompanied it ever step by the secret service they've been coordinating with authorities in new york, wit the unique circumstances o protectee of the secret service, facing legal action. after that process, trump will be arraigned in court, where h will hear the charges, and h will e

joe said he will humiliate alvin brag. i think brag has already humiliated himself on his own this is a total low bizarre convoluted legal theatre that he alvin brag dreamed up. taking a misdemeanor and to a felony. the law does not passport that. and i would predict that he and his cocouncil will immediately file a motion to dismiss because -- the law does in the support the charge. in the alleged facts don'ts support a crime. recognized by the law. you opinion, beyond the statute of limitations expired 2 years ago you got other serious obstacles. brag would have to prove that trump was personal low involved in falsifying records and have to prove that trump underunderstood these complex campaign finance laws that nobody can comp henldz. and intended violate those laws. nondisclosure green light in exchange for money are perfect low legal. and the federal election commission locked at this and said it is not a crime. even if it is not personal or a commercial reason upon behind it, it is still not a campaign donation. so

the fact alvin bragg ha left his offices. and we will show you that, as we continue to talk to you, but give us your 10 second take on this indictment by the new york grand jury. caller: i think it is ridiculous. i think that, as i said before, you need to look at the good and bad in everybody. and no president or ex-president should be indicted for something that's so ridiculous as paying off some prostitute, because of that was the case, then kennedy should of been prosecuted. and clinton should have been prosecuted. and anybody else. host: thank you, ma'am, for calling in. marie, out in california. caller: yes, it is. host: give us your take on tonight's development. caller: it is a wonderful day. allen bragg got 23 people from all different areas of new york. and read all the information. heard all the information, heard all the testimony. saw all the witnesses. it's not something that just a. out of nowhere -- just appeared out of nowhere and having these republicans, especially the house speaker, make these horrible com

alvin bragg is an elected official.about politics when it comes to who to prosecutor. a crime is a crime and a crime. but here is the atmosphere that he is making this decision and will make this decision on. this is the statement today, david, from trump's spokesperson. the manhattan district attorney's threat to indict president trump, they should say former, is simply insane. for the past five years the d.a.'s office has been on a witch hunt investigating every aspect of president trump's life and come up empty at every turn and now this. the fact that after their intensive investigation, the d.a. is even considering a new political attack is a clear exoneration of president trump in all areas. they like saying president trump over and over again. president trump was the victim of extortion then, just as he is now, it's an embarrassment to the democrat prosecutors, an embarrassment to new york city. the challenge here is that for republicans in elected office, including in washington, they have built their entire bra

i'm talking about alvin bragg. now, brags life has been threatened, the grand jury reconvenes on monday. what's next? i am talking to the attorney for the central witness in this case, michael cohen. plus, tiktok is on the hot seat, tiktok ceo told congress, this company is not a security threat to millions of americans or in the platform. well, congress isn't buying it. we are talking to some influencers about the potential ban. of tiktok and what that would exactly mean for them. in our celebrating her story series, we are talking to caroline o'connor, major league baseball's second highest ranking woman. i have something to say. former president donald trump has been taking hits on the legal front all week. he could be indicted in the next. yet again, there are concerns that the former president's incendiary rhetoric could be putting lives in danger. alvin bragg is investigating former president trump. regarding a hush money payment. to stormy daniels during the presidential campaign. yesterday, bragg was the ta

neil: i know you're not a fan of alvin bragg and what could come down.don't know all of the details of the indictment. we're told 30-plus counts. i don't know what the deal is here but it's certainly going to upend lower manhattan next tuesday. what do you think? >> oh, yeah that's for sure. the good news, i'm not expecting people to come out to the streets to burn the city down. there have been times where right-left people get fired up and as we saw back in 2020, cities across this entire country started burning down, riots, people targeting police. i would certainly encourage anyone whose coming out on any side of this debate to be protesting peacefully, and i do expect a lot of people to be coming out on both sides of this debate on tuesday, but at this point i'm not expecting any violence. nypd working with secret service on multiple levels of government , closely coordinating with each other. i think that the nypd will be prepared to do an exceptional job to be prepared and secured. as far as the population goes, we have a longstanding bigger issue

that's what alvin bragg thinks he has. he will help out the democrat party and a president that is limping through in the polls to try to get to a second election and that would be joe biden. he will help him out by, you know, basically trying to discredit -- even if they can't put this case through. even if it falls apart. it's a shiny object for the left and for people to focus on rather than that weakened candidate joe biden, whose economy is going poorly and so many other things. last quick one. in "politico" today one trump advisor as he goes to manhattan for the arraignment early next week expected tuesday is going to look like o.j. simpson on steroids. your last quick thought. >> everyone will be glued to the television set watching a former president walk through in my opinion a political indictment. alvin bragg in my opinion has basically destroyed his own political career as a prosecutor because this case is without merit and i will tell you right now, harris, the dark day for america. i just hope that lady justi

blink not alvin bragg.'t mean to laugh indicting the former president is serious business now the batter president trump are saying he's going to be arrested and indicted. >> excuse me whoever is leaking to the press for a long time. i testified to the grand jury the same grand jury and when the person was asking me the question at some point said asked me something and i said i assumed it would leak i've been reading about in the new york times even though in going through the side door. i thought the questions with actual grand jurors and intelligent something great attention but it was very clear there was skepticism of building the case on the word of michael cohen. he is a convicted felon, he also like to fairly insured bank to get money from them which carries a maximum penalty of 30 years. in addition to criminal tax evasion of 4 million mind to congress, you can't build the case i think that's why they had people go when there to lay out the facts. i answer the questions honestly and completely. i t

let's turn to alvin bragg.u -- will house oversight or house republicans in any way, shape or form try to find out if the justice department under the biden administration communicated with alvin bragg before bringing this case? >> yeah, that's what we want to know. we want to know all communications between bragg and the doj because, as you know, we've caught the doj trying to get involved many in a lot of political matters, a lot of election matters. and that's somewhere the doj's not supposed to be. elizabeth: congressman comer, thanks for joining us tonight. it's good to see you. >>> let's take you to the high wire juggling act over the federal reserve. the fed raises rates to battle inflation. inflation's now entrenched. 13.5% all in since the president took office, the stock market not liking that rate hike. let's get right to edward lawrence at the federal reserve with the latest. edward. >> reporter: and you said it, liz, a quarter of a percentage point today, the fed chairman actually admitted that the

so, the worst-case scenario fo alvin bragg is this. he charges the felony.vin bragg is left to prosecuting donald trump for a misdemeanor. a misdemeanor case in newark county - i think that would be a real political problem for alvi bragg and a political boon for trump. >> david, do you want to respond to what danny said he's giving us the legal expertise here do you have a different take o why alvin bragg should pursu this case if in fact he' potentially indicting donald trump? >> i think right now it seem pretty clear that alvin brag has gotten so far down thi road that it's almos inconceivable that there is no an indictment at the end o this i mean, after asking trump t come in and testify, all the time he spent with michael cohen, over 20 visits -- it really seems like the believe there is a case. i guess the argument - i'm not a lawyer, i'm not goin to play one on tv. i'm not up against danny but the issue is that this is campaign action that michael cohen was helping the trum campaign as part of this campaign, by spending this money, that would be an i

i think you saw alvin bragg wa on reverend al's show last weekend. declined to talk about the substance of what was going on with that investigation. just indicated that it was ongoing. i think all of the signs thi week, through the leaks that have come out from tha investigation, the signs are pointing towards an indictment having been returned for donal trump. but, again, until you see it you won't believe it and i think that should be applied in this particular instance >> msnbc's katie phang thank you very very much for sticking around after your show we will be seeing yo throughout the morning joining me now, ranking member of the financial service committee, californi congresswoman maxine waters. and, msnbc legal analyst barbara mcquade. congresswoman waters, i have t start with you you had been warning everybody since the beginning of the trump presidency about who h is your reaction to the breakin news this morning from the former president who says, o his own social media platform, that he will be arrested he says this, on tuesday >> well, l

i have to tell you, alvin bragg could have found him in the white house. in the end, i think alvin bragg is worried about his own bar card and he is worried if he brings this case and uses a witness, who he has to know is lying, there will be investigations of him and there should be investigations. >> todd: that bar admission argument interesting point by dershowitz there. what happens if they decide not to indict trump? blinken testifying yesterday. >> i think it is fair to say yes. >> do you agree with the following statement that fentanyl coming from mexico is killing americans by the tens of thousands? >> it is and also killing mexicans. >> todd: we spoke to former deputy national security advisor who says this answer from blinken proves he is putting mexico before the safety of americans. >> we have 70,000 americans affected, if secretary blinken were to get serious about fentanyl, he would have to take seriously the risk at the southern border and encourage the administration to do something about it, but that is something they refuse to do. it is m

alvin bragg, and rallying to the former president's side.president mike pence who weighed in on the news last night. >> the unprecedented indictment of a former president of the united states on a campaign finance issue is an outrage, and it appears to millions of americans to be nothing more than a political prosecution >> nbc's ryan nobles joins us now from capitol hill. also joining us is michael steele former rnc chairman and an msnbc political analyst what kind of reaction have we been seeing from members >> it's really fallen along party lines as you might expect, jose first, democrats applauding the efforts of the manhattan district attorney asking for the process to play itself out and then pointing out that in their minds this is an indication that no one is above the law, including a former president of the united states. and it's, of course, the exact opposite reaction from republicans, particularly house republicans that were quick to rally around the former president, attack alvin bragg as engaging in a political prosecution, an

>> yeah, i mentioned earlier that this was a challenge fo alvin bragg for a myriad o reasons. it is really a challenge for trump's lawyers. this is not a man that i easily told what he should and shouldn't do, and he believe that he is master of the universe and that he can control the narrative around him and that he alone has th power to command the media i ways that keep the millions of people who are buying what h is selling in line now, this is not a smart thing to do if you're facing a criminal charge. everything he says outside o court potentially can be use as evidence against him. every word of it so that is why i said over and over again, a good crimina defense lawyer, the first thin they tell their client's do no to talk. be quiet well, that is a very tough mountain to climb when you client is donald trump so they have got a challenge here it will be interesting to se how this plays out >> clare, in terms of th narrative around him, what d you make of the fact that th likes of mitch mcconnell, john as soon, senior republican senators are pretty much silen tonight wh

that's the alvin bragg's sid of things. as it comes to reaction to wha donald trump said on truth social yesterday morning, it's been all over the republican party. from house speaker mccarthy on it down. mccarthy is perhaps the most interesting person because o what he said where he's going to have at th house committees that ar relevant to this investigate the investigation of alvin bragg. what he's doing there with the hush money payments. that's interesting we're also hearing fro marjorie taylor greene we're hearing all across the board. even from former vice presiden mike pence no friend of donald trump's currently saying linin up really behind donald trump. i do want to talk about th response to the response from the da. he went on a statement las night to his entire staff. basically saying we back you up you said in part we do not tolerate attempts to intimidat our office or threaten the rule of law in new york he says any credible threa against the office illegally investigated and the proper safeguards ar in place

bragg alvin bragg is the same district attorney, same alvin bragg that a year ago would not proceedthe only be proceeding now from the alvin bragg i know is that there has been new evidence, deeper situation that tells him they can win this case and when this is unsealed on tuesday, we may be talking about stormy daniels and other flings they've already committed themselves to something they don't know they're fighting. how do we know why bragg has not given the information? how do we know there's not insurance fraud and other things involved in this case? we're told it's 30 counts, so this may be a lot more than just michael cohen and stormy daniels and they've already hitched themselves into this shift that might be going down. >> all right there's another story line, rev. we have to sneak in a break and we'll you will be right back [sniff] ew. gotta get rid of this. ♪tell me why!♪ because it stinks. ♪have you tried♪ ♪new downy rinse and refresh?♪ it helps remove odors 3x better than detergent alone it worked guys! ♪yeahhhh!♪ new downy rinse and refresh ♪ ...i'm over 45. ♪ ♪ i rea

and they are furious with alvin bray. because all of the other cases now are going to look horrible by comparison. because americans don't know the steel, the, the vote stop the steel versus moral lago versus a january 6th versus jack smith versus tissue jake did. there's, there's so many different things. americans just think it's one big case. so it's falling apart. jim jordan and the, and the republicans, thank god, are now raising all kinds of holy hell, like the democrats were due, and the old alvin brag. you gotta come here and answer questions. what is it? what come there, which i'm not crazy with his idea as he prepares, this mystical magical phantom grand jury that has been basically continued until next week. in the case of a lifetime, it is in the sanity. but lionel that's wrong, that's why i got, that's all i ask you about on this on this because 1st of all, the, you know, the last president that was actually arrested in office and the only other present you ever be arrested office. ulysses s grant. i you knew

alvin bragg has now received a death threat, a note inside a letter addressed to him said quote, alvin, i'm going to kill you. it also contained a small amount of white powder. the substance was deemed nonhazardous, and there were no evacuations or injuries. law enforcement sources say the nypd and now the fbi are both on scene investigating. we're going to go there as soon as we can. the threat comes as donald trump has been escalating his aggressive rhetoric against d.a. alvin bragg. he posted a warning of potential death and destruction, his words, if he's charged. this will add to that concern. on that note, republican lawmakers led by trump ally marjorie taylor greene just wrapped up a jailhouse tour in d.c. in what appeared to be a visit in solidarity with january 6th defendants. joining me now on that death threat, nbc news senior legal analyst laura jarrett. we just got it from jonathan dienst, and we have the contents of the letter, attention alvin bragg. received march 24th, today, at 11:40. letter is typed again, and this is a quote, alvin: i'm going to kill you, and then a

let's just take alvin bragg. let's take out all the the political stuff that everybody's already spoken about at nauseum. this day in particular, is the king of woke right? he is mr. i don't believe in putting people in jail and i don't believe in felonies. and i turn felonies into misdemeanors. i think he's that he went from 50 something, two percent to twenty eight percent. but when it's donald trump, he's trying to do the reverse. he's trying to create a situation where you take a misdemeanor that he didn't even do. his attorney settled an issue that was made up. we have stormi that's admitted that. right. and then create something out of nothing. it's a really sad day in our country. tucker. i mean, no matter what your politics are, it's a sad day in our country. no matter what your politics is exactly right. if you believe in our system and you want it to continue, you have to raise your hand and say stop, because this is too great an assault on our system. greater than anything we saw on january six , that'

alvin alvin bragg. what do you say to that argument?because we're hearing it from a lot of republican members of congress right now that this is a district prosecutor who said he wouldn't prosecute a number of, uh what people say are serious crimes and yet is going after what they say is less serious campaign finance crime. well, i think that argument is really beside the point. the key issue is, is donald trump being treated the same as other people similarly situated that is other people that have committed business crimes. is he getting the same treatment and there's no reason to think that he isn't and that ought to be the standard. the rule of law should apply equally to everyone. whether alvin bragg is handling other aspects of his job the way some new yorkers would want or don't want is a completely separate issue. there's a lot more at stake here than the fate of donald trump. this is, i think, an affirmation of the principle that no one is above the law that the law should apply equally, and you followed the evidence where it l