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andrew weissmann is back with us. andrew, you were part of that prosecutorial team that got that indictment. what else do we need to know about prigozhin? >> so, in february of 2018, really wonderful team led by jimmy ray and a series of prosecutors and agents put together a criminal case involving the internet research agency. the head of it was prigozhin. and, yes, he has since, like donald trump, absolutely embraced what he is charged with. and so, he was the head of that group. one of the scary vineyards is that this obviously was a troll, and they interfered with the 2016 presidential election that many other elections across the globe. one vignette it's really fascinating is they had an american two days before his birthday go to the white house and hold up a happy birthday sign. and there's a photo of that sign which was sent to prigozhin, saying happy birthday, boss. so, they were really able to interfere with the election but also be here in the united states doing it. so, this is not some theoretical event t
andrew weissmann is back with us. andrew, you were part of that prosecutorial team that got that indictment. what else do we need to know about prigozhin? >> so, in february of 2018, really wonderful team led by jimmy ray and a series of prosecutors and agents put together a criminal case involving the internet research agency. the head of it was prigozhin. and, yes, he has since, like donald trump, absolutely embraced what he is charged with. and so, he was the head of that group. one of...
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back with us, andrew weissmann and neil katyal. andrew, go ahead i want to hea from both of you from inside the justice department, your experience, your reading o this article >> so, it reall -- it's not something i am lookin forward to saying. i worked in the justic department for over 20 years and it's never fun to criticiz a place where you have dee ties, and real love for th institution. but i actually thought this wa a mayday seeing reporting by the washington post, and i don't think that the answer is to say well, we are where we would have been because i don' think that's necessarily true. i think of the justice department had done its job an look at the evidence clearly when it was presented before them as outlined in th washington post we could'v been a very differen situation. so we are very much in a situation where we are racin against the clock. i'm sure if you ask jack smith that he would say that's certainly true for democrats and people tha believe in the rule of law that delay is something that i has undermined th
back with us, andrew weissmann and neil katyal. andrew, go ahead i want to hea from both of you from inside the justice department, your experience, your reading o this article >> so, it reall -- it's not something i am lookin forward to saying. i worked in the justic department for over 20 years and it's never fun to criticiz a place where you have dee ties, and real love for th institution. but i actually thought this wa a mayday seeing reporting by the washington post, and i don't...
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lawyers, stephanie ruhle, andrew weissmann, and ari melber. thank you for being here, and lending your expertise, that does it for our special coverage of the indictment of donald. trump now it is time for the last world with lawrence o'donnell, getting in. lawrence good evening, alex. can you tell andrew weissmann to wipe down the hall. >> yeah, he is running right now. >> we won't need him here. we will continue to coverage, alex, thank you very much. >> have a great show. >> at this hour tonight, right now, 27 hours after donald trump was told that he had just become the first former president in history charged with federal crimes including violating the espionage act, the trump criminal defense team is in chaos. the trump criminal defense lawyer called donald trump at seven pm last night to tell him that he was indicted by prosecutors in the executive branch of the government that he once controlled, resigned or was fired this morning along with another criminal defense lawyer that also resigned or was fired this morning. last night, afte
lawyers, stephanie ruhle, andrew weissmann, and ari melber. thank you for being here, and lending your expertise, that does it for our special coverage of the indictment of donald. trump now it is time for the last world with lawrence o'donnell, getting in. lawrence good evening, alex. can you tell andrew weissmann to wipe down the hall. >> yeah, he is running right now. >> we won't need him here. we will continue to coverage, alex, thank you very much. >> have a great show....
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. >> and we are starting tonight with neal katyal and andrew weissmann because apparently, there was some, you know, trump legal developments today that are worth discussing, and maybe this week in a big way. >> if ever there was a day for your defendant, trump, franchise, this is it, my friend. this is it. >> thank you, rachel. thank you. well, here is the kind of newsday it has been on that defendant trump beat. our first guest tonight, former federal prosecutor andrew weissmann, who is always judicious and reluctant to make predictions, had read and heard enough by the middle of the afternoon in that 336 pm, andrew weissmann tweeted, a zillion stories about the trump case, but the bottom line is he is getting charged and it will be in d.c., and this week, open issues or whether others may be charged and whether they will be in d.c. or florida. andrew weissmann's tweet came after news broke that donald trump's criminal defense lawyers went to the justice department headquarters in washington, d.c. today for a meeting this morning that included special prosecutor jack smith. in the
. >> and we are starting tonight with neal katyal and andrew weissmann because apparently, there was some, you know, trump legal developments today that are worth discussing, and maybe this week in a big way. >> if ever there was a day for your defendant, trump, franchise, this is it, my friend. this is it. >> thank you, rachel. thank you. well, here is the kind of newsday it has been on that defendant trump beat. our first guest tonight, former federal prosecutor andrew...
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also with us andrew weissmann, former fbi general counsel, and former chief of the criminal division in the eastern district of new york. and andrew, let's get through the legal points on this interview first of which there are basically zero because sean hannity asked the right question, donald trump ran away from it like it was a house on fire there. let me get your reaction to that. and then, also, that really one we did the last time sean hannity tried to help donald trump on the documents question. >> so, donald trump, while he really is a master communicator from a political perspective and there is no denying his ability to snow a large percentage of the american public, he is really not good doing that when he is in a sort of legal jam. a really good example of that is that e. jean carroll case where some of the very worse evidence came from donald trump's own mouth during the under oath deposition where he had to answer questions and did so quite poorly. and sean hannity, you know, in the clips you played, is clearly trying to lead him to the right thing to say that donald t
also with us andrew weissmann, former fbi general counsel, and former chief of the criminal division in the eastern district of new york. and andrew, let's get through the legal points on this interview first of which there are basically zero because sean hannity asked the right question, donald trump ran away from it like it was a house on fire there. let me get your reaction to that. and then, also, that really one we did the last time sean hannity tried to help donald trump on the documents...
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neal katyal, bradley moss, and andrew weissmann. we know that former presidents are taking a great interest in this case, to put it mildly. in my homework today i heard from a former president, okay a fictional former president martin sheen, who texted me, reminded me of something very important in this case. of course we know that martin doesn't do texts, his wife sent a text, this is what martin said. regarding indictment, it is worth remembering, that when trump left the white house nsa strongly advised against sharing any intel with him, and biden agreed. bradley moss, that became a very public moment. there is an interview that norah o'donnell did with joe biden said very clearly, no, don trump, as the former president, does not get any more classified information. >> yeah. could there have been a better assessment of judgment there by biden or what? >> and by the way, that was about two weeks into the biden presidency. just about immediate. >> and that wasn't even tied into anything about handling classified information after
neal katyal, bradley moss, and andrew weissmann. we know that former presidents are taking a great interest in this case, to put it mildly. in my homework today i heard from a former president, okay a fictional former president martin sheen, who texted me, reminded me of something very important in this case. of course we know that martin doesn't do texts, his wife sent a text, this is what martin said. regarding indictment, it is worth remembering, that when trump left the white house nsa...
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of andrew weissmann and ari melber and others, it lists 38 counts total, 31 of them have to do with trump's willful retention of national defense information. that is the espionage act. and another count of false statements. then there are a number of charges that include both donald trump and his former valet, walt nauta. there are five, one count of withholding a document or record, one count of corruptly concealing a document or record, one count of concealing a document in a federal investigation, and one count of a scheme to conceal. the final of the 38 counts is just one that has been charged to walt nauta, one for false statements. both defendants have been summoned to appear on tuesday. joining us here for our continuing special coverage, my colleagues rachel maddow and joy reid. also with us in studio, msnbc chief legal correspondent ari melber, legal analyst, andrew weissmann, and my friend and colleague, msnbc anchor katy tur. rachel, we're about to hear from jack smith himself. if i have to interrupt you abruptly, i apologize in advance. your thoughts right now. >> reading the i
of andrew weissmann and ari melber and others, it lists 38 counts total, 31 of them have to do with trump's willful retention of national defense information. that is the espionage act. and another count of false statements. then there are a number of charges that include both donald trump and his former valet, walt nauta. there are five, one count of withholding a document or record, one count of corruptly concealing a document or record, one count of concealing a document in a federal...
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back with us is andrew weissmann. andrew, what do you make of it now that we can see the entirety in detail of what jack smith has handed over and what he plans to hand over very soon? >> a couple things. to be super in the weeds, one of the things that was notable was the government turned over the grand jury testimony, that codefendant mr. -- and his testimony was taken in june. june of 2022, and that's just a few days before the government issued a grand jury subpoena for video surveillance at mar-a-lago. so it's clear that the government was on to what was going on already. and there must be something that they learned either from mr. notice grand jury testimony, or what his employee wanted to that lead them to want to get that video surveillance. but it's really interesting that mr. nauta was in the grand jury very early in this investigation. and i would assume that the charges with respect to lying are very much emanated from the kinds of things that he said in that grand jury testimony. he also was interviewed
back with us is andrew weissmann. andrew, what do you make of it now that we can see the entirety in detail of what jack smith has handed over and what he plans to hand over very soon? >> a couple things. to be super in the weeds, one of the things that was notable was the government turned over the grand jury testimony, that codefendant mr. -- and his testimony was taken in june. june of 2022, and that's just a few days before the government issued a grand jury subpoena for video...
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you've watched my colleagues read through it and make sense of it with the expert analysis of andrew weissmann and ari melber and others, it lists 38 counts total, 31 of them have to do with trump's willful retention of national defense information. that is the espionage act. and another count of false statements. then there are a number of charges that include both donald trump and his former valet, walt nauta. there are five, one count of withholding a document or record, one count of corruptly concealing a document or record, one count of concealing a document in a federal investigation, and one count of a scheme to conceal. the final of the 38 counts is just one that has been charged to walt nauta, one for false statements. both defendants have been
you've watched my colleagues read through it and make sense of it with the expert analysis of andrew weissmann and ari melber and others, it lists 38 counts total, 31 of them have to do with trump's willful retention of national defense information. that is the espionage act. and another count of false statements. then there are a number of charges that include both donald trump and his former valet, walt nauta. there are five, one count of withholding a document or record, one count of...
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andrew weissmann, what's your interpretation of the? >> so, i think what this is, one, it's legally completely consistent with the special counsel rules, as neil is gonna tell us because he was participated in -- them. he's basically insulating the department of justice and the white house from the sort of onslaught that's going to be that this is a political prosecution. let me just first go to the special counsel rules, the special counsel rules are that the attorney general says, this should be handled by someone other than a regular prosecutor in the department of justice. so, this is jack smith's call. the rules do say, now that the attorney general has to approve charges, but if he thinks they're so wrong that they're just such an abuse of discretion, as you just read, he has the ability to say no. if he does that, he has to report to congress at the end of the case to say, this is what i did. all they're saying is this was not a political call by the attorney general, who is presidential appointee, or the deputy attorney general,
andrew weissmann, what's your interpretation of the? >> so, i think what this is, one, it's legally completely consistent with the special counsel rules, as neil is gonna tell us because he was participated in -- them. he's basically insulating the department of justice and the white house from the sort of onslaught that's going to be that this is a political prosecution. let me just first go to the special counsel rules, the special counsel rules are that the attorney general says, this...
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weissmann let's ask andrew weissmann. and stephanie ruhle, i want to hear from you on this as well. but, andrew -- >> so, when i heard the letitia james clip, i was thinking, if i were prosecutor in alvin bragg's office, i would have had my jaw dropped to the ground. just think about the different ways of cutting this. the normal way, you would think, is who has the case that his first in time? and the first person who had the case that was first in time would go, whether it is civil or criminal, whether it is state or federal. another way of dicing this is a civil case versus a criminal case. and a third way is state versus federal. and we have to start with the presumption that and a andy prosecutor, civil or criminal, state or federal, if they have a strong case, they want to go first. because it is to your advantage to have the witnesses, to have the first crack, even if just you are thinking about in terms of, you put all this work into this, case you don't want to be sort of scoot by somebody else -- it is just a st
weissmann let's ask andrew weissmann. and stephanie ruhle, i want to hear from you on this as well. but, andrew -- >> so, when i heard the letitia james clip, i was thinking, if i were prosecutor in alvin bragg's office, i would have had my jaw dropped to the ground. just think about the different ways of cutting this. the normal way, you would think, is who has the case that his first in time? and the first person who had the case that was first in time would go, whether it is civil or...
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lawyers, stephanie ruhle, andrew weissmann, and ari melber. thank you for being here, and lending your expertise, that does it for our special coverage of the indictment of donald. trump now it is time for the last world with lawrence o'donnell, getting in. lawrence good evening, alex. can you tell andrew weissmann to wipe down the hall. >> yeah, he is running right now. >> we won't need him here. we will continue to coverage, alex, thank you very much. >> have a great show. >> at this hour tonight, right now, 27 hours after donald trump was told that he had just become the first former president in history charged with federal crimes including violating the espionage act, the trump criminal defense team
lawyers, stephanie ruhle, andrew weissmann, and ari melber. thank you for being here, and lending your expertise, that does it for our special coverage of the indictment of donald. trump now it is time for the last world with lawrence o'donnell, getting in. lawrence good evening, alex. can you tell andrew weissmann to wipe down the hall. >> yeah, he is running right now. >> we won't need him here. we will continue to coverage, alex, thank you very much. >> have a great show....
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. >> let's go to andrew weissmann, wonderful and also brilliant andrew weissmann. so many great attorney friends to talk to on this network. let me play him on the great nicolle wallace's show earlier today, talking about this case. >> there's no question, i think, that from everything we have heard that florida would be a place where all of the charges could be brought. and d.c., it's not clear that in washington, d.c. all of the charges could be brought, but i think some of them could be brought there. the other possibility is that the reason we're hearing about a florida grand jury is that it's not so much with respect to donald trump but it may be respect to other people. >> to which i said, florida? as i was listening to the show on sirius xm earlier today. let me read this "new york times" reporting, and it says the following. prosecutors are expected to question a new witness in front of a federal grand jury sitting in florida later this week, according to people familiar with the matter, at least one other witness has already appeared before the florida gra
. >> let's go to andrew weissmann, wonderful and also brilliant andrew weissmann. so many great attorney friends to talk to on this network. let me play him on the great nicolle wallace's show earlier today, talking about this case. >> there's no question, i think, that from everything we have heard that florida would be a place where all of the charges could be brought. and d.c., it's not clear that in washington, d.c. all of the charges could be brought, but i think some of them...
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andrew weissmann is sharing with us venue and what a supreme court has to do with it. >> how exactly a prosecution would happen if it works. how would a jury without security clearance see the evidence. you got to imagine a scenario is being gamd out right now, and not just a theoretical one. nbc news has learned donald trump's leal team has been told that donald trump is not a witness but a target. joining me now is nbc justice and intelligence correspondent, ken dilanian, in bedminster, new jersey, vaughn hillyard, and here with me, nbc news senior legal continue, laura jarrett. talk to me about what's happening down in florida? >> reporter: as you mentioned, we saw david harbach, a key figure in the special counsel's investigation, a manager that goes back to jack smith. we saw him walk into court today, and we believe he's involved with presenting information before the grand jury. obviously we don't know what's going on. that signals to us sa something important is happening here, and when you con combine with the other conversation, the meeting between trump's attorneys, and se
andrew weissmann is sharing with us venue and what a supreme court has to do with it. >> how exactly a prosecution would happen if it works. how would a jury without security clearance see the evidence. you got to imagine a scenario is being gamd out right now, and not just a theoretical one. nbc news has learned donald trump's leal team has been told that donald trump is not a witness but a target. joining me now is nbc justice and intelligence correspondent, ken dilanian, in bedminster,...
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former federal prosecutor andrew weissmann will join us to guide us through all these developments. and we will also hear tonight, for the first time, from the trump defense team. we will be joined by a lawyer who spent a year working on the trump criminal defense team that is handling the documents case being investigated by jack smith. on monday, the remaining lawyers in the trump criminal defense team met at the justice department with jack smith to try to convince jack smith that donald trump committed no crimes involving the government documents found at his florida residence. we will, in effect, we recreate a shorter version of that meeting right here at this table tonight, in our washington city, with tim parlatore, who knew everything about the trump defense argument as of may 16th, his last day serving as a trump defense lawyer. first, in that jack smith investigation of donald trump's attempts to overturn the presidential election leading up to and on january 6th, steve bannon has been subpoenaed by jack smith. in a subpoena demanding documents and his testimony to a washi
former federal prosecutor andrew weissmann will join us to guide us through all these developments. and we will also hear tonight, for the first time, from the trump defense team. we will be joined by a lawyer who spent a year working on the trump criminal defense team that is handling the documents case being investigated by jack smith. on monday, the remaining lawyers in the trump criminal defense team met at the justice department with jack smith to try to convince jack smith that donald...
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. >> and now to consider the new trump defense, leading off our discussion tonight is andrew weissmann, former fbi general counsel and former chief of the criminal division in the eastern district of new york. he is a professor in practice at nyu law school. also neil catchall, former acting u.s. solicitor general. and professor georgetown law. they're both in his in b.c. legal analysts and bradley moss is with his national security attorney and former clerk for the national security archive. former prosecutor andrew weissmann, was taking notes while the defendant was speaking, offering us publicly his defense about having those documents, why he took them, the motivation. that was written in the teleprompter. his lawyers probably knew that he was going to be saying this tonight. he didn't just wing it. that was a considered choice. >> the word defense needs to be in air quotes when we're talking about that. so one thing it's important for everyone to know is, those statements that you just played are admissible as admissions, regardless of whether donald trump takes the stand or not.
. >> and now to consider the new trump defense, leading off our discussion tonight is andrew weissmann, former fbi general counsel and former chief of the criminal division in the eastern district of new york. he is a professor in practice at nyu law school. also neil catchall, former acting u.s. solicitor general. and professor georgetown law. they're both in his in b.c. legal analysts and bradley moss is with his national security attorney and former clerk for the national security...
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andrew weissmann is here on that. and what jack smith is up to tonight. and later, the world is now on high alert. the leader of the notorious wagner group, a group of mercenaries, now claims to have entered russia with his troops after threatening putin's military. what we know right now, the 11th hour just getting underway on a really important friday night. ♪ ♪ ♪♪ voltaren. the joy of movement. ♪♪ bridgett is here. voltaren. she has no clue that i'm here. she has no clue who's in the helmet. are you ready? -i'm ready! alright. xfinity rewards creates experiences big and small, and once-in-a-lifetime. >> we've got a lot of news tonight. just hours ago, special counsel, jack smith, filed a new motions in the classified documents case against donald trump. smith is asking the judge to move the start date of the trial from august to december. and to sign off on a list of people that trump cannot discuss the case with. smith also wants a pretrial conference to discuss the use of classified information procedure act. which has to do with the prec
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where back with bradley moss, and andrew weissmann. andrew, this, the scene will be in the movie. the many movies. and the books to come about this. that seven pm in new jersey. when donald trump is told, not just that he has been indicted for the second time in three months, but he is the first, former president in history to be facing federal charges and presumably in that quote call, he was told it is a seven count indictment? >> yes, that would be typical. the way that this would work is that a prosecutor would have called defense counsel and soon revealed that there has been an indictment. they would say -- >> can i pause right there? why did they make that call. is it for arranging the surrender of the defendants? >> exactly. because they then need to ask the judge when is it that you want the defendant to show up? they need to communicate all of that. and then here, because you have a defendant who is under secret service protection. frankly, the only reason i can pick of. in terms of why this would be under seal. has to do with sort of, security concerns. because otherwise
where back with bradley moss, and andrew weissmann. andrew, this, the scene will be in the movie. the many movies. and the books to come about this. that seven pm in new jersey. when donald trump is told, not just that he has been indicted for the second time in three months, but he is the first, former president in history to be facing federal charges and presumably in that quote call, he was told it is a seven count indictment? >> yes, that would be typical. the way that this would work...
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where back with bradley moss, and andrew weissmann. andrew, this, the scene will be in the movie. the many movies. and the books to come about this. that seven pm in new jersey. when donald trump is told, not just that he has been indicted for the second time in three months, but he is the first, former president in history to be facing federal charges and presumably in that quote call, he was told it is a seven count indictment? >> yes, that would be typical. the way that this would work is that a prosecutor would have called defense counsel and soon revealed that there has been an indictment. they would say -- >> can i pause right there? why did they make that call. is it for arranging the surrender of the defendants? >> exactly. because they then need to ask the judge when is it that you want the defendant to show up? they need to communicate all of that. and then here, because you have a defendant who is under secret service protection. frankly, the only reason i can pick of. in terms of why this would be under seal. has to do with sort of, security concerns. because otherwise
where back with bradley moss, and andrew weissmann. andrew, this, the scene will be in the movie. the many movies. and the books to come about this. that seven pm in new jersey. when donald trump is told, not just that he has been indicted for the second time in three months, but he is the first, former president in history to be facing federal charges and presumably in that quote call, he was told it is a seven count indictment? >> yes, that would be typical. the way that this would work...
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the possibility of andrew weissmann talking about him. the worst crimes actually committed war in bedminster. so that she still may drop because that is disseminating. so everybody else maybe freaked out about a judge that only has 14 days of experience. who again humiliated herself for donald trump. i do not think that jack smith is too worried. i don't think he's that worried because he still has the most serious charges possibly in the new jersey federal court. >> andrew weissmann is going to join us in a little while to talk us through this. but that is the idea that is out there. that possibly they maybe have some concerns about judge cannon this could go to new jersey. where as you say, a lot of this stuff took place. in bedminster, donald trump's club up there. but you're right mike pence yesterday, he said that it is too early to prejudge. >> he was pressed. >> i'm not talking about pardons i'm not talking about anything else. donald trump gets his day in court. and it looks like, joe biden's family maybe gets their day in court.
the possibility of andrew weissmann talking about him. the worst crimes actually committed war in bedminster. so that she still may drop because that is disseminating. so everybody else maybe freaked out about a judge that only has 14 days of experience. who again humiliated herself for donald trump. i do not think that jack smith is too worried. i don't think he's that worried because he still has the most serious charges possibly in the new jersey federal court. >> andrew weissmann is...
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our friend andrew weissmann is with us once again. andrew, you sit on tv today you said it before the part of the justice department's job is to treat a like cases alike. do you think that there is a litany of those kind of recent examples about how these cases have been prosecuted against non former presidents that's gonna play a role in the courtroom both in terms of what doj asks for and from what's expected of the defendants who are on trial? >> it could play a role pretrial. in court it really shouldn't come in, but i do think it could pray player role pretrial. i think it's gonna play an important role outside of the courtroom. it's really what nikki haley was getting at when she said this is what i saw at the united nations in so coal called third world countries, and banana republics, which is a disparaging term, to say people are singled out her political opponents. and that's where the department of justice's prior history of who has been prosecuted is so critical and it's one of the reasons i and many other people have talk
our friend andrew weissmann is with us once again. andrew, you sit on tv today you said it before the part of the justice department's job is to treat a like cases alike. do you think that there is a litany of those kind of recent examples about how these cases have been prosecuted against non former presidents that's gonna play a role in the courtroom both in terms of what doj asks for and from what's expected of the defendants who are on trial? >> it could play a role pretrial. in court...
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lawyers, stephanie ruhle, andrew weissmann, and ari melber. thank you for being here, and lending your expertise, that does it for our special coverage of the indictment of donald. trump now it is time for the last world with lawrence o'donnell, getting in. lawrence . >> good evening avalanche, and could you tell andrew weizmann the way down the hall. >> he's running down the right now! >> we're gonna need him here. we're gonna continue the coverage, alex, thank you very much. >> have a gre
lawyers, stephanie ruhle, andrew weissmann, and ari melber. thank you for being here, and lending your expertise, that does it for our special coverage of the indictment of donald. trump now it is time for the last world with lawrence o'donnell, getting in. lawrence . >> good evening avalanche, and could you tell andrew weizmann the way down the hall. >> he's running down the right now! >> we're gonna need him here. we're gonna continue the coverage, alex, thank you very much....
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andrew weissmann served as fbi general counsel and is also an msnbc legal analyst. george, what more can you tell us about this verdict? >> reporter: yeah, good afternoon, chris. it really comes as no surprise to the people of this community. this is what they expected. this is what they anticipated. in many cases, this was open and shut as far as the evidence, robert bowers went to the tree of life synagogue to carrying out this heinous attack. in the courtroom, you could hear a pin drop. that's how quiet it was when the verdict was being read allowed. robert bowers carefully sat there listening as each one of these count was read aloud. you have members of the congregation who were there listening. obviously this has been so harrowing to relive this. members of the congregation that were there, members that knew some of the victims that died on that day. for many, this was heartbreaking to hear, even though this is what they were looking for. they wanted some semblance of justice. their hearts broke, many of them breaking down, many of them crying throughout the c
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andrew weissmann is here to explain the significance. and vaughn hillyard will join us in just a moment from the campaign trail with how things are going on the road as donald trump tries to block out ron desantis. what exactly are the two men saying or not saying about this new reporting? joining me now is nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian. so, ken, what do we know? >> a source directly familiar with the matter told us this tape was a meeting of a july 2021 at donald trump's residence there, talking in an autobiography of his former chief of staff, mark meadows, the subject of iran came up. he mentioned a document he acknowledged was secret, we are told, that discussed military options for striking iran, so this would be the first time we've heard of donald trump acknowledged possessing classified information, and it would be on tape, and something the prosecutors are interested in. we're told they played it in grand jury testimony, and obviously deeply significant because it under cuts trump's argument that h
andrew weissmann is here to explain the significance. and vaughn hillyard will join us in just a moment from the campaign trail with how things are going on the road as donald trump tries to block out ron desantis. what exactly are the two men saying or not saying about this new reporting? joining me now is nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian. so, ken, what do we know? >> a source directly familiar with the matter told us this tape was a meeting of a july 2021 at...
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andrew weissmann is here on that. and with jack smith is up to tonight. and later, the world is now on high alert. the leader of the notorious wagner group, a group of mercenaries, now claims to have entered russia with his troops after threatening putin's military. what we know right now, the 11th hour just getting underway on a really important friday night. somedays, i cover up because of my moderate to severe plaque psoriasis. now i feel free to bare my skin, thanks to skyrizi. ♪(uplifting music)♪ ♪nothing is everything♪ i'm celebrating my clearer skin... my way. with skyrizi, 3 out of 4 people achieved 90% clearer skin at 4 months. in another study, most people had 90% clearer skin, even at 5 years. and skyrizi is just 4 doses a year, after 2 starter doses. serious allergic reactions and an increased risk of infections or a lower ability to fight them may occur. tell your doctor if you have an infection or symptoms, had a vaccine, or plan to. thanks to clearer skin with skyrizi - this is my moment. there's nothing on my skin and that means ev
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i know andrew weissmann has thoughts about what that is trying to accomplish from donald trump. ken, give us what you can about walt nauta. >> reporter: we have not confirmed, nbc news, that walt nauta has indicted. we haven't gotten a response. assuming this is accurate, walt nauta was trump's butler and body man. i know that he gave a couple of different stories to investigators about whether he moved certain boxes of documents at trump's behest, such that the fbi and the justice department thought he lied to them. we know because we're reporting on a claim of misconduct that one of his lawyers is making against one of the prosecutors in the case that there was a meeting in october at the justice department where a group of prosecutors in the case essentially approached nauta as lawyer, called him in and said, we think your guy lied. we want him to cooperate. nauta's lawyers have said, look, if you want to charge us, charge us. we're not cooperating. nauta's lawyers have been paid for by a donald trump political organization. nauta has been sticking with trump the entire time.
i know andrew weissmann has thoughts about what that is trying to accomplish from donald trump. ken, give us what you can about walt nauta. >> reporter: we have not confirmed, nbc news, that walt nauta has indicted. we haven't gotten a response. assuming this is accurate, walt nauta was trump's butler and body man. i know that he gave a couple of different stories to investigators about whether he moved certain boxes of documents at trump's behest, such that the fbi and the justice...
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five years, andrew weissmann, that is a sledge hammer. what's the likelihood that he'd be facing that sort of jail time? >> so you have to list what the statutory maximum is, but that's not what governs what a sentence would be, and what you look to for a sentence is you look to prior doj cases. you look for what judges have done. but just take last week, somebody who had pled guilty, didn't go to trial, got an advantage by pleading was sentenced to three years in jail. but andrea, one thing you might be interested in is 21 of the counts under willful retention of national defense information, 21 of those charges of the 31 are listed as involving top secret information. one of them is described in count 4 as white house intelligence briefing related to foreign countries including military activities and planning of foreign countries. i mean, they clearly are listing incredibly sensitive information. you can be sure before they brought this and decided what to include that this is sort of the tip of the iceberg. >> andrew to your very poin
five years, andrew weissmann, that is a sledge hammer. what's the likelihood that he'd be facing that sort of jail time? >> so you have to list what the statutory maximum is, but that's not what governs what a sentence would be, and what you look to for a sentence is you look to prior doj cases. you look for what judges have done. but just take last week, somebody who had pled guilty, didn't go to trial, got an advantage by pleading was sentenced to three years in jail. but andrea, one...
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andrew weissmann, let me start with you. you are aptly named podcast. we have worn out the tape of you on our air seeing days not weeks. to the point that, i will be 100 percent honest about this, i wasn't editorial call yesterday saying, are we sure are not in over a skis here? we keep seeing days not weeks. are we gonna do this waiting for a good old thing where we're gonna be in this holding pattern? so your reaction, having said days not weeks, having turned out to be days not weeks? >> pulling myself on the back, the real issue is that i thought the department of justice, when it was ready, was going to go forward without allay. i always had the view that jack smith in the department and hopefully the judge will have the view that consistent with due process for donald trump it is very important for the american public to see a public trial and to have a determination. one way or the other. whether a jury finds that there is guilt or not beyond reasonable doubt. and it's just so important that be done, ideally even before a republican convention bu
andrew weissmann, let me start with you. you are aptly named podcast. we have worn out the tape of you on our air seeing days not weeks. to the point that, i will be 100 percent honest about this, i wasn't editorial call yesterday saying, are we sure are not in over a skis here? we keep seeing days not weeks. are we gonna do this waiting for a good old thing where we're gonna be in this holding pattern? so your reaction, having said days not weeks, having turned out to be days not weeks?...
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i do have one admittedly dumb question here and maybe andrew weissmann is best to answer this. i thought it was surprising that when we got the indictment unsealed and we learned that trump was indicted, also his lawyers resigned. is there anything about this indictment that says why two of his lawyers had to resign? was it in obvious consequence of this indictment? what did you make of the fact that that happened and coincided? >> i didn't think that it was about the substance of the charges. i thought there were two possible explanations. one explanation is that when you are handling the investigation and you have a client who's not to get indicted. when the indictment comes in the client says thank you so much you didn't accomplish, quiet blames the lawyers. usually the problem is the quiet, the client not the lawyers. that's one possibility, he's honestly upset that they didn't do their job. when they in fact could have. the second is that once you file a notice of appearance, once he was a lawyer up here in a criminal case not just in the investigation. when you say i am r
i do have one admittedly dumb question here and maybe andrew weissmann is best to answer this. i thought it was surprising that when we got the indictment unsealed and we learned that trump was indicted, also his lawyers resigned. is there anything about this indictment that says why two of his lawyers had to resign? was it in obvious consequence of this indictment? what did you make of the fact that that happened and coincided? >> i didn't think that it was about the substance of the...
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lawyers, stephanie ruhle, andrew weissmann, and ari melber. thank you for being here, and lending your expertise, that does it for our special coverage of the indictment of donald. trump now it is time for the last world with lawrence o'donnell, getting in. lawrence >> this is a special katie
lawyers, stephanie ruhle, andrew weissmann, and ari melber. thank you for being here, and lending your expertise, that does it for our special coverage of the indictment of donald. trump now it is time for the last world with lawrence o'donnell, getting in. lawrence >> this is a special katie
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in a moment, former federal prosecutor, andrew weissmann, now with a law professor, will join us to lecture on everything we need to know about proffer agreements. tonight is that we need to know. here's the definition the new york times offered. in its reporting today, proffer agreement between prosecutors and people who are subject for investigations that can proceed a formal cooperation deal this object agreed to provide useful information to the government sometimes to tell their side of events. to stave off potential charges, or to avoid testifying under subpoena before a grand jury. in exchange, prosecutors agree not to use those statements against them in future criminal proceedings, unless it is determined they were lying. the proffer agreement could lead to a guilty plea, by rudolph giuliani. in the investigation if he is in effect confessing to having committed crimes for or with donald trump. the times reports, giuliani was asked about creating fake slates of trump electors in some states in the giuliani was questioned about attorney john eastman, attorney sydney powell, both of
in a moment, former federal prosecutor, andrew weissmann, now with a law professor, will join us to lecture on everything we need to know about proffer agreements. tonight is that we need to know. here's the definition the new york times offered. in its reporting today, proffer agreement between prosecutors and people who are subject for investigations that can proceed a formal cooperation deal this object agreed to provide useful information to the government sometimes to tell their side of...
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. >> i want to play something, our friend and colleague andrew weissmann said earlier. it was a biggie. >> i find it really inconceivable that he would not be charged. i really think this is a question of when, not a question of if. it's hard to predict that we would think we are talking about a matter of days, not months. >> that's a while for me. because i have to tell you, charles, the word imminent has been driving me up the wall for months. like, unprecedented did during the four years trump was in office. but to hear andrew weissmann say days and not months, that got my attention. >> i'm going to stretch it out just a teeny bit. >> weeks? >> weeks. -- >> a fourth of july explosion. >> we already know that fani willis has it said that her timeline with respect to fulton county and talking about with these additional security measures need to be in georgia of -- where it is likely coming. so, we know that that is on the calendar. but now that we have additional information that, again, takes away any of the myriad defenses -- because you've got to remember, donald t
. >> i want to play something, our friend and colleague andrew weissmann said earlier. it was a biggie. >> i find it really inconceivable that he would not be charged. i really think this is a question of when, not a question of if. it's hard to predict that we would think we are talking about a matter of days, not months. >> that's a while for me. because i have to tell you, charles, the word imminent has been driving me up the wall for months. like, unprecedented did during...
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andrew weissmann essentially saying, as you well know, this is gonna be coming in days. not months. where do you stand on this? >> so, what we tried to do, and have to say the credit goes to a team of extremely talented lawyers, that intern i had the pleasure of working with on this, the prosecutors right what's called a press memo, a prosecutor memo, in advance of indicting, essentially, every case. and particularly, for important or complicated cases, they can be voluminous. you have to lay out the factual basis for the indictment. you have to lay out the law. and then you have to engage in analysis, not only of the government's case, but of potential defendants. before you can make a decision about whether it's proper to indict a case or not. in this case, and it's important to say that we were only able to use publicly available information, doj could have a lot of other information that they obtained through the grand jury process, including evidence that could be exculpatory for any number of defendants, not just the former president, but based on what we know, and what we can
andrew weissmann essentially saying, as you well know, this is gonna be coming in days. not months. where do you stand on this? >> so, what we tried to do, and have to say the credit goes to a team of extremely talented lawyers, that intern i had the pleasure of working with on this, the prosecutors right what's called a press memo, a prosecutor memo, in advance of indicting, essentially, every case. and particularly, for important or complicated cases, they can be voluminous. you have to...
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joining me is msnbc legal analyst andrew weissmann, forer fbi general counsel. i want to read to you from the discovery court filing which is the thing that has folks intrigued. the government will reveal any payments, other inducements made to perspective government witnesses within the scope of the trials. can you explain what that means in regular people terms? >> i'll try. i'm a lawyer and a law professor so i'll give it my best shot. so, under the constitution, the government has to disclose evidence about its witnesses that could impeach them. so for instance, let's take michael cohen. if he's called as a witness in the manhattan district attorney's case, he's not going to be called in the mar-a-lago case, but in the manhattan district attorney's case, the constitution requires that the government turn over to the defense all of his prior bad acts, everything that could be used to impeach him. most notably, the fact that he has admitted he committed perjury for donald trump, but nevertheless, he committed perjury. so what that letter is saying is, we're go
joining me is msnbc legal analyst andrew weissmann, forer fbi general counsel. i want to read to you from the discovery court filing which is the thing that has folks intrigued. the government will reveal any payments, other inducements made to perspective government witnesses within the scope of the trials. can you explain what that means in regular people terms? >> i'll try. i'm a lawyer and a law professor so i'll give it my best shot. so, under the constitution, the government has to...
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i just can't help but pay attention to articles that respective legal mind such as andrew weissmann and roger goodman pen today in the atlantic suggesting that judge aileen cannon could actually be a significant concern here in terms of this case actually making it to trial. because the nil rightfully points out this case is a very strong case at the doj is making. it's very straightforward and it is very simple, there are off-ramps for her. they suggest that the doj may have in its back pocket, a potential indictment in bedminster, which is where some of the recordings trump made where he acknowledged that he had classified documents in his possession and that you can declassified them post presidency. do you think bedminster exists as a sort of fail safe for the doj, or is that a paranoid fantastical thinking? >> you know, it's an interesting theory. there are certainly allegations that it was a bedminster in new jersey, that he disclosed to unauthorized people about classified information. so, it could be a basis for a charge. but it seems like the indictment in florida is a very sol
i just can't help but pay attention to articles that respective legal mind such as andrew weissmann and roger goodman pen today in the atlantic suggesting that judge aileen cannon could actually be a significant concern here in terms of this case actually making it to trial. because the nil rightfully points out this case is a very strong case at the doj is making. it's very straightforward and it is very simple, there are off-ramps for her. they suggest that the doj may have in its back...
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and this is the comment when we heard it, minutes after donald trump said it last night, andrew weissmann said this is a confession. let's listen to this. this is donald trump talking about having every right to have these documents. >> as president, the law that applies to this case the espionage act, but very simply, the presidential records act, which is not even mentioned in this ridiculous 44-page indictment. under the presidential records act, which a civil, not criminal, i had every right to have these documents. >> kristy greenberg, i want to have you on camera, so i could see your face when he said that. because last night, i was able to see the faces of the lawyers went donald trump said that. he's standing there, saying i had every right to have these documents. that's his position. >> so, a few things. o, a few things. first of all, he -- the one thing he is right about is he is not charged with violating the presidential records act. >> [laughter] >> he's charged with violating the espionage act. and he's not gonna be able to point to any case, nor his lawyers, where they are
and this is the comment when we heard it, minutes after donald trump said it last night, andrew weissmann said this is a confession. let's listen to this. this is donald trump talking about having every right to have these documents. >> as president, the law that applies to this case the espionage act, but very simply, the presidential records act, which is not even mentioned in this ridiculous 44-page indictment. under the presidential records act, which a civil, not criminal, i had...
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. >> and andrew weissmann, i want to pivot to former president trump. first of all, the trial judge set the august 14th date for the trial which could change with pretrial motions and other stays. what do you think about that? but importantly, let me play a little bit about what he said to bret baier in a really tough comprehensive meeting last night on fox news about why he held on to the classified documents. this was his first real response since the indictment. >> i have every right to have those boxes. this is purely a presidential records act. this is not a criminal thing. in fact, "the new york times" of all had a story just the other day that the only way marra could ever get this stuff, this back, would be please, please, please could we have it back. >> they asked for it. they did ask for it -- >> no. >> they asked for the documents. >> and we were talking -- >> and your reaction to that and other things he said in this interview on fox last night? >> well, what he said is very inconsistent with other defenses he's put forward. in other words,
. >> and andrew weissmann, i want to pivot to former president trump. first of all, the trial judge set the august 14th date for the trial which could change with pretrial motions and other stays. what do you think about that? but importantly, let me play a little bit about what he said to bret baier in a really tough comprehensive meeting last night on fox news about why he held on to the classified documents. this was his first real response since the indictment. >> i have every...
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andrew weissmann served as the prosecutor for special counsel robert mueller's investigation. he's coast of the podcast prosecuting down trump. and he joins me now. it's good have you here. your initial reaction just to that date in the order from the judge? >> so, i agree that it is better than not. but i do think that, as you said, people should not be counting on anything even close to this. the litigation over classified documents is certainly going to take time. the defense counsel -- to the extent that we know -- has not even been cleared yet to be able to see things. and there will be lots of litigation on that. one thing that may not be great news for all of us in the -- who comment on things is, we may not know a lot about what goes on in the -- litigation, because it's classified. so, it may be happening in -- old courtrooms. so, we may get a sense of who is appealing a ruling on one side or the other. but there may be a lot that happens behind the scenes. the other thing that is interesting about her order is that there is a motion schedule that was set. and assumin
andrew weissmann served as the prosecutor for special counsel robert mueller's investigation. he's coast of the podcast prosecuting down trump. and he joins me now. it's good have you here. your initial reaction just to that date in the order from the judge? >> so, i agree that it is better than not. but i do think that, as you said, people should not be counting on anything even close to this. the litigation over classified documents is certainly going to take time. the defense counsel...
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and andrew weissmann, former senior member of the mueller probe, which investigated prigozhin's role in 2016. richard, what is your read of what's happening in russia? what are your ukrainian sources staying? and what does this tell you about prigozhin? >> reporter: well, it doesn't seem like it's over. you talked about that statement, the audio statement that he issued a short while ago. no mention of putin at all. no apology. no talk about a deal. in fact, he was still bragging about the wagner group, how powerful they were, and he offered his version of events. he said that he was given an ultimatum, that wagner was supposed to be disbanded and absorbed into the ministry of defense, that his men refused that order, then were attacked and in response that 30 of his fighters were killed and that in response they broke into two columns. one went to rostov, handed over its weapons, were greeted like heroes, and the other marched toward moscow, only stopped after they had delivered their message and that their message was how weak the country had become under its current military leade
and andrew weissmann, former senior member of the mueller probe, which investigated prigozhin's role in 2016. richard, what is your read of what's happening in russia? what are your ukrainian sources staying? and what does this tell you about prigozhin? >> reporter: well, it doesn't seem like it's over. you talked about that statement, the audio statement that he issued a short while ago. no mention of putin at all. no apology. no talk about a deal. in fact, he was still bragging about...