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Rhiannon12866
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November 28, 2023
Alana Zeitchik joins Jen Psaki after the release of three family members held hostage by Hamas as one relative, David Cunio, remains in captivity. - Aired on 11/27/2023.
'They need your support to help them heal': Relative of freed hostages speaks out - Inside w/Jen Psaki - MSNBC
Alana Zeitchik joins Jen Psaki after the release of three family members held hostage by Hamas as one relative, David Cunio, remains in captivity. - Aired on 11/27/2023.
November 28, 2023
“We’re living through a time where hate is currency,”: Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Professor of history and scholar of authoritarianism. Ben-Ghiat and former GOP Congressman David Jolly join Joy to discuss the rise of far-right political candidates in Italy, Poland, Argentina, and The Netherlands. - Aired on 11/27/2023.
'Hate is on the agenda': Trump is conditioning Americans as far-right rises around the globe - The ReidOut - MSNBC
“We’re living through a time where hate is currency,”: Ruth Ben-Ghiat, Professor of history and scholar of authoritarianism. Ben-Ghiat and former GOP Congressman David Jolly join Joy to discuss the rise of far-right political candidates in Italy, Poland, Argentina, and The Netherlands. - Aired on 11/27/2023.
November 28, 2023
Human Rights attorney and author of “Justice For Some: Law and the Question of Palestine,” Noura Erakat joins Joy to discuss Israel’s violence campaign in Gaza. - Aired on 11/27/2023.
Israel has to end its occupation to dismantle Hamas: Human Rights attorney - The ReidOut - MSNBC
Human Rights attorney and author of “Justice For Some: Law and the Question of Palestine,” Noura Erakat joins Joy to discuss Israel’s violence campaign in Gaza. - Aired on 11/27/2023.
November 28, 2023
Sixty-nine hostages have been released by Hamas, exchanged for 150 Palestinians released from Israeli prisons. - Aired on 11/27/2023.
11 more hostages released from Gaza in exchange for 33 Palestinians - ABC News
Sixty-nine hostages have been released by Hamas, exchanged for 150 Palestinians released from Israeli prisons. - Aired on 11/27/2023.
November 28, 2023
Facing the prospect of five civil and criminal trials over the course of seven months, former President Donald Trump’s trial dance card is quite full. It’s not at all unusual for criminal defendants to have multiple cases pending against them simultaneously in multiple jurisdictions. This can happen when people choose a life of crime. However, there are only so many days in a week and months in a year. So, what happens when trial dates collide?
Trump’s current trial schedule is as follows: On Jan. 16, 2024, E. Jean Carroll’s second defamation trial against Trump begins. In March, two of his criminal trials commence: His federal trial for 2020 election interference begins in Washington on March 4, and the New York state trial for falsifying business records begins March 25. Two months later, the other federal criminal trial — regarding mishandling of classified documents — begins in Florida. Finally, Fulton County District Attorney Fain Willis has requested Aug. 5, 2024, as the proposed trial date in Trump’s Georgia state RICO case.
Of course, all charges are simply allegations at this point and, as is the case with any defendant, at the beginning of each criminal trial the jurors will be instructed that they are to presume Trump innocent unless and until the evidence proves his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
Let’s start with the most obvious calendar conflict. If Trump’s D.C. trial begins on March 4, that trial will still be in progress when his New York trial is scheduled to begin. Unlike civil trials, defendants ordinarily must be present for every session of their criminal trial. Under those circumstances, the latter trial would have to be rescheduled to a later date.
There are indications that the judges in these two cases anticipated this conflict. At a court hearing in the federal case, Judge Tanya Chutkan stated on the record that she had spoken with Judge Juan Merchan, the judge presiding over the New York case, and informed him of her intent to set a March 4 trial date. Although Chutkan said nothing about the substance of their conversation, it seems the judges agreed that the federal trial will take precedence over the state trial.
Read More: https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-trial-dates-classified-documents-delay-rcna126803
A trial delay wouldn't be the win Trump thinks it is - By Glenn Kirschner, MSNBC Columnist
Though the schedule of the former president's trials is still up in the air, we know enough to expect the cases won't overlap.Facing the prospect of five civil and criminal trials over the course of seven months, former President Donald Trump’s trial dance card is quite full. It’s not at all unusual for criminal defendants to have multiple cases pending against them simultaneously in multiple jurisdictions. This can happen when people choose a life of crime. However, there are only so many days in a week and months in a year. So, what happens when trial dates collide?
Trump’s current trial schedule is as follows: On Jan. 16, 2024, E. Jean Carroll’s second defamation trial against Trump begins. In March, two of his criminal trials commence: His federal trial for 2020 election interference begins in Washington on March 4, and the New York state trial for falsifying business records begins March 25. Two months later, the other federal criminal trial — regarding mishandling of classified documents — begins in Florida. Finally, Fulton County District Attorney Fain Willis has requested Aug. 5, 2024, as the proposed trial date in Trump’s Georgia state RICO case.
Of course, all charges are simply allegations at this point and, as is the case with any defendant, at the beginning of each criminal trial the jurors will be instructed that they are to presume Trump innocent unless and until the evidence proves his guilt beyond a reasonable doubt.
Let’s start with the most obvious calendar conflict. If Trump’s D.C. trial begins on March 4, that trial will still be in progress when his New York trial is scheduled to begin. Unlike civil trials, defendants ordinarily must be present for every session of their criminal trial. Under those circumstances, the latter trial would have to be rescheduled to a later date.
There are indications that the judges in these two cases anticipated this conflict. At a court hearing in the federal case, Judge Tanya Chutkan stated on the record that she had spoken with Judge Juan Merchan, the judge presiding over the New York case, and informed him of her intent to set a March 4 trial date. Although Chutkan said nothing about the substance of their conversation, it seems the judges agreed that the federal trial will take precedence over the state trial.
Read More: https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-trial-dates-classified-documents-delay-rcna126803
November 28, 2023
Donald Trump has five trials pending against him. It's actually not that unusual for career criminals to have multiple cases pending against them simultaneously in multiple jurisdiction. But what happens when those trials overlap or are set so close together that they risk bumping into one another.
This video takes on the issue of the many trials of Donald Trump and how they are likely to play out on the scheduling front. - Glenn Kirschner - 11/27/2023.
Link to my MSNBC piece on this topic: https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-trial-dates-classified-documents-delay-rcna126803
Donald Trump has 5 trial dates pending: what happens when trial dates collide? - Glenn Kirschner
Donald Trump has five trials pending against him. It's actually not that unusual for career criminals to have multiple cases pending against them simultaneously in multiple jurisdiction. But what happens when those trials overlap or are set so close together that they risk bumping into one another.
This video takes on the issue of the many trials of Donald Trump and how they are likely to play out on the scheduling front. - Glenn Kirschner - 11/27/2023.
Link to my MSNBC piece on this topic: https://www.msnbc.com/opinion/msnbc-opinion/trump-trial-dates-classified-documents-delay-rcna126803
November 28, 2023
In a new report, The Associated Press details Donald Trump’s repeated "hints" of an "expanded role" for the military and the lack of "guardrails" to restrain him. MSNBC’s Katie Phang, in for Ari Melber on The Beat, is joined by NBC News Presidential Historian Michael Beschloss to discuss the report. - Aired on 11/27/2023.
'No Guardrails': Experts sound alarm about Trump's plot for 'radical' second term - The Beat - MSNBC
In a new report, The Associated Press details Donald Trump’s repeated "hints" of an "expanded role" for the military and the lack of "guardrails" to restrain him. MSNBC’s Katie Phang, in for Ari Melber on The Beat, is joined by NBC News Presidential Historian Michael Beschloss to discuss the report. - Aired on 11/27/2023.
November 28, 2023
Mike Schmidt, New York Times Washington Correspondent, and Frank Figliuzzi, Former Assistant Director for Counterintelligence at the FBI, joins Ali Velshi, in for Nicolle Wallace on Deadline: White House, to discuss new reporting of how then President Donald Trump used the power of the presidential pardon to disrupt the order and work of the Department of Justice and how he could do it again should he return to the White House. - Aired on 11/27/2023.
How Donald Trump used the pardon power to disrupt the Justice Department - Deadline - MSNBC
Mike Schmidt, New York Times Washington Correspondent, and Frank Figliuzzi, Former Assistant Director for Counterintelligence at the FBI, joins Ali Velshi, in for Nicolle Wallace on Deadline: White House, to discuss new reporting of how then President Donald Trump used the power of the presidential pardon to disrupt the order and work of the Department of Justice and how he could do it again should he return to the White House. - Aired on 11/27/2023.
November 28, 2023
Andrew Weissmann, former top official at the Department of Justice, and Lisa Rubin MSNBC Legal Analyst, join Ali Velshi, in for Nicolle Wallace on Deadline: White House, to discuss Donald Trump’s legal and civil cases coming full circle as both prosecutions try to contain Donald Trump’s rhetoric through gag orders. - Aired on 11/27/2023.
Donald Trump's gag order saga continues in both civil and criminal trials - Deadline - MSNBC
Andrew Weissmann, former top official at the Department of Justice, and Lisa Rubin MSNBC Legal Analyst, join Ali Velshi, in for Nicolle Wallace on Deadline: White House, to discuss Donald Trump’s legal and civil cases coming full circle as both prosecutions try to contain Donald Trump’s rhetoric through gag orders. - Aired on 11/27/2023.
November 28, 2023
Republican Congressman George Santos is spilling all of the dirty little secrets about his fellow House members because Santos says that he knows he's going to be expelled. - 11/27/2023.
Santos Burns Down Congress On His Way Out - Raw News And Politics
Republican Congressman George Santos is spilling all of the dirty little secrets about his fellow House members because Santos says that he knows he's going to be expelled. - 11/27/2023.
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