Republicans promise to haul anyone who dares prosecute Trump before Congress

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🗓️ 21 March 2023

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Joy Reid leads this episode of The ReidOut with the potential indictment of Donald J. Trump over allegations that he illegally paid hush money to adult film actress Stormy Daniels during his 2016 run for the presidency. The party that has campaigned for more than six years on their plans to lock up its political opponents is crying foul, now that one of their own is facing possible indictments for actual crimes. Our polticial experts analyze these developments. Plus, as we await the first of possibly multiple criminal charges, Republicans are all coming to Trump's defense and promising to haul anyone who dares prosecute Trump before Congress. All this and more in this edition of The ReidOut on MSNBC.

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0:00.0	Tonight on the readout.
0:05.0	Folks, honestly, she's guilty as hell.
0:10.0	She's guilty as hell.
0:12.0	I will say this.
0:15.0	Hillary Clinton has to go to jail, okay?
0:17.0	She has to go to jail.
0:18.0	I said it.
0:20.0	The party that has campaigned for more than six years on their plans to lock up their
0:26.3	political opponents.
0:27.3	Well, now they're crying foul.
0:29.3	Now that one of their own, Donald Trump is facing possible indictments for actual crimes.
0:35.3	And as we await the first of possibly multiple criminal charges, Republicans are all coming
0:40.4	to Trump's defense as usual and promising to haul anyone who dares to prosecute Trump
0:46.9	before Congress.
0:51.0	And we begin tonight with the potential indictment of Donald J. Trump over allegations that he
0:56.1	illegally paid hush money to adult film actress Stormy Daniels during his 2016 run for
1:01.7	the presidency.
1:02.7	The indictment of a former president would be a stunning moment in American history, full
1:06.9	stop.
1:07.9	It's an event that looms as grand jurors heard today from attorney Robert Castello,
1:13.1	who was called to testify at Trump's request.
1:16.0	He was a legal advisor at one time to Michael Cohen, the Trump fixer who said Trump directed
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