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Deadline: White House

“The precipice of a generational moment”

Deadline: White House

MSNBC

News, Donald Trump, Daily News, The White House, Nicolle Wallace, Politics, Nbc News, Washington Dc, Msnbc, Government

4.66K Ratings

🗓️ 23 March 2023

⏱️ 86 minutes

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Summary

Ayman Mohyeldin – in for Nicolle Wallace – discusses the ex-president’s attacks on the prosecutors handling the multiple investigations into his possible crimes, Florida Governor Ron DeSantis’ major foreign policy flip-flop that raises questions about how his qualifications might hold up on a national stage, mounting criticism of TikTok as their CEO testifies before members of Congress, the meeting between House Speaker Kevin McCarthy and the mother of Capitol rioter Ashli Babbitt, bipartisan backlash to the Michigan GOP’s tweet comparing gun legislation to the Holocaust, and more. Joined by: Susanne Craig, Harry Litman, Frank Figliuzzi, Mara Gay, Rep. Dan Goldman, Charlie Sykes, Ali Vitali, Michael Scherer, Elaine Luria, Glenn Kirschner, Matt Dowd, Ryan Reilly, and Cornell Belcher

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0:00.0

Hey there everybody, it is 4 o'clock in New York. I'm Aiman Mohadine in again for Nicole

0:12.0

Wallace sitting where we are today on the precipice of a generational moment in American

0:17.9

history. One could be excused for thinking, just get on with it already. But this afternoon's

0:23.3

developments in Donald Trump's Hush Payment scandal make it perfectly clear. The Manhattan

0:27.2

DA Alvin Bragg is following his own timeline, not that of the American public, elected officials

0:33.2

or even the twice impeached disgraced former president. The Manhattan Grand Jury did meet

0:39.1

again today at noon, unlike yesterday. But reporting indicates they met about a different

0:44.5

case. While the situation is extraordinarily fluid and a vote on a Trump indictment

0:49.4

still seems imminent, it appears likely that Monday will be the next time the grand jury

0:54.6

meets on the matter of Hush Money paid to an adult film actress. The more we wait though,

1:01.0

the more the pressure builds. The more Donald Trump disseminates new violent rhetoric, while

1:06.7

he appeared to be spending his day golfing alongside actor John Voit, his true social

1:12.1

feet on the other hand, illustrated a full on meltdown. Never afraid of a little all

1:18.2

caps dishonesty. Trump today called DA Bragg a quote, sorrows backed animal, doing the work

1:24.8

of anarchists and the devil, adding this is the Gestapo, Russia, China, but worse. Such

1:32.4

over the top hyperbole might be a punchline if he didn't have a proven track record of

1:37.3

instigating violent discontent among his supporters, which is why what he said next should

1:42.6

concern every single one of us. Because Trump later insisted not just Bragg, but all of

1:47.8

the prosecutors and special counsels handling the four major Trump-focused investigations.

1:53.9

People like Jack Smith, Leticia James, Fanny Willis, all of them should be removed immediately.

2:00.2

Local state and federal law enforcement were already on guard ahead of a possible indictment,

2:04.4

but that job may have just been made more difficult as Trump's most misguided supporters

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