Criminal charges for Trump? NYC DA vet warns of 'strong' case

Former Assistant DA in Manhattan Rebecca Roiphe joins MSNBC Chief Legal Correspondent Ari Melber on the developing legal turmoil around NY DA Alvin Bragg’s probe into Donald Trump, which she calls “strong” and how former Trump lawyer Michael Cohen’s testimony is “the most plausible story.” Roiphe calling recent statements made by Trump’s current lawyer Joe Tacopina on “The Beat” “hard to believe.” Melber presses Roiphe to react to Mark Pomerantz’ public statements about the Trump probe. Roiphe adding: “He has broken his ethical obligations.”

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[davidellis]

Time for Trump to be held fully accountable.

[ianreed]

Georgia Grand Juror-"I tell my wife if every person in America knew every single word of information we know, this country wouldn't be as divided as it is right now."

[Leonaza]

Our justice system is broken. He should have been in jail decades ago.

[richard]

It should not be easy to convict someone of a crime. If it were, that someone could be you!

[Winstonrodney]

I’ve seen this same story every other day for years now. Forgive me if I’m not holding my breath for it to happen.

[theirishman]

Hopefully the country can heal once trump is charged and jailed.

[Leonaza]

I think Trump will have a difficult time showing why Cohen would have done this all unilaterally without any input from his boss..

[dmercury]

IQ45 can at least brag about being the first POTUS in US history to be indicted on criminal charges. This is the first and will not be the the last indictment coming his way.
Way to go MAGA!

Gotta admire your Trump University Pride.

“LETS GO TRAITORS!”
“LETS GO TRAITORS!”
“LETS GO TRAITORS!”

MAGA DUM LOUDLY

[GuyzLikeMe]

IF I DID what he did, I’D ALREADY BE IN JAIL!

[tritona]

Why are they "warning of a strong case" instead of filing charges?

[Telephony]

Why is he still allowed to walk among us? still seeding the folks with lies and treasonous behaviors? We can only hope these people can finally LOCK HIM UP.

[ellenfaulkner]

It’s about time for him to go to prison former president or not

[peacelove..]

Our sickness to so many of us will instantly begin to heal on the first day of indictment, and waiting for a guilty verdict for full recovery

[reggieregg]

Just bring the dam indictment Jesus Christ

[kendalldad]

Another former attorney for NYDA said he believes Trump will be convicted but have few consequences as a former president because we have two systems. We need reform badly.

[sharondavid-melly]

When do we see the traitor in jail💪🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸💯

[ministerjohnson]

We are not holding our own Government lawyers accountable.

[jbundles]

How many times are we going to hear that Trump will be charged with anything?? It's becoming ridiculous at this point. He needs to be charged indeed but when will that be????

[JasonSpitzMI]

😴💤💤Wake me up when an indictment is issued if not let me sleep 😴💤

[tomkitchen]

So why has bragg been avoiding charging trump? Cowardice.