>> I KNOW.
>> INTERFERE WITH THE JUDICIAL
SYSTEM. >> JOINING US NOW, FORMER
FEDERAL AND STATE PROSECUTOR,
TALY
TALY FARHE WEINSTEIN.
I HOPE I GOT THAT RIGHT.
HE SIGNED A LETTER CONDEMNING
THE VIOLENT RHETORIC AGAINST
BRAGG.
GOOD TO HAVE YOU ON THE SHOW.
SIR, WHAT DO YOU MAKE OF THE
CONVERSATION WE’RE ASKING ABOUT
ALL THE POLITICAL RAMIFICATIONS,
THE SECURITY RAMIFICATIONS OF A
POTENTIAL INDICTMENT.
DO THEY HAVE ANY POTENTIAL OF
HAVING A ROLE IN THE DECISION TO
INDICT?
>> GOOD MORNING, MIKA.
THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE A ROLE IN
D.A. BRAGG’S ULTIMATE DECISION,
AND, YOU KNOW, I THINK IT’S
IMPORTANT TO SEPARATE ONE’S
VIEWS ABOUT THE WISDOM OF
BRINGING THIS PARTICULAR
PROSECUTION FROM THE SEPARATE
ISSUE OF THE VIOLENT RHETORIC
AGAINST D.A. BRAGG.
WHEN I LOOK AT THE LIST OF THE
SIGNATORIES OF THE LETTER I
JOINED, IT INCLUDES FORMER
PROSECUTORS WHO ARE IN DIVERSE
PROFESSIONS NOW, WHO HAVE
DIVERSE POLITICAL VIEWS, AND WHO
I THINK WOULD HAVE DISAGREEMENT
AMONG THEM ABOUT THIS PARTICULAR
PROSECUTION.
BUT THEY KNOW THAT THE THREAT OF
BRUTE FORCE AGAINST A PUBLIC SER
VENT
SERVANT AND THE RULE OF LAW HAS
TO BE CONDEMNED.
YOU KNOW, I THINK THEY ALSO
KNOW, MANY OF THEM FROM PERSONAL
EXPERIENCE, AS I DO, THAT
THREATS AGAINST PROSECUTORS ARE
MORE COMMON THAN YOU WOULD
THINK.
THEY’RE SCARY WHEN THEY COME
EVEN FROM SOMEONE WITH LESS
REACH THAN DONALD TRUMP.
THEY’RE ENORMOUSLY BURDENSOME ON
LAW ENFORCEMENT, TO MAKE SURE
THE SYSTEM CAN CONTINUE AND
PEOPLE CAN DO THEIR JOBS.
SO THEY REALLY HAVE TO BE CUT
OFF, YOU KNOW, GOING DOWN THAT
ROAD AS SOON AS POSSIBLE.
IT IS IMPORTANT TO SEEK OUT.
>> TALI MAKES A GREAT POINT.
YOU LOOK AT FEDERAL JUDGES WHO
ARE THREATENED, KILLED, WHOSE
FAMILY MEMBERS ARE SHOT AT THE
DOOR.
YOU LOOK AT WHAT HAPPENS WITH
PROSECUTORS AND THE THREATS
THEY’RE ALWAYS UNDER.
THE FACT WE HAVE A FORMER
PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES
THAT IS CAUSING THESE THREATS --
>> EVEN OVER THE WEEKEND.
>> -- INTO THE JUDICIAL SYSTEM,
CAUSING THESE THREATS TO HAPPEN
TO A D.A., THIS STEMS -- AS TALI
STEMS, THIS SENDS A CHILL
THROUGH ALL JUDGES, PROSECUTORS,
D.A.s, ALL STATE ATTORNEYS, AND
THROUGH THOSE OFFICES, WHETHER
THEY ARE REPUBLICANS OR
DEMOCRATS, CONE SERVECONSERVATIV
LIBERALS, THIS IS DANGEROUS AND
PLAYING WITH FIRE.
>> WE KNOW THE DANGER IS REAL.
REVEREND AL, HERE IS AN EXCHANGE
YOU HAD ON "POLITICS NATION"
WITH ONE OF PRESIDENT TRUMP’S
LAWYERS ABOUT HIS VIOLENT
IMAGERY AND SOCIAL MEDIA POSTS.
>> WE HAVE AN OBLIGATION TO
DENOUNCE THE RHETORIC AND WHAT
HAS HAPPENED TO ALVIN BRAGG.
WE HAD A PRAYER RALLY FOR ALVIN
BRAGG THIS MORNING.
THIS MAN AND HIS FAMILY COULD BE
UNDER THREAT.
>> WHAT SOMEONE SAID TO BRAGG
HAS NOTHING TO DO WITH DONALD
TRUMP.
>> HOW DO YOU KNOW THAT?
>> DONALD TRUMP WOULD HAVE
NOTHING TO DO THAT.
>> DONALD TRUMP WROTE "DEATH AND
DESTRUCTION IF I’M INDICTED."
>> I’M --
>> HE ANNOUNCED HE WAS GOING TO
BE INDICTED TUESDAY.
>> I CAME FROM -- IT CAME FROM
LEAKS.
>> HE WAS HOLDING A BAT.
>> LET ME EXPLAIN THAT.
>> JUST A MINUTE.
THERE WAS A PICTURE WITH A BAT
THAT SOMEONE HAD PUT TOGETHER.
>> RIGHT.
>> HE REPOSTED, DID HE NOT?
>> SO --
>> YOU’RE A WITNESS.
ANSWER THE QUESTION.
>> I’M ABOUT TO ANSWER THE
QUESTION.
>> DID HE REPOST?
>> HOWEVER ILL-ADVISED THAT WAS,
REPOSTING THAT -- DOES
>> DOES THAT MEAN HE REPOSTED
IT?
>> HE TOOK IT DOWN WHEN HE
REALIZED WHAT WAS IN THE PHOTO.
>> I WAS STABBED IN THE BACK BUT
TOOK THE KNIFE OUT.
>> YOU CAN’T UNRING THE BELL, AS
JUDGES WILL SAY, ONCE THE
EVIDENCE IS BEFORE A JURY.
YOU CAN’T UNRING THAT BELL.
YOU CAN’T PULL IT BACK.
EVERYBODY HAS THAT IMAGE.
DONALD TRUMP KNOWS THAT.
THEY HAVE THE IMAGE OF THE
BASEBALL BAT.
THAT’S ONE OF THE REASONS "THE
NEW YORK POST" RAN IT YESTERDAY.
BUT, YOU’RE RIGHT, THANK YOU SO
MUCH.
HE TRIES TO LIMIT -- AND THEY
CALLED TRUMP DERANGED, "THE NEW
YORK POST".
MURDOCH’S "NEW YORK POST" CALLED
TRUMP DERANGED.
JOE TACOPINA, HE IS TELLING YOU,
OH, HE PUT THE POST UP THEN TOOK
IT DOWN.
GLOSSING OVER THE FACT THAT --
YOU DIDN’T LET HIM GLOSS OVER
THE FACT THAT DONALD TRUMP WAS
TALKING ABOUT DEATH AND
DESTRUCTION IF HE GOT INDICTED.
THE DEATH THREATS HAVE STARTED
POURING IN.
>> THE DEATH THREATS STARTED
POURING IN AFTER HE TALKED ABOUT
DUT AND
DEATH AND DESTRUCTION, AFTER HE
HAD REPOSTED THIS WITH THE BAT
NEXT TO THE D.A.’S HEAD.
AND THIS IS DANGEROUS.
THIS IS EVEN GOING BEYOND
WHETHER YOU THINK THE CASE IS
STRONG OR NOT.
WHICH, AGAIN, WE DON’T KNOW WHAT THE D.A. MAY HAVE.
I MEAN, DON’T FORGET, THIS SAME
D.A. GOT WISE L LEISSELBERG.
WE DON’T KNOW WHAT FROM THAT
INVESTIGATION GOES INTO THIS CH.
WE KNOW DONALD TRUMP ISSUED
THREATS THAT MAY HAVE INSTIGATED
THE THREATS AT THE D.A.,
INCLUDING THIS ENVELOPE THAT
SAYS SPECIFICALLY, "ALVIN, I’M
GOING TO KILL YOU."
TLI
TALI, YOU RAN AGAINST ALVIN
BRAGG IN THE PRIMARY, AND YOU’RE
STANDING UP, DEFENDING HIS LIFE.
I MEAN, BECAUSE IF YOU HAD WON,
THIS COULD HAVE BEEN YOU.
THIS COULD HAVE BEEN SOME OF
THOSE THAT ARE ASSIGNING THIS.
ASIDE FROM PEOPLE’S OPINION OF
THE CASE, TALK ABOUT HOW, IF WE
DON’T STAND UP TO THIS KIND OF
BEHAVIOR, THAT YOUNG PEOPLE, OLD
PEOPLE, WHOEVER, THAT WOULD WANT
TO PURSUE BEING PROSECUTORS MAY
SAY, I BETTER NOT DO THAT
BECAUSE IF I GET A HOT CASE, IT
IS NOW FAIR GAME THAT PEOPLE
COULD THREATEN MY LIFE AND MY
FAMILY.
>> THAT’S EXACTLY RIGHT.
YOU KNOW, D.A. BRAGG AND I WERE
OPPONENTS IN THAT PRIMARY.
WE DISAGREED ABOUT LOTS OF
THINGS.
THAT’S THE DEMOCRATIC PROCESS.
WE CAN CONTINUE TO TALK ABOUT
DISAGREEMENTS, BUT THIS IS
SOMETHING ELSE ENTIRELY.
I DO AGREE THAT THIS IS JUST THE
FIRST MOVE.
THERE COULD BE THREATS AGAINST
THE JUDGE AND THE PROSECUTION IF
THIS INDICTMENT IS BROUGHT.
PEOPLE COULD THREATEN PEOPLE IN
THE DEPARTMENT OF JUSTICE AND
THE STATE OF GEORGIA IF CHARGES
ARE BROUGHT.
WE HAVE TO SAY, I’M WORRIED
ABOUT D.A. BRAGG’S SAFETY IN
THIS INSTANCE.
HE IS DOING HIS JOB, AND THIS IS
OUTRAGEOUS.
I’M WORRIED MORE GENERALLY, AS
YOU ARE, ABOUT WHAT IT SAYS