All posts tagged "Flip"

Mark Meadows has a delicate balance to strike if he wants to maintain his influence among far-right lawmakers while working with federal election investigators who granted Donald Trump’s former chief of staff immunity this week, a new CNN report shows.

Reports this week claimed the founder of the House Freedom Caucus had met with special Counsel Jack Smith to discuss both the 2020 election interference and classified documents cases.

And, as apparently false rumors spread that Meadows had worn a wire to aid the federal investigation, CNN reported, “His clout within pro-Trump circles could be threatened if Republicans suspect that he turned on the former president.”...

Former President Donald Trump now has several of his former attorneys cutting deals to cooperate against him — and he has a proven track record of attacking people who "flip" on alleged co-conspirators to get a favorable deal, even suggesting it should be against the law.

But that wasn't always the case, said Trump biographer Tim O'Brien on MSNBC. In fact, early in his career, he offered to flip on his rival businessmen.

"That is him storming out of the courtroom," said anchor Joy Reid. "We have that video that was up right now. Tim, why can't this man control himself?"...

Former President Donald Trump is facing a unique threat of his longtime associates turning on him, argued former federal prosecutor Harry Litman on MSNBC's "All In" Wednesday evening — and not just the longtime aide who was told to forget the boxes of classified information.

Rather, he and anchor Chris Hayes mused, tons of Trump's aides who were indicted alongside him in the Georgia election racketeering case stand to be bankrupted by this trial, and could turn against him as a mere financial survival strategy.

"Jenna Ellis, for instance, who has publicly complained ... She has publicly complained Harry, about the fact she can't pay her legal bills," said Hayes. "She has now said she won't vote for Trump. She called him a narcissist, I, believe which is — well, welcome to the party ... again, this does seem to create an intense incentive for cooperation."...

January 6 investigator Tim Heaphy outlined on MSNBC's "Deadline: White House" Friday how to make educated guesses about which of former President Donald Trump's 18 co-defendants in the Georgia election racketeering case will be likeliest to take a deal and flip on him.

This comes shortly after Chris Christie, a lawyer by training and one of the only GOP primary candidates going after Trump hard for his legal problems, told CNN's Dana Bash in an interview, "Co-defendants invariably will take a deal and cooperate against Donald Trump and that may happen in this matter, federal trials pending with folks who are indicted or unindicted co-conspirators. This is what the Republican Party is facing."

"I thought that was interesting and I wanted to ask you sort of, knowing the evidence knowing and the players in Georgia, I thought [Trump lawyer Ken] Chesebro might be a possible person Chris Christie is thinking of," said anchor Nicolle Wallace. "I think Sidney Powell may be in the Mike Flynn category, that isn't or probably won't ever cooperate, but could you give us an — I know I'm asking you a hypothetical question — knowing some of these witnesses, look who's been charged in Georgia. Who do you think that most applies to? That most worries Trump?"...

A legal expert suggested Thursday Rudy Giuliani could eventually turn on the former president.

NYU law professor Ryan Goodman during an appearance on CNN’s “Erin Burnett OutFront” suggested that perceived disloyalty and financial strain could compel the former New York City mayor to flip on Donald Trump.

Goodman’s comments came amid reports Trump was holding a $100,000-per-plate fundraiser for Giuliani’s legal fees at his Mar-a-Lago resort Thursday night....

It was revealed by the Justice Department on Tuesday that "Trump Employee 4," also known as the IT supervisor who oversaw the security cameras at Mar-a-Lago, has flipped. Legal analyst Andrew Weissmann thinks he's only the beginning.

Yuscil Taveras, previously identified as "Trump Employee 4" by CNN, changed his testimony on Donald Trump the moment he was able to obtain new counsel that was not paid by the former president. Previously, Taveras told the special counsel's team that he couldn't recall details about the security cameras. That testimony has now been recanted.

Weissmann, who previously served as special counsel Robert Mueller's senior prosecutor, told MSNBC's Nicolle Wallace that "this is how you get cooperating witnesses."...