investigations into the current president s family. ted lieu, democrat of california, set to orient facts as they exist on earth one. watch. let me ask you a series of basic questions to get facts out to the american people about our system of justice. trump adviser roger stone was convicted in a federal court, correct? that s my recollection. trump donor elliott brady was convicted in a federal court. correct? also my recollection. the attorney general at the time for those two convictions was bill barr, which president nominated bill barr for attorney general? president trump. you were the fbi director for all of those cases at the time. which president nominated you? president trump. okay. what these facts show is we don t have a two-tiered system of justice. we have one department of justice that goes after criminals regardless of party idealogy. all of these folks were convicted under the administrations of three separate republican attorneys general. i
. well, look at that. the supreme court is right where it did not want to be, smack dab in the middle maybe of the 2024 election with the first votes in just a few days, tonight on laura coates live. okay. so if we re being honest, we knew this day was coming, right? i mean even if the supreme court did not want this day to come, they re probably still recovering a little bit from bush v. gore, and this seems to be the worst kind of deja vu. maybe that s why after several hours behind closed doors talking today, drum roll, please, the supreme court said yes to the dress. they will decide whether donald trump, the former president of the united states, one who is trying to become the president yet again, can even actually be on a ballot after his role on january 6th. well, which ballot? well, this one concerns colorado, but the supreme court knows that the floodgates, they re about to open. it s already been and i can t believe it either three years as of tomorrow sinc
well, look at that. the supreme court is right where it did not want to be, smack dab in the middle of the 2024 election with the first votes in just a few days. tonight on laura coates live . okay, so if we are being honest, drumroll please, the supreme court said yes. they will decide whether donald trump, former president of the united states, one who is trying to become president again, can be on the ballot after his role in january 6. which ballot? this one concerns colorado, but the supreme court noted the floodgates are about to open. it has already been, and i can t believe either, three years tomorrow since the attack you are seeing on the screen. and while prosecutors have been dragged for taking so long to get the prosecutorial ball rolling, the court not known for lightning speed, now they are wasting no time. the oral arguments are set for february 8. donald trump saying just a little while ago that he hopes the justices he appointed will be, i will use his word
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good evening, i m abby philip in new york. tonight, the special counsel bets big on the supreme court. how big of a bet? well, every single check and balance on all presidents might be at stake. jack smith is wagering that the justices will side with him. he is wagering that the high court will see the wisdom in answering this question sooner rather than later, is donald trump immune from prosecution? now, the special counsel writes like he s running out of time, and in a way, he is. the normal appeals process would give no guarantee that the high court considers the immunity question before next november. now that is, i don t have to remind you, when america chooses its next president. how the court rules may reshape democracy as we know it. the justices have never said yes or no that a president can be criminally prosecuted for crimes they perpetrated while president, a ruling that the constitution does not offer a get out of jail free card would put trump in immediate elec