today. opening statements were supposed to start at 1:30 so far though, neither side has spoken and no reason has been given for the now hour and a half delay while we are waiting, we have just learned judge davis has authorized a special master to investigate fox s handling of discovery. we re going to explain in a moment this trial, when it does eventually start again, is not being televised. and nor can it be photographed one person was already kicked out of the courtroom for a snap, which the judge has said was deleted. don t worry though, we ve got our own reporters inside the courtroom updating us with the details. how exactly is this trial going to go? well, at least there s this. the judge ruled from the start that the election was not stolen and that fox was wrong to report that it was. in fact, he said it was crystal clear his words that the statements put out by the network and its hosts were false. now it is up to dominion to prove that there was actual malice beh
during today s event, the former president echoed the point he made back in 2012, that presidents are renters at the white house, and that their time there is temporary. i ve always described the presidency as ays relay race, y take the baton from someone, you run your leg as hard and as well as you can, and then you hand it off to someone else. knowing that your work will be incomplete. the portraits hanging in the white house chronicle theit runners in thatth race. each of us tasked with trying to bring the country we love closer toy its highest aspirations. now the reason this event was heldth today and not during trump s term in office, the reason it hasp been a decade since we ve seen one of these unveilings is because for the first time in u.s. history, the incumbent president refused to honor his predecessor with this rite of passage. trump never scheduled the ceremony and given the content, it might have been awkward for trump given his intention of not leaving t
and his ak lights and they had a journalistic responsibility to report what those people said about the presidential election. what could be more news worthy than that? the problem is that good journalism and good law diverge and technically, you re not supposed to repeat or broadcast what other people are saying if they re false. you re responsible for what they say in effect. that s what the law is but fox has been saying no, the first amendment allows us because it s news worthy the judge in what i thought was a harsh ruling against fox said he s not going to accept the so-called neutral reporting privilege, which would give you license to report things that others say if you do it in a neutral way and if you do it, if the people making the original statements were responsible people, then you should be allowed after all to repeat these news worthy things i m sure nbc reported what trump said about the election.
face charges on a state level. should other trump ak lights be concerned? yes, a pardon can only act against federal prosecution. and so in this country we have something we refer to as dual sovereignty. states and federal government can charge people for the same crime, and so even though steve bannon was pardoned for this conduct at the federal level, most states also have fraud statutes on the book, and so as you said, it is expected to reflect very much and mirror the federal charges. i would imagine state charges under new york law will look very similar. so you re right, as you think about awful other people who refer pardons, corrupt public officials, could be charged again, as long as the statute of limitations is not expired. with parallel state prosecutions. and that state has standing to prosecute, right, which they do in some of these financial crimes especially here in new york city. i wonder what you make of chash
according to a source close to bannon, sounds a lot like bannon, the former chief wois strategist said yes, another day, another scalp or version of that. will this amount to a seat for one of the ak lights, that remains to be seen. kelly ward had already announced she would primary flake. with him out of the race, will she be the next u.s. senator from arizona? kelly ward joins me now. thanks for being here. thanks for having me. senator flake says he sees president trump as being a danger due to democracy. kelly, do you agree? i don t. what i agree with senator flake there is a serious but it is swampitis and thank goodness we have a doctor to come to washington to heal those ills. are you talking about yourself? i am, i m coming you ve still got to get