election he lost. and hearing the case, the panel of nine supreme court justices including three that president trump himself appointed to the bench. whatever they decide has the potential to transform the trajectory of this year s election, and trump s bid to retake the white house making it the most consequential election case since bush v. gore a quarter century ago. these oral arguments expected to begin in moments and potentially last several hours, and we will be here with you for all of it. and joining us now, nbc s ken dilanian outside the court along with andrew weissmann, former fbi general counsel and former senior member of the moeller probe. and neal katyal. before we dive into the big question, your thoughts about the gravity of this moment, exploring an issue that this country has never had to confront before. the founders of our 14th amendment in the 1860s put this in as an ironclad guarantee that we wouldn t have insurrectionists leading our governm
someone in office who s going t jail and 59 percent think the doj as being fair, that shoot straight through the argument s that this is a two-tiered sys of justice a. you don t like joe biden and hi fundraising off of it, donald , trump is doing the same thing happening his moment. s hl fund raised itch off cocaine pitched. people need the money. they think of a billionaire the tried to overthrow the electione part. they think of hunter biden and his father as well. when you talk to average people who respond to these surveys that s nothen what they re thit about, if hunter biden is guilt of something, lock him up, if joe biden is guilty of something , lock them up. but tthere s whittling what going on and how serious it is by saying this is about political opponents it s not,. all of the prosecutors are democrats pretty the.
president trump, inwhich president trump acknowledges the hush payment and suggest the payments be made in cash we have another witness, apart from michael cohen, mr. david pecker, the publisher of the natio national enquirer and ot documents. that s a smart way to build an indictment what we don t know and one of the greater weaknesses is how the felony charges will hold up when they are challenged by mr. trump s defense attorneys, whether or not these election law violations will truly result in felony charges after the judge reviews these argument s. we will have to say. the false business statements were made to conceal another crime. that s what stepped it up to a felony he didn t specify, but they certainly in the narrative allude to tax problems and conspiracy as i understand it in talking to our lawyers yesterday, in real time, they don t have to charge him with the other crimes. they don t have to charge him
they re saying no. it s much more reflective on where the base is. that fuels some of this energy behind him. people don t want to acknowledge it. a broker convention, a contested convention all fascinating. all i can tell you is they have another war they want to start. they always got one they want. thank you. thank you for being out there all the time for us. great to have you out there on the front line, if you will. thank you so much. michael steele, your argument s, all the people are guilty. that s the room where trump takes the stage. it s trump against the world. britain wants to keep trump out of the country as law. who else can trump offend? more details from the san bernardino shooter.