Indicted, highly classified documents in bathroom and the ballroom down at maralago. And federal judge aileen cannon, the Trump Appointed lawyer who came to this case with only three years on the bench and with very little experience in running criminal trials. Cannon whose rulings in the case so far have repeatedly drawn scrutiny and reversals and rebukes by higher courts. And now judge cannon is under fire once again for what the Washington Post diplomatically calls, quote, an unusual order regarding jury instruction. Quote, even though cannon has not yet ruled when the trial will be held or a host of other issues, shes skipping ahead to the very end, to Jury Instructions, asking prosecutors and Defense Attorneys to consider two different hypothetical situations. Writing in part, quote, in the first scenario the jury would be allowed today review a former president s possession of a record and make a factual finding, whether it is personal or president ial, using the Definition Set f
Thats very nice, thank you. Hi. Im jimmy, im the host. Thank you for watching. Thank you for joining us. Im glad you did. You picked a good night to be here, thats for sure. Can you feel the Atomic Energy in the room . [ laughter ] all the way from los alamos, the oscarnominated cast of oppenheimer, cillian murphy, emily blunt, and Robert Downey jr. Are here. [ cheers and applause ] and dont worry, they left the Nuclear Waste known as matt damon at home. [ cheers and applause ] he will not be here. [ rim shot ] we dont let just anyone in here. This isnt a dunkin commercial. [ laughter ] in washington, d. C. , our worst and dimmest gathered for the annual cpac convention. Cpac, for those who dont know, is a meeting of the rightwing nuttiest republicans. Remember in ghostbusters when all the slime was running to one building . [ laughter ] basically that. Its a whos who of who wont accept the results of the election. The speakers every year are your standard collection of roger stones an
Other. With the basic principles of the republic on the line. A name more famous for decades and decades than nikki haley, in republican circles, came out swinging directly at the Presumptive Republican nominee, donald trump, early this morning. In a post liz cheney saying this, quote, the gop has chosen. They will nominate a man who attempted to overturn an election and seize power. We we have eight months to save our republic, and ensure that donald trump is never anywhere near the oval office again. Then liz cheney sent people to this video originally released in may. Watch. Donald trump is the only president in American History who has refused to guarantee the peaceful transfer of power. Joe biden he lost the election and knew it. He betrayed millions of americans by telling them the election was stolen. We will stop the steal he ignored the rulings of dozens of courts. Rather than accept his defeat, he mobilized a mob to come to washington and march on the capitol. Then he watched
Fighting. Genuine drama across the country as the frontrunner for the republican nomination indicted on 91 felonies. Nevertheless, remains the prohibited favorite. I want to start by thanksing the Supreme Court. And his final primary opponent says justice should proceed. Tonight Special Election coverage. Nicole wallace, joy reid, jen psaki, Lawrence Odonnell, Stephanie Ruhle all here. Hakeem jefferies joining us. Mitch landreau plus the Campaign Experts and Steve Kornacki with results and analysis a the the big board. The election of 2024 has kind of taken shape. Special election of Super Tuesday primaries begins now. Its here. Its finally happening. Its super. Good evening and welcome. Thank you for joining us. It is Super Tuesday. I havent slept in a week. Im Rachel Maddow and nicole wallace, youre back. Weve missed you so much. And ari melber. Many more of our colleagues are going to be joining us throughout the very, very long, awesome, interesting night. America has not had a rer
are going to impeach you, and it s happening very, very soon. on this vote the yeas are 214 and the nays are 216. the resolution is not adopted. you know, i have to say the season took an unexpected turn last night. willie, one of the more surprising but really good introductions to the season, who knew mike johnson would star as a happless speaker of the house who couldn t even get an impeachment through. all we re missing is the slow push in on his face. that was truly we have four hours, luckily, today to go through one of the most humiliating days in the house of representatives. they couldn t pass their own impeachment of mayorkas, couldn t get through an israel bill. they did find time to pass a resolution that says donald trump did not commit an insurrection around january 6th. want to make sure they protect him on that. they re getting ready to have a vote today, a procedural vote to turn away the senate immigration bill they ve been asking for for two gene