we will hear argument this morning in case 23-939. trump versus the united states. reporter: tonight, new testimony of the alleged criminal conspiracy to help elect donald trump. trump turned to the business at hand and asked david pecker how is our girl. as his argument for absolute immunity finally goes before the supreme court. this court has never recognized absolute criminal immunity for any public official. a private attorney to spearhead his challenges to the election results. what was up with the pardon for president nixon? if everybody thought that presidents couldn t be prosecuted what was that about? if it fails completely it is because we have destroyed our democracy on our own, isn t it? tonight, rachel maddow, nicole wallace, joy reed, chris liz. lawrence o donnell, lisa ruben all here as msnbc s special coverage of trump on trial begins now. who has the time? who has the time? you are telling me that simultaneously, we have nearly three hour
don t go anywhere. i will be back with rachel maddow and the whole gang for special coverage of trump on trial that starts right now. the ex-president of the united states. two american courtrooms. facing criminal trial in one. i will go in now and sit. and making a desperate case to avoid justice in the other. we will hear arguments this morning in trump versus the united states. tonight, new testimony of the alleged criminal conspiracy to help elect donald trump. reporter: trump turned to the business at hand and asked david pecker, how is our girl? as his argument for absolute immunity finally goes before the supreme court. this court has never recognized absolute criminal immunity for any public official. a private attorney who was willing to spread false claims of election fraud what was up with the pardon for president nixon? if everybody thought presidents couldn t be prosecuted, what was that about? if it fails completely it is because we have
new testimony of the alleged criminal conspiracy to help elect donald trump. trump turned to the business at hand and asked david pecker, how is our girl? argument for absolute immunity goes before the supreme court. this court never recognized criminal immunity for any public official. a private attorney who was willingly to spearhead his challenges to the election results. what was up for the party with president nixon? if everybody thought presidents couldn t be prosecuted, then what was that about. if it feels completely, s because we destroyed our own democracy. rachel maddow, nicolle wallace troy reed, lawrence o donnell, ari melber, all here as msnbc special coverage of trump on trial begins. who has the time? who has the time? you are telling me that simultaneously we have nearly three hours of oral argument at the united states supreme court of the former president claiming he is immune from prosecution for any crime he did while president and debt
Rudy giuliani signaled there would be a leak investigation. this is an important matter and in order to protect our sources and not put them in any risk, we re not going to talk about the sourcing. you wrote on thursday night, we can put it on screen, the lead of your story, the blockbuster lead, that trump directed cohen to lie to congress. do you have sources beyond the two in the story or just the two sources? we re not going to talk about the sourcing matters it sounds like you ve gone back to those two sources since friday and they said the same thing to you again? i can t talk about the timing of when we ve spoken to people but, yes, the same sources we used in that story are standing behind it, as are we. the story goes on to say, cohen told the special counsel that after the election the president personally instructed him to lie by claiming negotiations ended months earlier than they did in order to obscure trump s involvement. you re saying cohen told the special