Trump in the four years. Thanks for taking that up to the end of the show. Appreciate it. Thank you. That does it for me today. Deadline white house, thankfully, starts right now. Hi, there, everyone. 4 00 in new york. Kicking, claim p xleeming, crying, whining, donald trump and his legal team back dwhoog they do today. Seeking to delay, delay, delay, delay justice. Todays effort at that in the federal criminal case brought by special counsel jack smith for illegally hoarding classified documents at his private club in maralago. The disgraced president watching on with no obligation to do so set to convince district judge cannon to dismiss some or all charges against trump. Did so through various after neuers. First a Motion Wiping away the first 32 counts on the theory the main statute used against trump is unconstitutionally vague. The second even more audacious, a Motion Dismissing the indictment entirely on the grounds of the president s records act completely bars prosecution. The
Violent mob against the u. S. Capitol and his own Vice President on january 6th. The Justice Department won the battle and politico reports Special Counsel jack smith obtained an extraordinary array from twitter about trumps account. While it remained unclear what sorts of information the messages contained and who exactly may have written them, it was a revelation that there were private messages associated with the twitter count of mr. Trump, who has famously been cautious about using written forms of consideration with his aides and allies. Hes reportedly sent over direct messages that were sent, received and stored in draft. Politico reports this, quote, u. S. District judge Barrel Howard held twitter, now known as x, in Contempt Of Court in february be fining that company 350,000 for missing a deadline. And he lit into twitter for taking extraordinary and apparently unprecedented steps to give trump an advantage. At one point the judge asking being quote, is it because the new ceo
hello and welcome to the programme. whether it is stopping the boats in the uk, stemming the surge in germany or lifting the trump era title 42 in the us, immigration dominates political agendas all around the world. the archbishop of canterbury made his thoughts known today. for how these three countries are dealing with migrants and asylum seekers. on the programme also, protests across pakistan after former president imran khan was detained on corruption charges. it has increased the tension between his supporters and the military with elections due later this year. a day after being found guilty of sexual assault and defamation, donald trump is due to take centre stage at a town hall event in new hampshire. and it s a life saving drug which millions of americans can t afford. the ceos of pharmaceutical companies defend the prohibitive cost of insulin to diabetics in the us. first, the archbishop of canterbury has attacked the british government s illegal migration bill is
you know what? that slow turn may be speeding up. in recent weeks, the ex president and his allies have escalated their extreme authoritarian rhetoric. just take a look at this video that trump himself re-posted a re-truth as he puts it on his social media site. if you do something bad to us, we are going to do things to you that have never been done before. is there any way to view that kind of language and anything other than an open and fascist stick threats? again this is just what trump and his allies are saying publicly. i have to ask are we also really be concerned about what they re planning for us behind closed doors? earlier i spoke with miles taylor the author of that new book blowback. miles taylor thank you for joining us on the show. congratulations on the book, it is much needed. let me start by asking you, can american democracy in your view
nonpartisan criminal investigations. miles, very briefly, if you can, if donald trump were to win the republican nomination, what do you think his chances would be of a second? what do you think his chances would be of a second term in offcie? i think they re very high. and that surprises folks when i say it. because, you know, as a as a conservative who s very worried about the prospect of a second trump presidency, i would i would hope he wouldn t take office again. but i m willing to say i actually think he has a better chance of being the next president of the united states than he did of even winning in 2016. so there s a good chance we ll see him again. and i do think that our democracy needs to prepare for it. miles taylor, former trump administration official, whistle blower and author of the recent book blowback. thank you so much for your time. thank you. in other news. academy award winning actor jamie foxx said in an instagram video that he is recovering from an undisclosed