rachel campos-duffy, and this is a special edition of the engber mingle, new york city tonight. breaking news tonight, major win for donald trump. the supreme court smacking down counsel jack smith and declining to issue an expedited on whether or not the former president has immunity in his 2020 election interference case. boxes. senior congressional correspondent chad pergram is here with all the details chad. rachel, good evening. this is a blow to special counsel jackson as he asked the supreme court to excel consideration of whether the former president was immune from prosecution for allegedly interfering with the 2020 presidential election. but the court denied smith s request. this down smith s prosecution of mr. trump. it could mean there s no clarity on smith s probe until well into 2024. the federal trial was scheduled to start march 4th. this could mean the trial comes amid the political conventions or down the homestretch of the presidential. team trump may
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and on that note, i wish you all a very, very good night. it is an honor to be back with you. from all of our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thank you for staying up late with me. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. with news out of colorado, the state supreme court has ruled that state donald trump should be removed from the 2024 republican primary ballot. since january 6th, there has been plenty of discussion and legal circles and even some excitement about section three of the 14th amendment of the constitution, which bans insurrectionists and people who have aided insurrectionists from holding office. there has been a whole lot of interest into whether this section of the amendment might bar donald trump from running from office because of his role in the january 6th insurrection. the minnesota state court dismissed the idea. over in michigan, a judge ruled trump could not be taken off that state s ballot. in total, 14th amendment suits to disqualify t
so we re gonna move right to it. have a great show. thanks, alex. the breaking news of the night is that the colorado supreme court made 43 decision ruled that donald trump, quote, is disqualified from holding the office of president under section three of the 14th amendment of united states constitution because he is disqualified it would be a wrongful act under the election code for the colorado secretary of state to list him as a candidate on the presidential primary ballot. neal katyal on andrew weissmann will join us to discuss that historic ruling later in the hour, but we begin tonight as we promised you a week ago, with the vice president of the united states and an exclusive interview. i met kamala harris when she was district journey of san francisco, and an actor friend who was wiser than most of us about politics or to be one day, would you like to meet the first black woman president? the next day i found myself in a gathering of lawyers in century city in lo
interpret the constitution based on the specific text and the document. so that says to me that they might have an uphill climb to be opposed by the supreme court. i also think what s notable here, the court may a college the opinion that this is a big deal. they know what they are doing. it s historic. and they know there is gonna be blowback. they say, look, we are mindful of the magnitude and the weight of that questions before us. we are likewise mindful of our solemn duty to apply the law without fear or favor and without being swayed by public reaction to that decision that the law mandates we reach. and of course, the loudest, biggest reaction from former president trump was trying to frame this as political persecution, which i am sure they could see coming. that s right. the trump trump campaign released a statement. we haven t really heard from trump on this. he was speaking in iowa. he did not really note anything. just very quickly, what are his allies saying?