Once they walk out. Well have live coverage of that, get their read on how it went. Even before the meeting going to started Congressional Democrats took a first step setting up a process that would allow them to approve covid relief without, repeat without, republican votes. Also breaking right now, new details emerging about the case against former President Trump that will be made during had his Impeachment Trial next week. Were told House Democrats plan to accuse him of intentionally inciting rioters with a months long effort to subvert the will of the american voters. This, as divided republicans grapple with the future of the gop after trump and just ahead of a Critical Party Meeting from the House Republican leadership on wednesday. Lets go straight to the white house right now. Our chief White House Correspondent Kaitlan Collins is joining us right now. President bidens goal of Passing Covid relief with bipartisan support is facing a huge test right now. Reporter it certainly i
they re trying to show you there s a clash between law and a very certain candidate, because the week has now begun, and these judge us unanimously ruling a president could be tried for an election and the states try to bar that same candidate for similar conduct. so what is the distinction here? well, trump lost this appeal yesterday because he s not above the law. he is below the doj and jack smith when it comes to his own conduct and being accountable for it and even if he also, as a matter of job history, once oversaw the federal government including the doj as president. so that case is back on track unless the supreme court weighs in. the case is about rather random states and local judges can simply decide and announce that trump committed insurrection before he even goes on trial. in other words, is it constitutional and fair to ban candidates and basically decide elections that way? i ll tell you right now, most legal experts do not see precedent for colorado to beat
i m ari melber. we begin with breaking news. donald trump s federal trial is back on because this court is ruling against defendant trump today. they re green lighting the trial sought by special counsel jack smith. this spruling sets a precedent for holding a former president accountable. we have special coverage we ve been working on since this broke early on the east coast today. we start with the basics. you don t need to be a lawyer or constitutional scholar to understand this. the ruling rejects donald trump s very far-fetched arguments that his job history as president should mean he could never be arrested, indicted or tried for anything related to his time in office. trump s lawyers argued he should basically retain a kind of permanent immunity from the fact he used to be president. the court is rejecting that today. we re going to begin, like i said, with the clarity of this single spare sentence. quote, for the purpose of this criminal case, former president trump
the country, including a former president, was the subject of a hearing today in a federal courthouse in washington, d.c. attorneys for donald trump and federal prosecutors argued over trump s claim that the federal election case against him should be dismissed because everything he did in the postelection period was in his official capacity as president. the three-judge panel that is hearing the case appeared spectacle of that claim. the ex-president and jack smith were in the courtroom today. trump has been claiming that president joe biden has been forcing him to appear in court, which is not true, he did have no obligation to appear at today s hearing. trump s attorney argued that allowing the prosecution of donald trump would, quote, open a pandora s box, but the judge has pushed back on that and many of the arguments he was making. trump s lawyer also argued that the president could only be prosecuted if he was impeached and convicted by the senate first, no matter what
campaign is leaning into this unavoidably political month. the president taking his re-election message to pennsylvania. that s a key state he won. and the symbolism of george washington s leadership what you see on the screen. valley forge. washington is touted for setting a standard for democracy. walking away from power after those two terms. biden will draw a contrast to trump on that score. trump being the election loser who tried to steal the race compared to washington who was making news in his day with what was described then as you see here. the resignation of george washington esquire as his situation of president of the united states of america. that was a time of kingdoms so it was a big deal that washington resisted, as this paper put it. the solicitations of his friends to continue in office. they concluded it was a life honor and glory. they wrote different back then. biden is going to argue that trump is the literal opposite and make that argument directly. i