Teams prior claim that he cant be prosecuted even if he assassinated, killed, assassinated his political rivals. Could a president who ordered s. E. A. L. Team six to assassinate a political rival, who was not impeached, would he be subject to criminal prosecution. If he were impeached and convicted first so your answer is no. Today trumps lawyers argued, quote, a former president enjoys absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for his official acts. They also tried to argue that Holding President accountable for his crimes would somehow cripple the office. Quote, a denial of criminal immunity would incapacitate every future president with De Facto Black Mail and extorsion. The key to trumps argument is his claim that trying to overturn the election was part of his official Amitriptyline Acts as president , a claim that is absolute nonsense. Trumps filing comparing january 6th to clintons airstrikes in the middle east, bushs search for weapons of mass destruction and even president
That visceral experience is thought something anyone forgets. So, you know, keep at it, republicans. Thank you, my friend. And thanks to you at home for joining us this evening. So Donald Trumps fourth criminal indictment, number four, appears to be days away. Nbc news is now reporting that Fulton County District Attorney fani willis is expected to present her case to the grand jury next week. And we know that d. A. Willis has been investigating trumps efforts toti overturn the 2020 election in georgia, and her investigation appears to have quite a bit in common with the federal case being brought by special counsel jack smith in washington, d. C. But the case in georgia may prove to be different from jack myths case in one very meaningful way. That, we need and to go back to 1979 when the City Of Atlanta was experiencing an unprecedented wave of crime. Here was nbc nightly news in august of that year. During the First Six Months of this year crime in atlanta was up 30 . Robbery and ag
Achilles heel of knowledge. Jack smith must prove Beyond A Reasonable Doubt that on the night of january 5 and into january 6, that donald trump knew that he had lost the election. And reading through the indictment, i didnt see anything new which would actually be able to establish that. And just within the last hour, trump posted about todays events writing im now going to washington, d. C. To be arrested for having challenged the corrupt, rigged and stolen election. It is a great honor because im being arrested for you. He also wrote, i need one more indictment to ensure my election. Joining us now, sasha burns live in bedminster, new jersey. Tom winter is also covering the arraignment. And also peter baker is here with us. As well as Chuck Rosenberg, former u. S. Attorney, senior fbi official and an msnbc contributor. So weve been looking at these live pictures from the sky over bedminster. We know that he needs to be here in d. C. By 4 00 this afternoon which is three hours from t
trump s intent. the new york times reports that prosecutors have questioned multiple witnesses over the past few weeks, including jared kushner, and questioned them about whether trump had privately acknowledged in the days after the 2020 election that he had actually lost. the line of questioning suggests that prosecutors are trying to establish whether trump was acting with corrupt intent. remember, kushner also spoke to the january 6th committee last year. jared, are you aware of instances where pat cipollone threatened to resign? i kind of like i said, my interest at that time was on trying to get as many pardons done, and i know that, you know, he was always him and the team were always saying, oh, we re going to resign. we re not going to be here if this happens, as that happens. so i took it up to just be whining, to be honest with you. we also just learned moments ago special counsel jack smith requested a reply memo by trump and nauta to delay the documen
i did everything right and they indicted me. and what it means to set and then immediately break the record for hottest day ever recorded on planet earth. when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. hope you had a good july 4th weekend. we are rapidly approaching the real actual serious for now start of the 24 republican primary. the first rnc debate is next month in milwaukee where the republicans will also hold their 2024 convention. while it s still too early for any real predictions about who voters will choose or how this will play out, right now, speaking as of today, it does look like donald trump is way ahead of everyone else. and that is in large part because florida governor ron desantis, who was initially hyped up is the candidate who could take on trump, has seen his poll numbers tank. just look at the polling averages since the start of this calendar year. desantis line should commit with its own slide whistle. he s almost 30 p