Election integrity and all of this is completely aboveboard because he was the president and that is what president s do. That is the argument he made today in a new filing filed in state court asking a judge to dismiss the Indictment Charging Trump with election interference. In the new filing, trumps lawyers quote they can argue to ensure the integrity and the election were outside of the scope of his duties. They even went on to say quote, the president s motivations are not for the prosecution or this court to decide. Fact check. Trumps motivations i exactly what this court should be looking into. The lawyers also claimed quote the president s actions are within the ambit of his office. Is absolutely immune from prosecution. They are essentially arguing that donald trump is above the law and if that sounds familiar to you, it should. It is what Richard Nixon asserted after watergate. That means it is not illegal, by definition, exactly. I have expert guests tonight to weigh in on t
President has violated a gag order and found him in contempt of court. Hes fined a total of 9,000 for nine breaches. 0ur North America correspondent nada tawfik has the latest from outside the court in new york. Tell us about the fine and the comments when issuing the find. Yeah. Well, matthew, we had been waiting for the judge to rule on this request from prosecutors to hold donald trump in contempt of court. He rejected donald trump was not lawyers that the post his Campaign Website were responding to political attacks. He found in only one of the ten instances that there was a tenuous correlation as he put it to some remarks by one of the key witnesses in this trial, Michael Cohen. 0therwise witnesses in this trial, Michael Cohen. Otherwise he sided with prosecutors that donald trump had wilfully violated a gag water nine out of ten times. Under new york law, he is only able to find donald trump 1000 per violation. He did that but also said given donald trump is wealthy he might not
Futures. Im maria bartiromo. Breaking news as the u. S. Responds to irans aggression. Iran launching a direct attack on israel, over 300 missiles and drones launched with israels iron dome knocking down 9 of the attacks, inter 99 of the attacks before they arrived in israel. Coming up, the speaker of the house, mike johnson, on the next stepses as a lawmakers expect to the vote on a Security Package for israel and ukraine this week. The speaker is here exclusively on israel, ukraine and the u. S. Border. Then, former director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe on the dangerous global backdrop under President Joe Biden. Plus, senator rand paul is here on the response in the senate and the covid coverup. Why 15 federal agencies were aware of Gain Of Function Research being done at the wuhan lab in china before covid leaked and spread across the world killing millions. Plus, tomorrow is tax day in america. House ways and Means Committee chairman jason smith on why the irs is auditing
Finish. Maria good sunday morning, everyone. Thanks very much for joining us this morning. Welcome to sunday morning futures. Im maria bartiromo. Breaking news as the u. S. Responds to irans aggression. Iran launching a direct attack on israel, over 300 missiles and drones launched with israels iron dome knocking down 9 of the attacks, inter 99 of the attacks before they arrived in israel. Coming up, the speaker of the house, mike johnson, on the next stepses as a lawmakers expect to the vote on a Security Package for israel and ukraine this week. The speaker is here exclusively on israel, ukraine and the u. S. Border. Then, former director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe on the dangerous global backdrop under President Joe Biden. Plus, senator rand paul is here on the response in the senate and the covid coverup. Why 15 federal agencies were aware of gain of function research being done at the wuhan lab in china before covid leaked and spread across the world killing millions.
Futures. Im maria bartiromo. Breaking news as the u. S. Responds to irans aggression. Iran launching a direct attack on israel, over 300 missiles and drones launched with israels iron dome knocking down 9 of the attacks, inter 99 of the attacks before they arrived in israel. Coming up, the speaker of the house, mike johnson, on the next stepses as a lawmakers expect to the vote on a Security Package for israel and ukraine this week. The speaker is here exclusively on israel, ukraine and the u. S. Border. Then, former director of National Intelligence John Ratcliffe on the dangerous global backdrop under President Joe Biden. Plus, senator rand paul is here on the response in the senate and the covid coverup. Why 15 federal agencies were aware of Gain Of Function Research being done at the wuhan lab in china before covid leaked and spread across the world killing millions. Plus, tomorrow is tax day in america. House ways and Means Committee chairman jason smith on why the irs is auditing