of morality. televangelist pat robertson, famous for blaming gay people for 9/11, and black people for hurricanes, is dead. but his legacy of shattering the lines between church and state lives on in the quixotic presidential candidacy of mike pence. also tonight, i want to tell you about an under the radar supreme court case that could affect where special counsel jack smith brings criminal charges. as we await the possible indictment of donald trump. and surprise, chief justice john roberts and justice brett kavanaugh come to the defense of voting rights in an important victory for voters in alabama. so what happens now for all the other efforts to redraw maps to marginalize voters of color? but we begin tonight with the supreme court. there was a surprising decision today reaffirming the landmark voting rights act, and we re going to get to that a bit later. but i want to start with a lesser known case that is still awaiting a ruling by the highest court in the lan
biden administration if you flip on trump. that is not what the allegation actually factually is. it s that he brought up the fact that he was interested in a judgeship in talking with him about the potential cooperation of trump s valet. talk a little bit about that. because that doesn t sound like misconduct to me, but i m not a justice department lawyer. no, but you re right. let me say this. i was at the justice department for two years. i worked directly with jay bratt. i know jay bratt to be a meticulous, a thoughtful, a by the book prosecutor. and joy, i m not telling you what i heard. i m telling you what i know. so i just i take with a grain of salt what individuals told hugo. not his reporting but the people who told him that. i think what s happening here is the typical donald trump playbook of trying to distract