Justices seem divided as they debated trumps Immunity Claim for his role in attempting to overturn the 2020 election. Youll hear their remarks with one justice raising concerns that shielding president s from prosecution could turn the oval office into a seat of criminality. Plus, this morning, former National Enquirer publisher david pecker is set to return to the stand in the hush money case with Defense Attorneys continuing their crossexamination. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. It is friday, april 26th. With us, former white house Director Of Communications for president obama, jennifer palmieri. Cohost of the podcast how to win 2024. Rogers chair and the american presidency at vanderbilt university, historian jon meacham. And our legal analyst, former litigaor and msnbc Legal Correspondent lisa rubin. Former u. S. Attorney and msnbc contributor barbara mcquade. Good morning to you all. Lets dive right in with yesterdays historic day at the Supreme Court where the justices he
Good day, i am Chris Jansing along with my colleague katy tour. This is a historic day for america. A fair and functioning judicial system. Today in two courtrooms, two very Different Cases but with one central character, donald trump and one central question. Will there be consequences for his alleged attempts to break the law either now or in the future if hes reelected. Here in New York City, also even more testimony from david pecker and the Hush Money Trial about the lengths to which he, donald trump and Michael Cohen, went to protect his image during the 2016 campaign. Were going to tell you exactly what he testified to along with a phone call that david pecker says he received from donald trump three days before the 2016 election. Also, how donald trump is reacting and he was reacting. At the same time, in washington, the Supreme Court spent hours hashing out Donald Trumps claims of president ial immunity. The questions of whether a future president is Above The Law threatening
Hi, everyone. Its 4 00 in new york and it is all happening today. We are picking up our special coverage of the tangled legal web now being faced by the four times indicted expresident donald trump today. A collision of two of his criminal cases with massive consequences, not just for the man, the party he leads, but also for the presidency. Our countrys democracy. The Supreme Court heard arguments this morning on trumps claim of president ial immunity leaving the fate and timing of the federal Election Interference trial, a big blank Open Question for now, but what is happening at this hour and what is certain is that the trial that could end up being the only criminal trial that expresident faces before americans go to the polls again in 2024 is the one brought by alvin bragg over falsifying Business Records to cover up hush money to a porn star and keep that silent ahead of a national election. Former National Enquirer ceo david pecker is still on the stand and hes being cross exami
Everything by a lot. Some Construction Workers earlier today, john, we could see the former president walking back into the courtroom shortly. We will have that for our viewers welcome to our two of America Reports America Reports im sandra smith. John im john roberts and with dana perino earlier today someone must have been listening because i think it was little more than a week ago she said trump is stuck in new york which does not mean he needs to be off the campaign trail. There are plenty of things he could do just go around the city and see people and say hi. Sandra out he went. John suddenly out he went. Prosecutors have shifted testimony with david pecker to Stormy Daniels the adult film actress who claims she was paid off keeping quiet on her alleged affair with President Trump. Soon trump esteem will get to crossexamine pecker from all the angles. Standing by with analysis but nate foy is live outside the new york state Supreme Court. Nate what has come of the testimony supp
The stand as he has been all week. Hes been testifying for the first time today. About a key figure in the case, Adult Film Star In Director Stormy Daniels, keep watching your screen for updates from inside the courtroom. They are are there are there and that side of the screen were bringing you the reports from our reporters. Lets bring in cnn, Senior Supreme Court analyst, Joan Biskupic, who was actually inside the High Court Today as the Oral Arguments played out, joan, what stood out to you and was there anything that you would be able to discern that we just hearing it would not well, first of all, it was incredibly griffin right there in the room. Jake, i cannot i cannot overstate just spence going into it and then just hearing those questions realizing the direction they were going, which is much further in a direction than i think any of us might have predicted. Just to talk about some of the people in the room. Jack smith is sitting there at the same table as Michael Driven, w