joining us to break this down, andrew weissman, an nbc news contributor. what are the top lines of the ruling, the 57-page ruling that has a lot of information in it. good morning, josé. it sure does. this is an unsigned ruling by a three-judge panel of two, appointed by democrats and one appointed by a republican. a unanimous ruling that rejected trump s arguments about why he should be immune as acts of a president. and quoted from an 1882 supreme court decision that says all officers from the government from the highest to the lowest are creatures of the law and bound to obey it. and the judges added it would be a striking paradox that the president with the duty to take care the laws be faithfully executed is the sole officer of defying those laws with impunity. the opinion makes clear other presidents assumed they could be prosecuted, and therefore ford pardoned nixon for the watergate crimes after leaving office, and this is the first time a court has ever rendered t
There is a possibility they may see some opportunity for some immunity for some president ial decisions. If they decide it that way, it may have to go back down to the District Court which could cause further delay. I appreciate you not being sidetracked by somebody who apparently wants to scream louder than anybody else. Catherine, the lower courts have been unanimous that trump cannot claim immunity. Does that tell you something . I cant imagine theyre going to say a former president has absolute immunity for criminal acts. What will be a win for donald trump is if theyre saying were sending it back to judge chutkan to determine which, if any he would have immunity for and which he would not. Thats a win because that would delay the trial, which is already delayed. So what of course obviously jack smith and Special Counsel is hoping for, a majority of the court will just say, no, absolute immunity from Criminal Prosecution for a former president and clearly jack smith would say this
hotels, escorts and cars, instead of paying his taxes. how he s responding. plus, police revealing that the professor behind a deadly nevada college shooting had a target list, along with 150 rounds of ammunition. what former students are sharing about his history of what they call peculiar behavior. we re now hearing from north dakota senator kevin cramer after his son was charged in a police chase that ended with the death of a sheriff s deputy. and the new information on why police say a man fired a shotgun and yelled free palestine outside a synagogue in upstate new york with a day care inside, and the terrifying moment that is put a nearby hospital into lockdown. we begin with news that president biden s son is facing an expansive new indictment on tax charges. nbc s tom winter is following this story for us. we heard from hunter biden, rare today, he basically says this is political, aimed at his father. tell us about the details in this indictment, and what else
to hear from him and his attorney in real time is different than what we have seen previously this week. blayne alexander, thanks to you. let s bring in our panel. ken dilanian, former u.s. attorneys joyce vance and harry litman. what are the next steps? there s a hearing on monday. yeah. the next steps are, how is this case scheduled? one of the co-defendants, ken chesebro asked for a speedy trial. we talked to legal experts. they don t believe this will be the first case that goes to trial. the new york case is scheduled for march. on monday, the judge in d.c. will set a trial day for the election suppression case brought by the special counsel which only donald trump is a defendant there. that can get to trial faster than this massive racketeering case in atlanta.