legal analyst. of course, the one and only, rick wilson, cofounder of the lincoln project, republican media strategist. welcome to all of you. he is also the author of run against the devil, a plot to save america from trump and democrats from themselves. i love that one. so, barbara, let s start with you. will the supreme court be forced to weigh in on trump s ballot eligibility? i think that s the driving question right now. i think so. i don t know how they dodged this. in light of the fact that we have seen different opinions now coming out of different states. i think, ultimately, there is a risk that we get this patchwork of eligibility that s different in all 50 states. even that each state gets to decide procedurally how they handle ballot questions, the substance of who is eligible is really a question for the u.s. supreme court interpreting the 14th amendment, it s a question. i think most people expect that the court might find some procedural off-ramp to avoid a
republican party is once again siding with lawless insurrectionists mob. crimes. today, bragg s office responded calling that republican letter unprecedented and writing, quote, the letter only came after donaldok trump created a hmvuit(sáqxd expectation that hd be arrested the next day, and his lawyers reportedly urged you to intervene. neither fact is illegitimate basis for congressional inquiry. ñrcongresswoman zoe lofgren,ñi e served on the january six committee and she joins me now. odzcongresswoman, it s great to see you. what is your reaction at this9■ point to all of this coming from kevin and!u■ marjorie taylr greeneq involving ashley?;■ babbitt s mother and those insurrectionists who are now ini jail? á well, i don t know. i mean, i wasn t in on the meetingçó between babbitt si] mother and the speaker. ñiobviously, this woman was killedq. itn( sad and she lostc her life because she wasxdu researched. so, we laid everything out. the videos, the doc
lot of mothers of young black men killed by police out there who would love to sit down with the speaker of the house and talk about police reform. so, why don t y all just call the speaker up and ask for a meeting? or is mccarthy only interested in throwing red meat to the part of his base that s sympathetic to the mob? or trying to make amends with them, after he said babbitt s shooting was justified just a few weeks ago? one of the first things marjorie taylor greene said that ashley babbitt was murdered. do you think ashley babbitt was murdered or you do you think the police officer who shot her was doing his job? i think the police officer did his job. for her part, ashley babbitt s mother said she spoke to mccarthy about those comments, specifically. i called thought speaker mccarthy was delightful and i know i would imagine you were upset when he said that the cops who shot your daughter was doing his job. did you discuss that specifically? we did. and wh
for accountability. you know, not only trying to secure the testimony of mike pence and he will succeed. mike pence will see the inside of a grand jury room, and he will be compelled to testify, because his attempt at asserting these privileges will fail, and then equally dramatic is jack smith s attempt to basically flip donald trump s own defense attorney, evan corcoran, against him, because it looks like, according to a finding by chief judge, merrill howell, that donald trump was using evan corcoran in furtherance of submitting crimes. so, the only remaining question, michael, is, was evan corcoran complicit in the crimes or was he being used unwittingly? if unwittingly, he has no fifth amendment right against self incrimination. if he is complicit, he will fleet plead the fifth. didn t jack smith will have a decision to make. do i even corcoran and compel him to testify about the crimes of trump or do i prosecute corcoran? so, that piece is probably
secure the testimony of mike pence and he will succeed. mike pence will see the inside of a grand jury room, and he will be compelled to testify, because his attempt at asserting these privileges will fail, and then equally dramatic is jack smith s attempt to basically flip donald trump s own defense attorney, evan corcoran, against him, because it looks like, according to a finding by chief judge, merrill howell, that donald trump was using evan corcoran in furtherance of submitting crimes. so, the only remaining question, michael, is, was evan corcoran complicit in the crimes or was he being used unwittingly? if unwittingly, he has no fifth amendment right against self incrimination.