his campaign year with a full throated accusation saying the former president is quote willing to sacrifice democracy to put himself in power. and the latest batch of unlocked documents of jeffrey epstein. we begin with breaking news. the supreme court agreeing to review the colorado supreme court decision which labels the former president an insurrectionist and bars him from the ballot. it comes on the eve of the anniversary. trump won t do what an american president must do. he refuses to denounce political violence. so hear me clearly. i ll say what donald trump won t. political violence is never ever acceptable in the united states. political violence. never, never, never. it has no place in a democracy. none. the former president for his part is campaigning in iowa where he said in so many words i know you are but what am i. joe biden is a threat to democracy. he is weaponnizing law enforcement for a high level election interference. that is why crooked joe is st
wondering what crazy thing the president of the united states had done or said the night before. and ask yourself, is that going to calm the country? is that going to stabilize the future? biden has to make this case and he has to do it on a daily basis. thank you. now, the former president campaigning in iowa where just a bit ago, he fired back at president biden. details from kristin holmes. so, kristin, what did the former president have to say? reporter: he didn t take on biden s threats, arguments that he was a threat to democracy. he tried to make this about issues like immigration and the economy. that is the fight he wants to take on. when he talked about the president, he called him names. he didn t go after any of the substance of the speech. but went after the event as a whole. take a listen. the caucuses were going to
his royal highness. donald trump and the two high-profile attorneys, none of them been accuse of wrong doing. trump once told new york magazine about epstein. he s a lot of fun to be with and even said he likes beautiful women as much as i do and many of them are on the younger side. federal investigators had identified at least 36 girls and were still building their case when suddenly in 2007, epstein madede a sweetheart deal. this non-prosecution agreement allowed him to plead guilty to a lesser charge, just two prostitution charges in state court and register as a sex offender. he would serve just 13 months in county jail. the deal also granted immunity to any potential coconspirator. none of those people were identified, leaving many to wonder if other powerful people were having sex with underage girls at epstein s homes.
two days. we have been reading this latest batch and joins us with details. anything new? what did you learn? a little more about the orbit that jeffrey epstein lived in. some of these famous faces he was associated with. there was an employee of his who gave a deposition in the case and what he testified, too, is that he recalled seen having dinner with donald trump at jeffrey epstein s, in his kitchen in palm beach. he also testified that he met bill clinton on a plane and on a different plane trip, he met prince andrew. now trump and bill clinton have not been accused of any wrong doing in this case and clinton s team says he hasn t had contact with him in 20 years. prince andrew reached a settlement with the accuser in this case. and he has denied any wrongdoing. but there are other names that came up in this document dump today. it just said he had called for
wanted to quickly get out as they did, taking the case and we will iron out some things later. i m sure they saw this marching toward them. now they are ready to act swiftly on it and i think they realized the moment for them themselves. that however they rule, they will set a tone for how to regard democratic norms as we are on the eve of such an important set of primaries. then the ultimate election in november of this year. joan, paula, thanks. more perspective from karen and jennifer. and rick, author of the soon to be published new book, a real right to vote. how a constitutional amendment can safeguard american democracy. so, jennifer, you have oral arguments scheduled to begin february 8th. what does the timing look like to you? it is obvious the court wanted to jump in quickly. everyone is talking about the