it s always good to see you. happy new year, by the way, it s not too light to say happy new year. it is not, the whole month of january, as far as i am concerned. the whole 2024 will be, you can see it, but my fingers are crossed. from your mouth to my ears, have a good show. and tonight, donald trump s criminal defense team is renewing its requests for judge tanya chutkan to hold special counsel jack smith in contempt of court. with the election interference case currently on hold while trump s immunity claims get worked out in a federal appeals court, trump s lawyers lot of activity in the case halted, even the routine filing of documents which jack smith s team has said is permissible because it does not require the trump team to do anything. the motion to punish a jack smith for something that he is not prohibitive from even doing is yet another example of how donald trump has always referred to live in the world of alternative facts. with that strategy, it s on
liable for everything he did while he was in office. didn t get away with anything yet. we have a criminal justice system in this country. we have civil litigation. and former presidents are not immune from being accountable by either one. even mitch mcconnell knew back in 2021 that trump can face criminal charges. well, now, trump s lawyer is making the absurd argument that a president can commit all kinds of heinous crimes and remain immune from prosecution forever. unless he s impeached and convicted. also tonight, trump s rhetoric is having dangerous consequences. as both special counsel jack smith and judge tanya chutkan are targets of swatting. and trump s big hope for 2024, he says he hopes the u.s. economy crashes some time soon. which of course, would leave huge numbers of his maga supporters jobless and broke. but we begin tonight with a hypothetical question. could a sitting president sell pardons or military secrets or order the navy seals to assassinate a
killed in 2018 in the deadliest attack on the jewish community in our nation s history. this hour, trump-appointed florida district judge aileen cannon issues her first order in the former president s classified documents case as trump ramps up his attacks on the justice department and calls again for the case to be thrown out. attorney general merrick garland making a major announcement after doj s review of the minneapolis police department in the aftermath of the death of george floyd. george floyd should be alive today. the patterns and practices we observed made what happened to george floyd possible. as one city leader told us, quote, these systemic issues didn t just occur on may 25, 2020. president biden will speak at an event in connecticut to tackle the rise in gun violence and will be joined by gaby giffords. i will speak to chris murphy who will also be in attendance. hello and thank you for joining us. i m ryan nobles in washington. andrea is on assignm
cover and lots to go over. campaigner in chief president biden back on the campaign trail on a state he flipped from a donald trump when. his presidential pitch to voters ahead in a live report. plus a special counsel jack smith in new jersey state of mind? what happened to trump s mar-a-lago balms and bathrooms might not stay there when it comes to missing classified documents in an alleged cover-up. a power panel is standing by to go in-depth on the many criminal and civil case is straining the twice impeached, twice indicted next term president. and threes a crowd the growing effort to stop a third party cabinet from hurting biden s chances at reelection. former senator doug jones joins me live to talk about the alliance between democrats and never trumpers. all of that and more is coming up. . a good sunday morning to you, i m katie phang. we start this with a presidents pitch for another term. president biden officially kicked off his reelection campaign saturday in pe
this is the katie phang show, live from miami, florida. we have lots of news to cover and lots of questions to answer. so, let s get started. classified chaos! and the smoking gun in the damning classified documents indictment against former president, donald trump, is so sensitive his lawyers have to get special security clearance. plus, the twice impeached now twice indicted one term disgraced ex president cannot stop incriminating himself. my question is, what does all of this mean for the special counsel s case? msnbc legal analyst and friends of the show, joyce vance, joins us in just a few minutes to break this case down like only she can. plus, karma. 30 plus years after trump slashed for placed ads in the new pay for the central park 51 of the now central park 51 of the now exonerated young man has a lot to say about the presidents legal troubles. and his own plans to bring leaders to his community. use of salaam joins us live coming up. later, turning tragedy into tr