michelle goldberg, thank you for your time tonight, my friend. that is our show for this evening, now it s time for the last word with lawrence o donnell, good evening, lawrence. o donnell, good evening, lawrence. good evening, alex, we will be joined by a yale law professor who won t be elaborating on what hillary told you, what the supreme court might be doing, exactly about hillary clinton s idea in detail. it s of course on the supreme court argument. we have senator sheldon whitehouse but also, we have senator jon tester, and, alex, we know him as the mild mannered and, of course, toughest person in the united states senate, because he s an actual farmer. he has a majorly huge tractor, yes. he sent out an email today that begins with, i am sick of this bs. . so, i don t know. we might be getting gloves off. sounds testy. we ll find out what bs he s exactly into. that s coming up. keep it a family program tonight, lawrence, we ll be watching. thank you, alex
tonight on all in. enough, i said please don t be too nice. donald trump admits he crossed the line, but demands immunity, like a cop who gets away with breaking the law. the president of the united states, must have immunity. tonight, the dark implications of trump s new manifesto. then, the latest attack on e. jean carroll inside the trump defamation trial. plus. let s just wait and see what happens in new hampshire. if nikki haley wins new hampshire, that i think we ve got a race in our hands. if polling and new expectations settings for the next vote in new hampshire has global elites warned the indicted ex president. i don t think voting for trump s family values, but he wasn t wrong about some of these critical issues. all in starts right now. good evening from new york, i m chris hayes. we are awaiting a ruling from the d.c. circuit court of appeals on donald trump s audacious and a dangerous claim of near total presidential immunity, for crim
and could face no criminal accountability or prosecution, unless he was first successfully impeached and convicted. could a president ordered s. e. a. l. team six to assassinate a political rival? that s an official act, in order to s. e. a. l. team six? he would have to be, and would speedily be impeached and convicted before the criminal prosecution. but if you weren t? there would be no criminal prosecution, no criminal liability for that? in the chief justices opinion and our constitution, and in the plain language of the impeachment judgment clause, all clearly presuppose that what the founders were concerned about was not. i asked you a yes or no question. could a president who ordered s. e. a. l. team six to assassinate a political rival, who was not impeached, could he be subject to criminal prosecution? if he were impeached and convicted first. so your answer is? my answer is qualified yes. it was always clear that these weren t particularly s
weissmann, professor laurence tribe from harvard law school, glenn kirschner, who so valuable eat was in the room today during this argument, during which, i think even donald trump knows, the whole thing collapsed. the defense that could save him, the immunity defense collapsed before his eyes. when you re arguing about navy seal commandoes being able to assassinate your political rivals, i think you are not winning. i m a lay person, i can t wait to talk some more in your hour, but my layman s opinion is that that s not a winning strategy. you re halfway through law school, based on what you ve just said. i m learning from the best professors there. i will be watching tonight. have a good show. ight have donald trump endured the worst day of his life as a criminal defendant today. was donald trump s first time in a courtroom as a criminal defendants for anything other than his arrangements. donald trump was not allowed to speak, and we can only imagine the intensit
that is our show for this evening. now it is time for a special defendant trump addition of the last word, with lawrence o donnell. that starts right now. donald trump s principal occupation is defendant. he spent his first couple of years after leaving the presidency as a civil defendant, and then last year became a criminal defendant for the first time in his life on april 4th and just four months later. he became a criminal defendant for the fourth time in his life. it mantra jen, he can make two of the four criminal prosecutions he is facing disappear, but the rest of defendant trump s criminal and civil cases would simply be put on pause for four years. in june of this year donald trump will turn 78 years old. he could be convicted of crimes by then or shortly after, he is june 14th birthday. 78-year-old donald trump will appeal every criminal and civil verdict against him. the state and federal appeals court process could easily use up the rest of a 78 year old life.