hu. if you know you know. thank you for jojoining me t to. i i ll see youou next satuturda 8:00 a.m. smerconish is up next. there s an election coming, but you ll never hear jack smith say so. the supreme court is about to have more influence on the outcome of a presidential election than at any time since is the 2000 decision in bush verv. gore. jack smith asked the court to bypass the appellate level and make a decision about whether donald trump is entitled to immunity. and separately, this week they agreed to hear a challenge to a law used to prosecute hundreds of january 6th defendants for obstructing or impeding an official proceedingsing, which could impact smith s prosecution against trump on those charges. here s what s interesting to me. nowhere in the government s petition is there any specific reference to the 2024 presidential election, but that s clear ly what is driving smith s request. in making his case, here s what he told the court. quote, this case prese
blame january 6th on trump, the man who called the rally goers to washington, then told them to march down to the capitol. told the rioters he loved them, said he was coming with them. meanwhile, 64% of them blame left-wing activists like antifa who were not there. sergeant says while the results may seem like a no brainer, right, they pose a real threat. he writes this. quote. those views add up to something truly toxic. the belief that the election was stolen and the simultaneous refusal to assign accountability for an effort to violently overthrow our constitutional order suggests right-wing propaganda may be softening the ground for a more concerted abandonment of democracy going forward. the very real threat of right-wing disinformation is where we start this hour with some of our favorite reporters and friends. matthew dowd is here, political strad gist and founder of country over pare. joining us john heilemann, msnbc