New testimony of the alleged criminal conspiracy to help elect donald trump. Trump turned to the business at hand and asked david pecker, how is our girl . Argument for absolute immunity goes before the Supreme Court. This court never recognized criminal immunity for any public official. A private attorney who was willingly to spearhead his challenges to the election results. What was up for the party with president nixon . If everybody thought president s couldnt be prosecuted, then what was that about. If it feels completely,s because we destroyed our own democracy. Rachel maddow, Nicolle Wallace troy reed, lawrence odonnell, ari melber, all here as Msnbc Special Coverage Of Trump On Trial begins. Who has the time . Who has the time . You are telling me that simultaneously we have nearly three hours of Oral Argument at the United States Supreme Court of the former president claiming he is immune from prosecution for any crime he did while president and debt the exact same time he is
Justices seem divided as they debated trumps Immunity Claim for his role in attempting to overturn the 2020 election. Youll hear their remarks with one justice raising concerns that shielding president s from prosecution could turn the oval office into a seat of criminality. Plus, this morning, former National Enquirer publisher david pecker is set to return to the stand in the hush money case with Defense Attorneys continuing their crossexamination. Good morning. Welcome to morning joe. It is friday, april 26th. With us, former white house Director Of Communications for president obama, jennifer palmieri. Cohost of the podcast how to win 2024. Rogers chair and the american presidency at vanderbilt university, historian jon meacham. And our legal analyst, former litigaor and msnbc Legal Correspondent lisa rubin. Former u. S. Attorney and msnbc contributor barbara mcquade. Good morning to you all. Lets dive right in with yesterdays historic day at the Supreme Court where the justices he
Hi, everyone. Its 4 00 in new york and it is all happening today. We are picking up our special coverage of the tangled legal web now being faced by the four times indicted expresident donald trump today. A collision of two of his criminal cases with massive consequences, not just for the man, the party he leads, but also for the presidency. Our countrys democracy. The Supreme Court heard arguments this morning on trumps claim of president ial immunity leaving the fate and timing of the federal Election Interference trial, a big blank Open Question for now, but what is happening at this hour and what is certain is that the trial that could end up being the only criminal trial that expresident faces before americans go to the polls again in 2024 is the one brought by alvin bragg over falsifying Business Records to cover up hush money to a porn star and keep that silent ahead of a national election. Former National Enquirer ceo david pecker is still on the stand and hes being cross exami
The Us Supreme Court or historic arguments are about to unfold testing former president Donald Trumps unprecedented claim of absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for his attempts to overturn his 2020 election defeat. The hub couldnt determine if the Presumptive Republican president ial nominees federal election subversion trial happens before this year is 2024. Election or at all . Im Kaitlan Collins outside of the high court and im Anderson Cooper over looking at Manhattan Criminal Courthouse while the Supreme Court hears trumps Immunity Case the former president is here in New York City in the midst of His First Criminal Trial For Hush Money Scheme allegedly aimed at helping his 2016 president ial campaign the leadoff witness, former National Enquirer executive david pecker resumes his testimony soon, recovering. Both of these monumental cases in the hours ahead. Im jake tapper in washington and this is cnn Special Coverage, the trump Immunity Battle at the Us Supreme Court ab
The stand as he has been all week. Hes been testifying for the first time today. About a key figure in the case, Adult Film Star In Director Stormy Daniels, keep watching your screen for updates from inside the courtroom. They are are there are there and that side of the screen were bringing you the reports from our reporters. Lets bring in cnn, Senior Supreme Court analyst, Joan Biskupic, who was actually inside the High Court Today as the Oral Arguments played out, joan, what stood out to you and was there anything that you would be able to discern that we just hearing it would not well, first of all, it was incredibly griffin right there in the room. Jake, i cannot i cannot overstate just spence going into it and then just hearing those questions realizing the direction they were going, which is much further in a direction than i think any of us might have predicted. Just to talk about some of the people in the room. Jack smith is sitting there at the same table as Michael Driven, w