manhattan courtroom, jonathan, and there is no sense in trying to minimize, the idea that his business, his ability to do business in a state where he believed he had made it cannot be overstated, that the potential consequences for him. but when you talk about the idea of immunity, this is something that overarches every other case that s out there. talk about that as a driving issue for donald trump the man and donald trump the candidate. there are a couple of things going on here at once. donald trump is personally aggrieved by this case in new york. people have told me hits close to home. new york is where he was born, and where he made his home until recently, founded his business, made his fortune. all of that is in jeopardy, and certainly a blow to his ego as well as certainly a blow to his wallet, and there s real doubt
it. so far we seem to do very well. are you going to be back in time for the e. jean carroll. that s another one, sponsored by reid hoffman. i never saw this woman in my life, other than a picture with her and her husband, jonathan lemire john johnson, she said horrible things about him. called him bad names. i have no idea we re hearing familiar themes from donald trump, but i think a key question that was asked just as we were going in was really the one of immunity. there were arguments on tuesday, a panel of judges listening to arguments, trump and his teams trying to make the case that while he was president, what he did was immune from prosecution. joining me, the host of way too early and politico bureau chief, jonathan lemire, throughout this as we have been watching what s going on in a
inside of the courtroom during that statement of his that he had an agenda against donald trump. so, you know, this is where donald trump, obviously is much is on the line that hasn t been outlined here. he is going to try to make the case for the future of his company, and we expect a press conference in which donald trump will be speaking to cameras again in just about a half hour from now. yeah, and not in iowa where you would expect a candidate to be just days before the caucuses. let s go back to the legal part of this. as an attorney, i wonder what your reaction is to the judge s decision to allow trump to speak? actually, i was surprised the judge even gave him a few minutes. if you remember, there were some e-mails before the trial, between the counsel for president trump and the judge in which the judge said, will he stick to making arguments, talking about the evidence that is admitted in the case. the attorneys for trump did not