Teams prior claim that he cant be prosecuted even if he assassinated, killed, assassinated his political rivals. Could a president who ordered s. E. A. L. Team six to assassinate a political rival, who was not impeached, would he be subject to criminal prosecution. If he were impeached and convicted first so your answer is no. Today trumps lawyers argued, quote, a former president enjoys absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for his official acts. They also tried to argue that Holding President accountable for his crimes would somehow cripple the office. Quote, a denial of criminal immunity would incapacitate every future president with De Facto Black Mail and extorsion. The key to trumps argument is his claim that trying to overturn the election was part of his official Amitriptyline Acts as president , a claim that is absolute nonsense. Trumps filing comparing january 6th to clintons airstrikes in the middle east, bushs search for weapons of mass destruction and even president
Good day, im Chris Jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. President biden is kicking his campaign into high gear as he and his team launch a Massive Travel Blitz with headlines calling him fiery, forceful, and the cash pouring in to amp up staffing in battleground states. We are live on the ground with a look at how that message will move from a Speech On Capitol Hill out into america and directly to voters. Plus, a big legal move and a new indication Donald Trumps e. Jean carroll case is far from over. The former president posting a 91. 63 million bond today as he files official notice to appeal his Defamation Verdict. What it means for the case and trumps fortune. And the u. S. Militarys Osprey Aircraft are now cleared for takeoff. The Navy Deeming The Fleet safe to fly after a series of fatal crashes. What allowed the return to the skies and what it means for the military. So much to get to on this friday, but we begin with a campaign of contrast. Joe biden and donald
That is the for us tonight. Tonight we begin with an msnbc exclusive interview with my colleague and host of the saturday and sunday shows, Jonathan Capehart, and President Biden. This comes as the president and the former President Trump are holding dueling rallies, resenting two radically different visions of america. After both scoring big wins on the super tuesday. Both biden and expresident s campaigns are gearing up for a close race in the battleground state. The margin was so tight in georgia in 2020 that trump was indicted for pressuring the Secretary Of State to find him more votes. Jonathan, the president discussed a wide variety of issues including his fight for reproductive access, the israel hamas war, and comments about the socalled crime wave on the border. Here is a clip from the interview. What is your redline with Prime Minister . Do you have a redline . Invasion of russia, would you urge him not to do that . Would that be a Redline Practice it is a redline but i am n
their middle names is honor of alex s late mother, maria. congratulations to the entire family. we are thrilled for you, and to have another dolphins and heat fan in the world. shot out to alex. in the lead with jake tapper starts right now. anger and defiance and denial. the biden damage control strategy in the wake of that special counsel report. the lead starts right now. kamala harris is leading the charge to defend president biden. there is a report that makes serious allegations about biden s diminished faculties and faulty memory. he went before cameras yesterday to disprove the point and ended up calling the president of egypt the president of mexico. what is the plan to show that biden is on the ball? plus, paging nikki haley. it is not as a former president trump, three years younger than biden is avoiding criticism. he called the president of hungary the president of turkey. he confused nikki haley with nancy pelosi. does the governor have the point about the
parents can be held criminally liable for their child s violent crimes. the lead starts right now. closing arguments are underway at this moment in the case of the michigan school shooters mother. will the jurors convict after prosecutors argued she was a negligent parent before that massacre. plus, major breaking news in donald trump s 2020 election interference trial. why a judge has now canceled the start date that was just a month away. speaking of the former president s many legal issues, what led him to throw papers across a table and storm out during a deposition? conservative lawyer, george conway, is here to tell us all about it. welcome to the lead. today we start with our law and justice lead at the historic trial for the parent of a mass shooter that killed four classmates in 2021. right now closing arguments are in the way in the jennifer crumley s trial and she faces four counts of involuntary manslaughter. earlier today she faced an aggressive cross-exami