out of the supreme court breaking news about this, this drug it is called mifepristone. it is a pale about the size of an aspirin and it is the first of two pills used in the most commo form of abortion here in the united states. it s medication abortion it is safe it is effective. and it is significantly less invasive than a surgical abortion and if you have been following the news, you would know tha, am -appointed federal judge i texas ruled that despite thi drug being used safely for 2 years now, the fda was wrong t approve the drug and his ruling had the potential to take the drug off the market altogether. so, tonight s decision from th supreme court was pretty clear it means this will not happen, at least not yet the supreme court issued wha is known as a stay, meanin they are effectively blockin that texas judges decision while this case is appeale through our court system maybe even all the way back to the supreme court down the roa now, the lower court battle is c
supreme court was pretty clear it means this will not happen, at least not yet the supreme court issued wha is known as a stay, meanin they are effectively blockin that texas judges decision while this case is appeale through our court system maybe even all the way back to the supreme court down the roa now, the lower court battle is complicated and we the, and ma lead to some chaos down th line for mifepristone access and we are going to talk t experts about that in just a moment but for now, for tonight, this drug is still widely available so, on a practical level, that is where we are. the question is, on a lega level, tonight s ruling is als quite interesting. there s a majority of justices who approved tonight s stay. but at least two did not that s justice clarence thomas said that he would have denied this day he did not explain why it was just a single line in this ruling that says he disagrees. and justice samuel alito wrote a full dissent, we are going t ask our e
second day of questioning. considering that the fbi tha epshteyn has epshteyn phone another possibility is that da two of questioning is focuse on the mar-a-lago investigatio in which epshteyn also played key role joining us now is former federal prosecutor and legal analyst this chandler ru week. greatly appreciate your time let s talk about that second revelation the fact that he was there for two days why do you think prosecutors i needed two days to interview mr. epstein epshteyn and how significant is the fact, that, as abc news was reporting, tha the special counsel himself, jack smith, sat in on a portio of that interview? i think it really highlight how important of a witness someone like epshteyn could be because he s right at trump side and, as he boldly asserted, he s fully aware of the efforts, with regard to the fraudulen
this country are the ones that actually run elections governors sign the elector certificates congress certifies the electoral votes. but it makes sense that he sai that because, not long after that remark, we actually learne that mr. epshteyn was involved in the fake elector plot t assign electoral votes to trum in seventh he had actually lost there s also been reporting about the attempt to sea fraudulent electors. is that something you ever worked on or something that yo would support, for example, in michigan yes, i was part of th process to make sure there wer alternate electors, to mak sure - everything that was done was done legally by the trump lega team, according to the rules and under the leadership o rudy giuliani. all under the leadership of rudy giuliani. a lot of people watched that interview, including prosecutors in georgia, wh quickly subpoenas epshteyn ove his direct involvement wit
this fake elector plot and two weeks later, the fbi seized his phone and all of this context is actually important because yesterday federal prosecutor in the special counsel s off us they interviewed epshteyn for multiple hours abc news reported that, quote, the interview was largel focused on efforts by trump an his allies to overturn trump s 2020 election loss now, with even more revealin about this interview as ab reports that special counsel jack smith actually sat himsel in on a portion of the interview. that s not common. and it s sort of a big deal. you know what else is also a big deal today, boris epshtey reportedly went back in for second day of questioning. considering that the fbi tha epshteyn has epshteyn phone another possibility is that da two of questioning is focuse on the mar-a-lago investigatio in which epshteyn also played key role