come forward. that is why the statute of limitations laws are so important to get opportunity for women who are not able to come forth, shortly after the incidents. i think it sends an important message to women across the country, that there is an opportunity for justice, even if the person at the other table in the courtroom is as rich, powerful and famous, you can achieve justice in the united states. i really hope this goes to other states, that could get potentially similar laws, which give women the opportunity to come forward, even if sometimes. molly, it appears this verdict as we saw, with the reaction in that crowd, the town hall, we ll have little impact on the gop primary, at least that is what i believe. when you consider a majority of trump s own rivals refusing to condemn his actions, it is hard to imagine the base would either. if he secures the party s nomination, though, could this
commentary there from mali is that your dog that s weighing in on that? that s mine. renata, your dog is agreeing with you. let me ask you this, molly. if the shoe is on the other foot, do you think democrats are sounding the alarm so loudly. what i mean by that is it was a democratic member of the supreme court or liberal leading justices to the supreme court. i can t even begin to imagine the investigations and the impeachment hearings and all the challenges that republicans would be throwing and just making a kerfuffle about. if it were that case. here is a completely much more extreme case than i think democrats are totally not addressing head on. , yeah, i think would be benghazi times 11. if look what they re doing overlapped of the doesn t even belong to a government
carroll had won the case, her initial reaction was stunned and disbelief. that quickly morphed to deep satisfaction. quote, finally, said boris. he is officially an actual predator. let s discuss now with molly don, host of the fast politics podcast and special correspondent for vanity fair. not already, former prosecutor and legal affairs columnist with political, and carolyn, a former federal prosecutor and msnbc legal analyst. great to have all three of you with us. carol, let start with you. legally speaking here, or does it mean for a former president to be held liable in a civil court of law for sexual abuse? well, it doesn t mean that they can continue running for president, even if it was a criminal conviction, he could continue running for president as long as it is not a conviction for treason. but what this does do of course is create something of a drag on his candidacy.
doj is increasingly willing to investigate that. jack smith is taking a look at the trump campaign and some of the trump entities. here, garden-variety fraud is preferred. basically saying give money to my campaign. instead, he was having donors put money into a company the money wasn t going to his campaign it was going to as you saw his own personal let s talk kevin mccarthy here molly because as i mentioned, you ve got santos editing a case in brazil involving a pair of shoes that are stolen checkbook from way back in 2008. he is a confess criminal. that is what george santos has confessed to. and yet, kevin mccarthy on the sidelines here. not calling on santos to resign. he says he won t support his reelection. he s not calling on him to resign. will the continued public embarrassment have any impact or is this all a numbers game for speaker kevin mccarthy
difficult to figure out whether any rules actually do apply to the supreme court. they are a separate branch of government. if you really want to get down to brass tacks and status this committee have the ability to subpoena these records, i think the answer is ultimately going to be yes but probably not without a lot of discomfort about the court that has made that final decision. molly, what the hell is going on the supreme court of the united states of america? you ve got in recent weeks. this is just i don t know if this is newer for just finding out about this in this practice for years or decades. you ve got neil gorsuch. john roberts. both not the subject of not-so-positive headlines. gorsuch for selling property to the head of a law firm with business before the court. roberts for his wife s finances. what is going on with the scotus conservatives. i think it s fair to say this exercise in self policing but the supreme court is what we doing has failed.