why? because those who empowered this, ignored it, also empowered it, but all of them collectively. they are still in power and the rebuttal is proof that the big lie will not die. in their defense of trump you don t just see a disservice to justice but clear proof they are in service to him and his lies about the election. starting with their defense. trump didn t do anything wrong because the coup didn t happen. this is the same lame defense, the same people gave trump on that ukraine shakedown. well, ukraine didn t comply with putting out dirt on biden to get the meeting and other goodies from trump and the united states government so no harm. you know an act does not have to be completed for there to be a crime. right? a crime can be incomplete. aka attempted. for example, if i try to rob you but i fail, it s not okay. we all get this. and so do trump s defenders. but this is not about logic. ranking member chuck grassley s office put out this report, the president pro
rebuttal is proof that the big lie will not die. in their defense of trump you don t just see a disservice to justice but clear proof they are in service to him and his lies about the election. starting with their defense. trump didn t do anything wrong because the coup didn t happen. this is the same lame defense, the same people gave trump on that ukraine shakedown. well, ukraine didn t comply with putting out dirt on biden to get the meeting and other goodies from trump and the united states government so no harm. you know an act does not have to be completed for there to be a crime. right? a crime can be incomplete. aka attempted. for example, if i try to rob you but i fail, it s not okay. we all get this. and so do trump s defenders. but this is not about logic. ranking member chuck grassley s office put out this report, the president pro tempore emeritus of the senate defending trump s coup attempt multiple times as, ready? not unreasonable. do you think they would th
again. and good evening, welcome to politicsnation. tonight s lead, up close and personal. right now, i m reflecting on my exclusive interview this week with vice president kamala harris who i joined at the white house this week ahead of two events. the 60th anniversary of the march on washington, which i will be leading with ronald came the third and his beautiful active wife that on august 26th i will be meeting with them as head of national action network. and andrea waters, came head of the drum major institute. and then of course, the other event is the 2024 election. just 15 months away. and the heart of both matters are the dueling challenges that democrats face to both retain a black vote that appears to some jeopardy and to protect black voters against republican-led voter suppression efforts. and the growing dangers posed by the presidential candidacy of donald trump. so tonight appears to be on the cusp of a fourth indictment. possibly as early as next week
that s going to do it for me today. deadline: white house starts now. hi everyone. it s 4:00 in new york. i m ali velshi in for nicolle wallace. an incredibly important question looming over democracy, can presidents be held accountable for crimes committed in office. a unanimous ruling by the d.c. court of appeals rejected donald trump s claims of immunitity in the federal election case. the decision by the judges is a stinging rebuke of the ex-president in what has become a months long push to get the charges against him dismissed. in their ruling, the judges make the point that while donald trump is a former president of the united states, he is in the eyes of the law, just another criminal defendant. for the purposes of this criminal case, frp has become citizen trump with all the any executive immunity that may have protected him while he served as president no longer protects him in this prosecution. prosecuting presidents for things they did in office would have
you on mondays anymore. how come you re here? you know, there is stuff going on. thought it would be good to be in the chair today. can i say i listened to your debut deja news today which i loved. thank you very much. fantastic stuff. i had actually read something a little while ago. very brief about that episode. and loved it. anyway people should check it out. thank you very much first of all. very kind of you to say. i should credit you actually because it was an interview with a journalist and historian on your podcast which in part got isaac and i really interested in that topic. it is what put it on the table for us to consider as one of our episodes i love that. so you were part of the inspiration for doing that whole story. great. thank you, rachel. thanks, chris. much appreciate it. thanks to you at home for joining us this hour. very happy to have you here. as chris mentioned, we do have a new podcast that just launched the first episode today calle