so-called insurrectionist ban or whether the president incited an insurrection. they didn t narrow down the list of questions. so probably it is just too early. maybe we will get that order that will tell us. but, everything has to break the way of the challengers in order for trump to be off the ballot. there are just so many ways that the supreme court could decide to keep trump on the ballot. that the odds have got to be with trump here. but as i think about this, trump s opening argument is leave this to congress. that actually seems quite dangerous. let me run for office. let me win election. and come january 6, 2025, let s congress decide if i m eligible to run. that sounds like a recipe for real political instability. and i hope the supreme court is not going to embrace that argument. it would give them an out, but set up the country for a really dangerous period of time.
ahead of the third anniversary of january 6th. president biden will be delivering a speech on american democracy. he has been running these ads that position trump to a threat to democracy. do you think that is the strongest opening argument for him? it is absolutely the strongest opening argument. for the most part because it is the argument that joe biden made when he announced he was running for president way back in 2019. one thing that we know about presidential candidates that are successful is they tend to make the same argument throughout their career. think about barack obama. he made a speech at the 2004 democratic convention that was race similar to the way he carried his presidency for the rest of the time he was in office. when you talk about hope, you talk about the democracy being at stake, this conversation about donald trump, perhaps, getting a monument. some by call them bribes. it is a very fundamental thing. when i was at the white house, we got so many trainings
as the second trial got underway before a new judge. officially calling the case of peoples versus george was present. if the defendants disability made him appear feeble and sympathetic to jurors, the new prosecution team of bill and steve would work hard to demonize him. michael george fell prey to the two issues most known to common men. sex and money. what was your theory? i think motive is important it was easy, $135,000 in insurance proceeds and the fact that he really didn t want to be married, he didn t like his wife he thought she was on attracted. he wanted a new life. in his opening argument, he told the jurors that michael joe george was having a toward affair with a assistant, now his second wife. he wanted to get rid of his overweight wife and move on to
three years to defend himself. and all the time, his sons stood by him. and against their mother s family. when you have your family setting the back, trying to destroy your family, what you have left, it s hard. it hurts. it was time now for the defense to present its case. time for defense attorney, chris mcdowell, to show the jury a different version of the man who stood accused. it is opening argument, mcconnell said that mark was, above all, a devoted christian, who would never commit murder. mark did not believe it was good enough just to profess the words of christ or go to church, he felt he had to live it. mark wangler s defense came down to this. his wife died in a horrible accident. prosecution never proved the crime was even committed. ladies and gentlemen of the jury, dr. mark wangler is innocent. this case has been brought as a