Glimpse into the defenses lawyers will make on the stand. Here is jonna lauro on meet the press. The defense is quite simple. Donald trump, president trump, believed in his heart of hearts that he had won that election. And as any american citizen, he had a right to speak out under the First Amendment. He had a right to petition governments around the country, state governments. Based on his grievances that Election Irregularities had occurred. He had every right to speak about the important issues that were taking place after the election. A technical violation of the constitution is not a violation of criminal law. That is just plain wrong. Except a technical violation of the constitution by definition is still a violation of the constitution. The constitution, in six different places, opposes insurrection and our constitution is designed to stop people from trying to overthrow elections, and trying to overthrow the government. Moments later, democratic congressman jamie raskin respo
Lawyers will make on the stand. Here is jonna lauro on meet the press. The defense is quite simple. Donald trump, president trump, believed in his heart of hearts that he had won that election. And as any american citizen, he had a right to speak out under the First Amendment. He had a right to petition governments around the country, state governments. Based on his grievances that Election Irregularities had occurred. He had every right to speak about the important issues that were taking place after the election. A technical violation of the constitution is not a violation of criminal law. That is just plain wrong. Except a technical violation of the constitution by definition is still a violation of the constitution. The constitution, in six different places, opposes insurrection and our constitution is designed to stop people from trying to overthrow elections, and trying to overthrow the government. Moments later, democratic congressman jamie raskin responded to lauro by making th
Good morning, it is saturday, march 9th. Im jose diazbalart in this morning. Welcome to msnbcs Special Coverage Of Decision 2024. Super tuesday was four days ago and The General Election is in full swing. Barring any unforeseen circumstances, joe biden and donald trump will face off again in november. Both are making a second bid for the term in the white house. President biden was endorsed this morning boy the three largest Political Action committees representing asian americans, black and latino communities. Trump is also trying to consolidate his support within his party. This week, he received endorsements from key republican holdouts including Mitch Mcconnell who threw his support behind the former president just moments after nikki haley dropped out on wednesday. President biden made pointed remarks about trump during his state of the Union Address on thursday night and he continued his criticism in a Campaign Stop in pennsylvania last night. Folks, our freedoms really are on th
Concerned that evidence sought by his former fixer, michael cohen, and half A Billion Dollar lawsuit, could incriminate the former president. Michael cohen goes on the record, live, a little later. And must see tv. Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett joins us live to make the case for Televising The Trump trials. All of this and more is coming up. And a good saturday morning to you all, im katie phang. We begin this hour with new developments in one of the several cases against the twice impeached, now thrice and dated, one term disgraced ex president. Overnight, the department of justice, seeking to have a federal judge impose a Protective Order on criminal defendant, donald trump. In Special Counsel jack smiths 2020 election case. The doj is concerned, rightfully, in my opinion, that trump will share sensitive and confidential information. And its likes to trumps own inflammatory social media posts in which trump appears to vow revenge. Its important to note that on thursday during trumps
they re trying to show you there s a clash between law and a very certain candidate, because the week has now begun, and these judge us unanimously ruling a president could be tried for an election and the states try to bar that same candidate for similar conduct. so what is the distinction here? well, trump lost this appeal yesterday because he s not above the law. he is below the doj and jack smith when it comes to his own conduct and being accountable for it and even if he also, as a matter of job history, once oversaw the federal government including the doj as president. so that case is back on track unless the supreme court weighs in. the case is about rather random states and local judges can simply decide and announce that trump committed insurrection before he even goes on trial. in other words, is it constitutional and fair to ban candidates and basically decide elections that way? i ll tell you right now, most legal experts do not see precedent for colorado to beat