it s always good to see you. happy new year, by the way, it s not too light to say happy new year. it is not, the whole month of january, as far as i am concerned. the whole 2024 will be, you can see it, but my fingers are crossed. from your mouth to my ears, have a good show. and tonight, donald trump s criminal defense team is renewing its requests for judge tanya chutkan to hold special counsel jack smith in contempt of court. with the election interference case currently on hold while trump s immunity claims get worked out in a federal appeals court, trump s lawyers lot of activity in the case halted, even the routine filing of documents which jack smith s team has said is permissible because it does not require the trump team to do anything. the motion to punish a jack smith for something that he is not prohibitive from even doing is yet another example of how donald trump has always referred to live in the world of alternative facts. with that strategy, it s on
and tonight, donald trump s criminal defense team is renewing its requests for judge tanya chutkan to hold special counsel jack smith in contempt of court. with the election interference case currently on hold while trump s immunity claims get worked out in a federal appeals court, trump s lawyers lot of activity in the case halted, even the routine filing of documents which jacks mitt s team has said is permissible because it does not require the trump team to do anything. the motion to punish a jack smith for something that he is not prohibitive from even doing is yet another example of how donald trump has always referred to live in the world of alternative facts. with that strategy, it s on a collision course with the courtroom reality. that s what we saw this week as the disgraced former presidents that up for just a few minutes, in his own defense and the new york attorney generals civil fraud trial, when trump rambled, dissembled and presented himself as usual, as a
happens in school. it gives us the empowerment that we have a say. ryan, i wanted to ask you, you have created what looks like to be a successful template to be able to do this at other states. i know that other states and other jurisdictions are asking you for help. talk about whether or not this can be replicated with success and other places? yeah, katie, first of all, thank you for having us on the show. we talked a lot about this. to your first point about this being the next frontier for the expansion of voting rights, that is, lowering the voting age to 16-year-olds and elections that matter most of them. so new jersey s constitution gives cities the express authority to lower the voting age, as newark as taking the lead in doing, but there are other states across the country that summer constitution s. i think at the top of my mind, our nation s capital, washington d.c. is similar to new jersey s constitution. i just want to say really quickly, one of the powerful things th
like to be a successful template to be able to do this at other states. i know that other states and other jurisdictions are asking you for help. talk about whether or not this can be replicated with success and other places? yeah, katie, first of all, thank you for having us on the show. we talked a lot about this. to your first point about this being the next frontier for the expansion of voting rights, that is, lowering the voting age to 16-year-olds and elections that matter most of them. so new jersey s constitution gives cities the express authority to lower the voting age, as newark as taking the lead in doing, but there are other states across the country that summer constitution s. i think at the top of my mind, our nation s capital, washington d. c. is similar to new jersey s constitution. i just want to say really quickly, one of the powerful things that came from the hearing when the city counselor lowered the voting age to 16 for school board elections was inmates testim