Concession at all. Was Michael Dreeben essentially admitting the attorney for the special counsels office, essentially admitting that these facts were so strikingly intertwined in a colloquy with Justice Barrett that it would be very difficult to separate them out on remand. Thats how i interpreted his statements, at least. Well, and to translate that for people watching, that means that basically, if it wasnt official act, they would not be able to use that potentially at trial. He was arguing they should be able to use it to paint a bigger picture. But trump has argued, total immunity. He has not said, well, some of these are private x. This would mean the case could at least in part go forward and go to trial. We believe that without the official acts charged in the indictment, there is no case. Weve been very consistent in our position from the start, starting with the District Court proceeding through the circuit. Now at the the us Supreme Court, that what were talking about is ab
Publisher david pecker in a half hour. We wait to see if the former president talks to reporters on his way in as weve seen him do before. Im dana perino. Bill is off today. Good morning, shannon. Shannon its great to see you, dana. Im Shannon Bream and this is americas newsroom. The new york trial present venalityed former President Trump from attending hearings at the Supreme Court yesterday. It was busy. Justices heard three hours of arguments whether former president s can be criminally liable for acts taken in office. The conservative majority dana some level of protection and seemed in favor of sending the case back to a lower court. Listen to kerri here. What was a remarkable statement made by the Department Of Justice lawyer yesterday was that prosecutors dont prosecute for political reasons. I thought how can you possibly say that with a straight face with what were watching . The law fare weve seen unleashed against President Trump this year we dont have to President Trump wa
Offences in 2020. The new York State Court of appeals ruled that the original trial made a mistake by Hearing Evidence from women who claimed they had been assaulted, even though their allegations were not part of the charges being heard. He was jailed for 23 years. The judges have ordered that a new trial be held. He has also been sentenced in california to 16 years in prison for raping an actress in los angeles, and that conviction is not directly affected by this ruling. Lets speak to our North America correspondent nomia iqbal is not going to be walking out of jail because of the other conviction in los angeles, but talk is through the 2020 case that was so huge in terms of the Metoo Movement. The harve terms of the Metoo Movement. Tue Harvey Weinstein terms of the Metoo Movement. Tte Harvey Weinstein conviction case was almost the founding case of the metoo, one of the most important social media movements in modern American History where people spoke out against Sexual Violence a
Versus donald j trump. I should be a lot of different places right now campaigning. Im sitting here. For the first time in history, prosecutors layout a criminal case against a former american president to a jury. This case is about a conspiracy to corrupt the 2016 president ial election. Tonight, the Opening Statements from the prosecution and the defense and the first witness takes the stand. We should be expecting a lot more of david. Rachel maddow was inside the courtroom to see it all. We got a road map as to how the case is going to go. As donald trump goes on trial. He seems old, tired, and mad. Tonight, which maddow, Lawrence Odonnell, alex wagner, stephanie ruhle, msnbc legal experts are all here. Special Coverage Of Trump On Trial begins. Now. Thank you for joining us tonight for this special Primetime Recap of the first ever criminal trial of former u. S. President , the first ever criminal trial of a major parties summative nominee as their candidate for president. I know R