Teams prior claim that he cant be prosecuted even if he assassinated, killed, assassinated his political rivals. Could a president who ordered s. E. A. L. Team six to assassinate a political rival, who was not impeached, would he be subject to criminal prosecution. If he were impeached and convicted first so your answer is no. Today trumps lawyers argued, quote, a former president enjoys absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for his official acts. They also tried to argue that Holding President accountable for his crimes would somehow cripple the office. Quote, a denial of criminal immunity would incapacitate every future president with De Facto Black Mail and extorsion. The key to trumps argument is his claim that trying to overturn the election was part of his official Amitriptyline Acts as president , a claim that is absolute nonsense. Trumps filing comparing january 6th to clintons airstrikes in the middle east, bushs search for weapons of mass destruction and even president
reporters at length. we re going to tell you what he said, and what it means for this evening because mccarthy and president biden are meeting again at 5:30, face to face at the white house. keep an eye on what each side says coming out of that meeting, the third one in as many weeks. if they can t start coming together now, when will they? because although we say eight working days, that doesn t mean a deal and a bill and a vote will happen overnight. marking it up, debating it, signing off on it all take time even when congress is trying to go quickly, and according to treasury secretary, janet yellen, there isn t exactly wiggle room. june 1st is a hard deadline, she told meet the press over the weekend, even invoking the 14th amendment would take time, which by the way, yellen says would be potentially inappropriate and legally uncertain. so what would be left, aside from defaulting? again, watch what comes out of this meeting. house democrats have 210 vote for their dis
this is the middle of the loire river, but you can see how barren it s become. locals say that the water has never been so low at this time of year. and the iconic japanese fashion designer issey miyake has died at the age of 8a. his innovative collections earned him global acclaim for breaking the boundaries between east and west. live from our studio in singapore. this is bbc news. it s newsday. hello and welcome to the programme. we begin in the us, where senior republicans have condemned the fbi s unprecedented search of donald trump s florida home on monday as an abuse of power. the former vice president mike pence called for the us attorney general to give a full public account of why it happened, saying it caused him deep concern. the former president, who was not at mar a lago at the time, said a number of agents had occupied the compound and broken into his safe. the white house says president biden learned about the search from media reports. our north america corre
It is all caught on camera and he idebus here to tell his sidef the story. What a mess plus bunking bidenomics, the administrations latest lieies buocust first, dot leave them here that is the focus of tonights angle. Now, this is the lovely caravan, doesnt that Sound Fun Makingor its wadey through mexico to the southern border. Enthousands more to add to the millions biden and Alejandro Mayorkas waved into the United States. Now comeou i thought about this today, that is what the public schools, just what the at ohospitals, just what the homeless shelters, what those schools into programs already overflowing need, moreoo people with more problems. Wi if you hadnt noticed, look around you, we are all full up with problems. But of course, you have noticed because americans are upset and enraged with the white house has done to the country by opening the borders to everyoneri including the morsmie harden knn criminals. Out now, from the beginning, whenever they were suppressed about the
to noon eastern and catch me as a legal analyst right here on msnbc all week as we join all things from trial. for now, stay tuned because inside with jen psaki begins right now. right now. strategist tim miller are standing by to tell us why she did it. and where the party goes from here. we are reaching the beginning of the end for trump s criminal trial in york. the law firm for here into a deep dive into the closing c arguments. judge juan merchan s instructions will be crucial for the 12 men and women who deliver the verdict. retired judge is going to tell us what to watch for and later, nbc s favorite son lou russert on the loss of his dad. he traveled around the world and why john baynard told him to get the heck out of washington. of washington. so stop me if you ve heard it before, republican speaks the truth about donald trump, donald trump smears, tags and belittles them, republican falls in line rather than face excommunication from the party. really, ho