When . Weeks and still has not ruled. Nbc news justice and intelligence correspondent ken dilanian. Where do things stand after todays arguments . Reporter judge Aileen Cannon said she would rule promptly on these two motions to dismiss and seemed skeptical this afternoon of the argument about the president ial records act. Remember, what donald trump is saying under the president ial records act he could deem any record in the white house whether classified document about Nuclear Secrets or identity of the cia officer, foreign asset, he could deem that a personal record, take it home and store it in his bathroom. Special counsel jack smith says than an absurd argument and eastern the judge said i dont see how that gets dismissal of the indictment. That one. Another argument, motion to dismiss on the grounds the Espionage Act is unconstitutionally vague. Argued that this morning. A long shot. A law used hundreds of times to prosecute people who have taken home or leaked classified docu
Saturday, april 13th, and you are watching velshi on msnbc. I am filling in for my friend ali velshi. In two days the country will witness something that literally never happened before the first criminal trial of a former president of the united face of america. This coming monday, it is the beginning of Donald Trumps hush money trial. It may also be the only case it goes to court before election day. The man who was widely expected to be the star witness in the trial Michael Cohen sat down exclusively with the morning cast of my colleagues from the weekend and he had this to say about how we should be thinking about the case. The prosecutors are going to put forth their case and im just the narrator and rest assured, alvin bragg and the prosecutor a team over at the District Attorney of new yorks office would not have brought this case unless they thought they were going to be successful. So far, trumpet his legal team have been pretty successful in their delight. There is no trial s
into the country. harvard says the university is working closely with the student s family and appropriate minorities to resolve the matter. one of the most restrictive abortion laws in the nation is on hold. a federal judge blocking missouri from banning most abortions after eight weeks. the ruling coming less than 24 hours before the new law was set to take effect. a decision marks a significant win for the aclu and planned parenthood which operates the state s only abortion clinic in st. louis. the attorney general says he is, quote, deciding on the next steps. it was not the day in court they deserved, but 16 jeffrey epstein accusers finally had a chance to pour out their anger publicly. a manhattan judge giving them the opportunity they were denied when the convicted predator took his own life behind bars. one by one the victims called epstein a coward as they relived their horrifying encounters. it was both empowering and infuriating to know that the person who i needed to