Documents case to begin on august 12th. That is correct. Donald trump asked for that trial tosk start just three mons before the president ial election. Except that request may not exactly by what it sounds like. It could very well be a game of 3d chess. But, yeah, doesnt sound like something donald trump plays all that often. But bear with me here. Trump pitching that august date could be ahi way to block that other federal criminal case, the specialra counsels much more serious federal Election Interference case before going to trial before the election. Yesterday we got that massive news the Supreme Court has agreed to hear trumps argument that those criminal trials in the d. C. Case could should be thrown out because of president ialse immunity. The court didnt schedule to hear that case until the week of april nt22nd. Because of that delay even if the Supreme Court decides that case incredibly quickly, this Election Interference case could not start until late july. We know from f
Classified documents case to begin on august 12th. That is correct. Donald trump asked for that trial to start just three months before the president ial election. Except, that request may not exactly be what it sounds like. It could very well be a game of 3d chess. It does not sound like something trump placed on that often, but play with me here. Trump pitching that august date could be a way of trying to block the other federal criminal case, the Special Counsels much more serious a federal Election Interference case from going to trial before the election. Yesterday we got that massive news, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear trumps argument, that those criminal trials in the d. C. Case should be thrown out because a president ial immunity. But the court did not schedule oral arguments on that case to start until the week of april 20 seconds. Because of that delay, even if the Supreme Court decides this case incredibly quickly, this Election Interference case most likely could no
and, as a new, hour and you attack on the doj by donald trump. he former president upping his accusations against the department of justice as we learn about threats against individual investigators looking into trump s alleged crimes. plus the freedom caucus votes to oust representative marjorie taylor greene. why is one of the gop s loudest provocateurs this one? i will ask democratic congressman river garcia. and the president will soon leave for the nato summit after announcing new weapons will be sent to ukraine. russia is not happy about it. u.s. ambassador to ukraine william taylor explains why. and later, hope for millions living with alzheimer s, there is a promising new medication with unprecedented fda approval. this is american voices. reporter: how his choice of words erodes public trust in our institutions, especially because gop base. just this afternoon trump railed against the criminal investigation into his handling of classified information in
general election matchup between biden and trump, and we re going to have some clips of that interview to play for you momentarily, but first i m going to send it up to you in new york, ayman. it to away, my friend. you re going to give us a big preview and the latest on the 2024 presidential race and the sper spective down there in south carolina. we do want to start with the front-runner in new york. the republican primary was once again in a new york courtroom. this afternoon trump took the stand in the damages case brought by writer e. jean carroll. the former president has already been found liable of sexual abuse and defamation by a civil jury. trump today testified for only three minutes, but in those three minutes, believe it or not, the judge had to tell the jury multiple times to disregard trump s out of order testimony. at the same time trump was taking the stand, there was a split screen, a jarring split screen. president biden was hitting the campaign trail at
there is, of course, the fall-out from what trump is accused of doing when he is facing 37 criminal counts for doing and the potentially grave national security implications of that. we ll get to that in a minute. but there is also a legal process that has been kicked off, which begins in earnest tomorrow when the e-president surrendered for his court appearance. the political world s eyes will return to miami when president trump is expected to surrender. after leaving office, he obstructed efforts to retrieve them and that he made false statement. the event will be the former president s second courtroom appearance as a criminal defendant after his arraignment in april in a new york courthouse on state larges that he falsified business records in connection with a hush money statement to a porn star just before the 2016 election. one of the big outstanding questions, though, ahead of tomorrow s appearance, who will be there representing donald trump? nbc news reports that t