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we are following some breaking news on multiple fronts tonight, including at the supreme court, where special counsel jack smith has just responded to donald trump s latest effort to delay has federal criminal trial. for months now, smith s federal election interference trial has been put on hold while the courts considered donald trump s claim that, as former president, he should be absolutely immune from any and all criminal charges. last week, a federal appeals court unanimously rejected that argument. trump subsequently appealed that decision to the supreme court, and tonight, the special counsel is making an impassioned plea to the nine justices of the high court, urging them not to let trump delay this matter any longer. in a new filing this evening, smith writes, the charged crimes strike at the heart of our democracy. the public interest in a prompt trial is at its zenith, where, as here, a former president is charged with conspiring to subvert the electoral pro ....
it sat really hard. thank you, my friend as always. thanks to you at home for joining me thisu evening. we are following somein breakin news on multiple fronts tonight including at the supreme court where specialat counsel jack smh has just responded to donald trump s latest effort to delay his federal criminal trial. for months now smith s federal election interference trial has been put on hold while the courts consider donald trump s claim as former president he should be f absolutely immune fm any and all criminal charges. now,in last week a federal appes court unanimously rejected that argument. trumpje subsequently appealed tt decision to the supreme court, and tonight the special counsel is making an impassioned plea to the nine justices of the high court, urging them not to let trump delay this matter any longer. in a new filing this evening smith writes, the charged crimes strike at the heart of our democracy. the public interest in a prompt trial is at its z ....
those comments were delivered to a new house select committee on china. we have a lot to get to this morning from the panel s prime time hearing. meanwhile, a trip to china by a putin ally is increasing concerns that beijing will ramp up support for russian forces. back here at home, president joe biden s student loan forgiveness plan went before the supreme court yesterday with the conservative majority expressing some skepticism about wiping away debt for some borrowers. also ahead, reaction to an historic defeat in chicago. for the first time in four decades, the city s mayor has lost a reelection bid. we ll get to that. good morning, and welcome to morning joe. it is wednesday, march 1st. joe has the morning off, but along with willie and me, we have, of course, the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire, u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay, and the president of the council on foreign relations, richard ha ....
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crime. legally this case appears to be the weakest of the cases trump may be facing, but the indictment has not been read or witnesses not heard and evidence not been examined. or cross examined. what we know is that trump s prosecutor opened his tenure in office by announcing all of the laws he would not enforce, those he would ignore, ignores the law gives others long distances to ignore the fact. when you ignore the law and the facts, you don t have a justice system, ours appears teetering on brink of being another political tool to protect friends and punish foes, when that is opposite of a real justice system, we don t prosecutor lock people up based on the chance of a crowd or political wims of a progressive prosecutor. or at least we should not. joining us now two men who care about the justice system, they used 2, in it, former prosecutors anni an andy mccarthy, what are you expecting when the indictment is made public? i think based on the reporting that ....