Thats what we have all these prosecutions happening across the country. Jenna griswold, always great to see you. Thanks for being with, us thanks for the things you do to keep our elections actually safe. She is the Secretary Of State, for colorado. Coming up in our next hour, were gonna call to order a Special Edition of the Velshi Banned Book Club. Ominous discuss with two call scholars, one of americas most important most divisive documents, the constitution of the United States of america. Were gonna dig deeper into the section of that same constitution that legal experts say disqualifies donald trump from holding the office of the president ever again. Another hour of velshi begins right now. Right now. Good morning, its saturday, august 19th. Im ali velshi. In the span of just 12 months, the twice impeached President Donald Trump has been charged with a total of 91 felony count. Stemming from criminal cases against. Tim he remains firmly at the top of the field of the republican
A very good day to all of you from the Tom Brokaw News Center here in los angeles. Welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. Developing this hour, donald trump and his 18 codefendants now have six days to surrender at the Fulton County courthouse in georgia, on racketeering and conspiracy charges. Three senior Law Enforcement officials tell nbc news, they are anticipating the former president will turn himself in at the atlanta jail, no earlier than thursday, but they stressed nothing is yet officially it. Democratic what congressman, eric swalwell, gave msnbc his assessment of what happens next for the former president. Here it is. Donald trump is going to get a Justice System that hes never been willing to afford to others. He always wants to try and convict people in the public square, without giving them any due process. Hes gonna get all the due process, hes gonna get every protection under law, and whatever happens to donald trump, it is going to come from his peers. And thats why
boxes of classified documents from mar-a-lago almost two weeks ago, even more republicans have rallied to his side. his vice grip on the party seem to be confirmed this past week. it is the results of one of the highest profile republican races of this entire cycle. on tuesday, congresswoman liz cheney, the vice chair of the january six committee, the republican party s top critic of the twice impeached ex president lost her reelection bid for wyoming s lone seat in the house of representatives. it was a blowout. she has been in office since 2017. during wyoming s last republican primary in 2020, she won handedly. back then, she got more than 70% of the vote. this time around, she did not even crack 30%. even with record turnout. more people cassoday vote for her opponent, harriet hagman then the ones who participated in the entire primary or two years ago in 2020. she knows perfectly well what she lost. her integrity and vowed to uphold democracy would not allow her to have
at how americans today, state by state by state, think about gun rights. that s a very brand-new scene idea. states laboratories, it s a very modern ideas. it s the synthesis of constitutionalism and living constitutionalism. the only failure of booking the two of you to talk about this is that this isn t a segment that should be an entire show. and we re gonna start working on that. because there s so much to discuss. i m so grateful to both of you. akhil reed amar history professor of law and political silence at yale university. host of the americas constitution podcast. to which you should subscribe. and author of the words that made us. jeffrey rosen is the president and ceo of the national constitution center, and that does it for me. thank you for watching. catch me back here tomorrow morning, 10 am, to noon eastern. don t forget, velshi is also available as a podcast. in which i wear a vest. follow and listen for free wherever you get your podcasts. stay wherever you are, ale
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