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closer. i m michael smerconish in philadelphia on friday, the third-party group no labels ended months of speculation about whether it would field a unity ticket for the presidential race in a virtual convention with an 800 delegates from all 50 states voted to move forward with the process and on the heels of that news, several outlets are reporting there s a particular candidate. now under consideration. geoff duncan, 48 year-old, was a republican lieutenant governor of georgia under brian kemp from 2019 to early 2023, is a conservative republican and also a vocal critic of donald trump s efforts to over returned the 2020 presidential election. duncan recently wrote an op-ed in the atlanta journal constitution titled end doesn t justify the means on trump about why he won t support trump for president. writing quote, trump has become incapable of leading in a respectable or mature way until more of us are willing to acknowledge that pardon, truth, we will be on the ou ....
what we ll garland do. i m michael smerconish in philadelphia, attorney general merrick garland may eventually make a singular decision that determines the outcome of the 2024 election, whether the doj will continue to push for donald trump to be tried before election day in the federal case, premised on alleged election interference for months. here, i ve delivered commentaries focused on the timing of this particular prosecution because i think it s most perilous to trump, and i ve often done so with the assistance of elie honig will join me again in a moment. here s the issue on wednesday, scotus granted cert and announced that the high court will hear donald trump s immunity defense i don t think the ultimate outcome is in dispute. i think trump loses that claim. in my opinion, it s unlikely it s illogical that the court will provide blanket immunity from criminal prosecution to an american president more important is the process, the timing of the court s decisio ....
primary. i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. voting is underway now in south carolina unless all the polls are wrong, donald trump will score a big victory over nikki haley and move one step closer to securing the gop nomination. this despite facing four criminal indictments and personal financial peril on friday in new york state, judge finalized a $355 million judgment against trump and triggered a countdown for when trump must put up cash or post bond to cover that amount. plus the roughly 100 million in interest that he was ordered to pay. that s a huge sum no matter what trump s net worth might be. and it doesn t include the combined the 88 million that he owes e. jean carroll after twice losing civil trials to her. you would think the combination of potential jail and financial collapse for the republican candidate would build confidence among his democratic detractors. and independent never trumpers and instead the opposite is true the political question on t ....
for the first time a former president faces indictment, two of them, actually, with the real possibility of more on the horizon. but the presidential campaign is now well under way with the first debate occurring 38 days from now. and from that moment, until election day, november 5, 2024, the calendar is littered with campaign milestones, debates, caucuses, primaries, conventions, raising unique questions as to whether donald trump can be tried without conflicting with the election schedule. and the answer is no. trial in the state case brought by manhattan d.a. alvin bragg has been set, march 25, 2024 in manhattan. trial bought by special counsel jack smith was originally scheduled for next month but is yet to be determined. smith suggested december 11, b lawyers for trumked for postponement until all substantive motions have been presented. they said the court presides over a prosecution by a sitting president, against a rival, therefe a measured consideration and ti ....
welcome to the republican rorschach primary. i m michael smerconish in philadelphia. people are reading into the results so far whatever they re wishing for. first there are the never tr trumpers. they say he is essentially running as an incumbent, and still 49% of the voters in iowa, they didn t want him. speaking of iowa, the turnout was abysmal. a little over 110,000 participated, accounting for just under 15% of the state s 752,000 registered republicans. do you know that trump only received a little over 56,000 votes? iowa, iowa is lily white. it is unrepresentative of the country at large. we are a diverse nation of over 335 million, a small number of iowa voters should not determine our destiny. besides, the iowa field, it was still too crowded. when nikki haley finally got him one-on-one in new hampshire she was able to keep it close and received about 43% of the vote. worse for trump, the independents in new hampshire supported haley in huge numbers, showing th ....