We are shaming latina women on the show. Alicia and i are but somebodys now. Good to see you. Have a good day. Velshi starts now. Good morning, sunday, april 21st. About 24 hours now, Opening Statements begin in the first ever criminal trial of a former president. Tomorrow morning, the republic partys presumptive residential nominee, donald trump will be back in a manhattan courtroom as a defendant facing 34 felony counts. Those charges stem from his alleged role in falsifying Business Records to cover up payments made to suppress a potential scandal, just days before the 2016 president ial election. Those Opening Statements are going to give the public a preview of the case that both sides intend to present. Some Court Watchers didnt think we would get to this point so soon. There were predictions the Jury Selection would take a couple multiple weeks, considering the defendant is so wellknown, so wellconnected. And so intimidating. Then there were times last week the highstakes of thi
be that acts of war are squarely within the constitutional powers given to the president. so instead, the government is arguing here, and they have to be very nuanced, is saying that look, the absolute immunity that this particular defendant is arguing for does not exist. and they will probably be happy to leave for another day, what extent of immunity implies to a former president after he s out of office. because we all agree there are some things for which a former president must be immune from criminal prosecution after he leaves office. the government s position is just, it is not what this president did while he was in office. the former president s argument is essentially, it goes back to a nixon era case which is anything he does with any outer perimeter of presidential axes immune forever. the challenge there is that particular case really only applied to civil liability. it hasn t been extended to criminal responsibility. so the bottom line is, we know