you re going to want to hear what she says. it is tomorrow night, 9:00 p.m. to 11:00 p.m. eastern here on msnbc. now it is time for the last word with the great lawrence o donnell. good evening. good evening, rachel. of course, the breaking legal news of the night, which sounds minor, in its way, is that donald trump s lawyers have already sent a letter to judge mershon in that case saying that today s action by the united states supreme court means that that conviction has to be thrown out. i think sentencing is going to proceed and the new york courts will say take that on your appeal. what that is the latest, that is the very first legal move they have made since the supreme court ruled today. here we go. as far as the practical consequence of that in the new york criminal case. i think judge mershon will hear arguments from both sides as to whether the sentencing should be delayed. i don t think the sentencing, i mean, he has been convicted. you don t throw something
the networks of nbc news, thank you for staying up late. i will see you again tomorrow. today, the u.s. supreme court granted donald trump immunity for conduct described in exactly two paragraphs. a 130 paragraph indictment. the rest of the indictment against donald trump still stands as of tonight. the supreme court has ordered the trial judge in the case, judge chutkan, to hear testimony in the case from a very long list of potential witnesses to clarify if some of the remaining charges in the indictment might now fit into a new category created by the supreme court today, granting criminal immunity for some presidential conduct. that could lead judge chutkan to in effect be presiding over an examination of the evidence similar to or equal to what would occur in the prosecution in the trial, the actual trial, of this case when prosecutor jack smith would be calling prosecution witnesses to the witness stand in judge chutkan s courtroom including mike pence to take an oath
the mandate, uh, almost defies limitation. it talks about the russian election, but says go ahead and investigate anything that may arise or has arisen during the course of the investigation. that sounds a lot like if you see a crime you can pursue it. there seems to be three frontier. you have the obstruction front, and the russian medaling front. mueller seems to be ramping up on looking at transactions, business deals by trump and flynn and others. that s a very dangerous area for a president who has the largest portfolio in any president in history. you start looking at those deals and there may come out some issues that are a problem. the last guy they just added on this team has a resume with one big item on it, which is foreign bribery prosecutions. it s hard to miss that skillset. so do you think that person being added to the team is