Classified dobbs case. Lets get right to Ken Del Layne nan. Judge Aileen Cannon in florida has dismissed, the dismissed the indictment against Donald Trump in his classified Documents Case and codefendants on the grounds that the appointment of the Special Counsel violated the Appointments Clause of the constitution. This is an issue that has been litigated in other Special Counsels, has never succeeded. Judge Aileen Cannon accepted the arguments of the defense that the appointment of Jack Smith and other Special Counsels by inference has been improper and illegal. Ill read you from the opinion here. The Bottom Line is this, the Appointments Clause is a critical constitutional restriction stemming from the separation of powers and it gives to congress a considered role in determining the propriety of vesting Appointment Power for Inferior Officers. The governments position, she says, effectively usurps that legislative authority transferring the a head of department. Let me translate t
with new details about donald trump s alleged mishandling of classified documents. this time, during his time as president. nbc news has no exclusively obtained a copy of ex homeland security aide miles taylor s upcoming book, in which he accounts 2018 meeting with the national security advisor john bolton. during that meeting, then white house press secretary sarah huckabee sanders and heard bolton s office, told him that trump just shared classified information to reporters, while discussing the killing of journalist jamal khashoggi. sanders told bolton that the president had picked up documents relating to intelligence on khashoggi s death, and displayed the. them, taylor writes, but the reporters were unlikely to have been able to read the text. according to the book, bolton yeah gasped at first, but breathe a sigh of relief when sanders told him that there have been no cameras in the room. but as taylor writes, quote, we were all disturbed by the laps lapse in protocol
but first, we go to america s crime crisis. the biden administration is challenging congress to act once again calling for gun control measures after a scourge of fire are violence tormented cities across the nation over the extended holiday weekend. three mass shootings in the major cities over the last three days claimed at least 13 lives and injured thousands. from new york. good evening. good evening to you from new york city and all the way to fort worth, texas. dozens of families are reeling tonight. they are making funeral arrangements as democrats lash out at republicans and the call for a stronger. republicans in congress need to act. the white house going on republicans to pass gun reform once again after a long weekend of violence across the country. in philadelphia, police arrested kim brady for gunning down five people and injuring five more monday night. the youngest victim a 2-year-old boy shot 4 times in his legs while sitting in a car. it is time for
still wrong. that is former vice president mike pence in iowa yesterday defending himself after a woman falsely claimed he had the constitutional power to block the certification of the 2020 election results. a calm takedown of that conspiracy theory. good morning. welcome to morning joe. it is thursday, july 6th. with us, we have u.s. special correspondent for bbc news, katty kay. the host of way too early, white house bureau chief at politico, jonathan lemire. professor at princeton university, eddie glaude jr. and legal analyst danny. mike pence, for all the criticisms we ve rightly levied upon him over the last eight years or so, seven or eight years, it was sort of a measured takedown and a point by point rebuttal of something that really is prominent, really did take hold, as you write about in your book, the big lie. mike pence had the power to, quote, send it back to the states and give the election to donald trump. yeah, mike pence ruz right was right t
can be done with this violence. one doctor said they deal with it on an every day basis, but what happened over the weekend was unusual in terms of the type of weapon that was used, the number of people killed and the wounds reverberating through the community. we hear from the nurse who was a part of the emergency team that worked with the victims. listen to what she said about how even health professionals who deal with trauma on a daily basis, they too are affected. take a listen. it s just really hard to comfort them, and it really takes a toll on my colleagues and to go through this, like dr. caspin said, very frequently, just doesn t get any easier. doesn t get easy for anyone, and in fact, they talked about how these families now not only dealing with their grief, but trying to figure out how do they buried their loved ones when this is something they were not expecting at all. lindsey. rehema ellis, thank you. let s go to the white house, where nbc s mike memo