as trump s lawyers are arguing? or is that claim not just constitutionally wrong, but also say license for future presidents to commit crimes while in office, as the justice department argues? and on the eve of a hearing on the question of whether trump can be prosecuted for his actions while in office, we are learning incredible new details about what donald trump said on january 6 and what h did and did not do. thanks t testimony, to the special l closest aides, the deputy chief of staff dan scavino. from that reporting, quote, sources say scavino told smith s investigators as the violence began to escalate that day, trump was just not interested in doing more to stop it sources also say that the former trump aidk luna told federal investigators that when trump wa informed that then-vice president mike pence had to be ush rushed to a secure location, trump responded so what. luna saw an unexpected willingness by trump to let potential harm come to a long time loyalist. and
good day. i m chris jansing live at msnbc headquarters in new york city. the humanitarian crisis on the border. it is the challenge that americans say they want solved more than any other problem. and now president biden is making his most dramatic move yet to deal with illegal immigration. will today s executive action come too late to reverse the political damage that has been years in the making? plus details about the president s son, including claims he was smoking crack every 15 minutes emerging on day one of the federal trial. the defense is using the opening statement to argue that hunter biden was in deep denial and may not have considered himself a drug addict. outside the courtroom, a dramatic altercation between hunter biden s wife and a former trump white house aide. a group of senate republicans refusing to do their jobs and using baseless conspiracy theories around donald trump s conviction as an excuse. how could that impact what has been one of the least pr
there. nbc s mike memoli reports from outside the courthouse in wilmington. also with us, former u.s. attorney and msnbc legal analyst barbara mcquaid. mike, let s start with what sounds like an emotionally charged confrontation in the courtroom hallway. what happened? reporter: yeah, chris, we know what a sensitive moment this is for the entire biden family, the show of support that his extended family is making by being present in the court every day. but it was a moment captured outside of the court during a break in the proceedings by our colleague that is getting at tense here. melissa cohen biden confronted garrett ziegler, a former aide in the trump administration and called him a piece of you know what comes next, she said it was inappropriate for him to be attending this trial. he s been attending it over the course of last two days. there is a back story here. mr. ziegler is part of a group he co-founded that helped publish a searchable database of the infamous hunter biden
Last five to seven more weeks. In the meantime, the former president has been on a rampage as he made clear more than about a dozen Social Media posts about president ial immunity and is ongoing trial. And that is just yesterday alone. Now, trumps Weekday Campaign has not been relegated to as quick speeches in the Courtroom Hallway in front of the press, rather than in front of rally crowds. This is an outbreak at this case was brought political persecution. We think we have a very highly conflicted shouldnt be on the case. Im supposed to be in georgia. Im supposed to be north carolina, South Carolina he wants to be in different places campaigning but ive been here all day. A judge wants to go as fast as possible. This is really a concerted very simple now rate remains to be seen if trump has violated his Gag Order with any of his remarks about the case thats what prosecutors are alleging in a hearing for that is set for tuesday
consequential presidential election as he. stands as khuza a falsifying records in a hush money scheme to silences alleged misters before the 2016 elections. trump, of course, has pleaded not guilty. the case adds a dose of uncertainty to an already tumultuous and closely contested presidential race. now trump is required to come to court whenever it is in session, and that trial could last five to seven more weeks. in the meantime, the former president has been on a rampage as he made clear in a more than about a dozen social media posts about presidential immunity and is ongoing trial. and that is just yesterday alone. i m trump s weekday campaign has now been relegated to as quick speeches in the courtroom hallway in front of the press, rather than in front of rally crowds this is an outbreak at this case was brought political persecution we have a very inflicted highly conflicted shouldn t be on the case. i m supposed to be in georgia. i m supposed to be north carolina, south car