Of my friends and colleagues who believed in the fake electors, fraudulently, were the ones talking to fani willis . I want to thank everyone for staying up late. Im going to leave so laura coates can take my seat shes going to be anchoring with kaitlan collins, so i want to hand it over to her right now. Our special breaking News Coverage continues now, the grand jury indictment of donald trump and others in Fulton County, georgia. Im kaitlan collins, the indictment 98 pages. What it contains is stunning. 45th president of the United States indicted on State Charges stemming from his and other efforts to overturn joe bidens election win in the state of georgia. Prosecutors alleging tonight that trump and others joined in a conspiracy to unlawfully change the outcome of the 2020 election. 18 other defendants are named in this indictment, including trump attorney Rudy Giuliani, mark meadows, john eastman, kenneth chesebro, jeffrey clark, and jenna ellis, just to name a few. All 19 are f
He were elected to a second term . I dont know. Plus, Delay Tactics. The Supreme Court agrees to hear Donald Trumps president ial Immunity Argument delaying his criminal trial in the election interference case. They have to do the immunity thing because if you dont a president will not be able to be a president. How many of trumps criminal cases will go to trial before election day . And uncommitted. Democrats in michigan vote in protest of President Bidens handling of the war in gaza. It is raw and it is genuine pain that people are in. What does it mean for november . Ill ask democratic congresswoman Debbie Dingle of michigan, and Steve Kornacki previews the challenges ahead. Plus, exit plan. 82yearold senator Mitch Mcconnell announces hes stepping down as republican leader this fall. Time for the next generation of leadership. Joining me for insight and analysis are nbc news capitol hill correspondent ali vitali. Geoff bennett, coanchor of pbs news hour and Maria Teresa Kumar presid
ago, actually, we got a pretty good window into how trump s legal team plans to make their arguments. and let me tell you, this brief, i read it today, it includes a fair number of arguments from an alternate universe. for starters, trump s lawyers claim that the former president is not in fact and officer of the united states, which is who the 14th amendment covers. now, this is not a new or surprising argument necessarily being made by the trump team. but let s be real. it kind of defies logic. i mean, how could it be that the president of the united states is not an officer of the united states with an obligation, by the way, to abide by the constitution. it s kind of what the founders had in mind. but then, there s the other, perhaps even more startling piece, at least to me, of revisionist history that is included in this brief, that donald trump did not engage in an insurrection. in fact, according to the argument here, it was not an insurrection at all. the brief actua
well, it is shaping up to be a really big week for the country, because this week, the supreme court is going to hear oral arguments on whether the 14th amendment disqualifies a donald trump from the ballot. and today, just a few hours ago, actually, we got a pretty good window into how trump s legal team plans to make their arguments. and let me tell you, this brief, i read it today, it includes a fair number of arguments from an alternate universe. for starters, trump s lawyers claim that the former president is not in fact and officer of the united states, which is who the 14th amendment covers. now, this is not a new or surprising argument necessarily being made by the trump team. but let s be real. it kind of defies logic. i mean, how could it be that the president of the united states is not an officer of the united states with an obligation, by the way, to abide by the constitution. it s kind of what the founders had in mind. but then, there s the other, perhaps even m
today and threw in his support for donald trump. here s donald trump talking about desantis s endorsement. i d like to take the time to congratulate ron desantis and, of course, a really terrific person. ay as you know he left the campaign trail at 3:00 p.m. today. in doing so he was very gracious and endorsed me, so i appreciate it. gracious. weia don t hear that word a lot from donald trump, but he s trying to get everybody to support him. now the race is narrow, head-to-head between trump and haley. trump leads with independents. haley is 19 points behind trump overall. what b comes next? and how close are we in another head-to-head race between donald trumphe and joe biden. joining me now are my guesti gu hanging with me. our resident floridian, former republican congressman david jolly anwho s going to welcome n desantis home with a big banner, we hear, he s back with us as well. let me start with you. you ve done a fair amount of reporting on the republican primary.