Classified documents case to begin on august 12th. That is correct. Donald trump asked for that trial to start just three months before the president ial election. Except, that request may not exactly be what it sounds like. It could very well be a game of 3d chess. It does not sound like something trump placed on that often, but play with me here. Trump pitching that august date could be a way of trying to block the other federal criminal case, the Special Counsels much more serious a federal Election Interference case from going to trial before the election. Yesterday we got that massive news, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear trumps argument, that those criminal trials in the d. C. Case should be thrown out because a president ial immunity. But the court did not schedule oral arguments on that case to start until the week of april 20 seconds. Because of that delay, even if the Supreme Court decides this case incredibly quickly, this Election Interference case most likely could no
this incredibly important work and for sharing with us. thank you, yasmin. thank you. we have got a lot more coming up, everybody. you re watching msnbc, our second hour starts right now. hey everybody. i i m yasmin vossoughian. if you are just joining us, welcome. if you are sticking with, us we are thankful for that. so, we are continuing to keep our eye on capitol hill. a deal on the debt ceiling could come at any moment. those on both sides waiting to find out what is in the bill that is becoming increasingly clear, either side will be completely happy with. i m not sure what s in this bill. from what we ve been able to achieve, we need to spend money to put us on the right track. listen, everything that i went literally has to pass the senate. it s a short list i m with now, but there are still issues around that shortlist. and people are looking for solutions and how to get past it. you got a lot of folks from both sides talking to each other which
the case against attorney general ken paxton. obviously, today, they are going to be debating these 20 articles of impeachment that allege the attorney general engaged in bribery, that he abused the public trust, he obstructed justice, just many, many allegations here that republicans, as we speak, are laying out on the house floor. and the common theme that we are hearing from them right now is that, yes, faxon has been a good conservative lawmaker in that state, but that no one is above the law. so, it remains to be seen how exactly supporters of paxton are gonna be receiving all this information, as they are sitting in their. but we did speak to one woman as she was going in about how she was feeling heading into the hearing. i want to play a bit of what she had to say. to play a bit of what she had to i am here to suppon paxton because i do believe that he is representing the texas people, and i believe this is a witch hunt and political theater. are you gonna ask people to come