trump says he can t be prosecute under january 6th because he wa acquitted in a senate impeachment trial, and he continues he has, quote, absolute immunity from prosecution with his acts as president. jack smith is expect today respond to those claims before the appeals court hears trump s case. that didn t stop the special counsel fromn filing a new motn with judge tanya chutkan today asking the court to not allow, quote, the defendant to turn the courtroom into a forum in which he propagates disinformation and inject politics into the proceeding. smith also wants the court to, quote, prohibit the defendant from introducing evidence, making arguments, or framing questions to advance a theory of selective or vindictive prosecution. basically the special counsel wants to make sure trump can t say this is joe biden s doj targeting them. and in the response trump said biden s doj is targeting him. joining me now to discuss is ryano riley, justice reporter r nbc news and author
by. everybody has a right to their own opinion. on history, i would want to be here with this bill today. this hour, chris christie ready for another white house run, moving his blistering public feud with former president trump to primary states and debate stages. it comes as ron desantis is barnstorming across iowa, making four more stops today in his push to win over those iowa trump voters. now he is attacking me over some of these disagreements. i think he is doing it in a way that voters will side with me. i will counterpunch, fight back on it. i will focus my fire on biden. he should do the same. coming up, steve kornacki will break it all down. i will be joined by a congressman to talk about a frightening new warning from science and tech experts on the threats to humanity s future presented by artificial intelligence. good day to you. i m peter alexander in for andrea mitchell. she s on assignment. in washington, there s a critical numbers game playing out on
fully informed about what is taking place on the january 6 case in washington, d.c. and i think by the time i am done you will be shaking their heads in disbelief it will not be the usual static that you hear or the surface of a politics that you hear and all the rest but let s dig in and specifically i want to dig into the judge judge tanya chutkan. this is very important. let s start with the facts, with the law. there is something called the code of conduct for the united states judges, did you know that existed? so they have a code of conduct for the united states judges just as they have for lawyers and they have them for doctors and other professions and the judges are compelled to comply with. i am here to make the case that judge tanya chutkan is unqualified as a federal judge to handle the january 6 case and in fact really is unqualified to be a judge of any kind. that is pretty harsh but it s exactly correct, here is the code of conduct for the united states judges.
fully informed about what is taking place on the january 6 case in washington, d.c. and i think by the time i am done you will be shaking their heads in disbelief it will not be the usual static that you hear or the surface of a politics that you hear and all the rest but let s dig in and specifically i want to dig into the judge judge tanya chutkan. this is very important. let s start with the facts, with the law. there is something called the code of conduct for the united states judges, did you know that existed? so they have a code of conduct for the united states judges just as they have for lawyers and they have them for doctors and other professions and the judges are compelled to comply with. i am here to make the case that judge tanya chutkan is unqualified as a federal judge to handle the january 6 case and in fact really is unqualified to be a judge of any kind. that is pretty harsh but it s exactly correct, here is the code of conduct for the united states judges.
fully informed about what is taking place on the january 6 case in washington, d.c. and i think by the time i am done you will be shaking their heads in disbelief it will not be the usual static that you hear or the surface of a politics that you hear and all the rest but let s dig in and specifically i want to dig into the judge judge tanya chutkan. this is very important. let s start with the facts, with the law. there is something called the code of conduct for the united states judges, did you know that existed? so they have a code of conduct for the united states judges just as they have for lawyers and they have them for doctors and other professions and the judges are compelled to comply with. i am here to make the case that judge tanya chutkan is unqualified as a federal judge to handle the january 6 case and in fact really is unqualified to be a judge of any kind. that is pretty harsh but it s exactly correct, here is the code of conduct for the united states judges.