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team s prior claim that he can t be prosecuted even if he assassinated, killed, assassinated his political rivals. could a president who ordered s.e.a.l. team six to assassinate a political rival, who was not impeached, would he be subject to criminal prosecution. if he were impeached and convicted first so your answer is no. today trump s lawyers argued, quote, a former president enjoys absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for his official acts. they also tried to argue that holding president accountable for his crimes would somehow cripple the office. quote, a denial of criminal immunity would incapacitate every future president with de facto black mail and extorsion. the key to trump s argument is his claim that trying to overturn the election was part of his official amitriptyline acts as president, a claim that is absolute nonsense. trump s filing comparing january 6th to clinton s airstrikes in the middle east, bush s search for weapons of mass de ....
spotted even if she was inside her own courthouse grabbing coffee in the cafeteria. that s where we are today, and look, we have to extend the threat concern to of course witnesses who are already being targeted by trump and his cohorts, the prosecutors, of course, and the jury, of course, the many jurors, all of this in a high threat environment. complained about her? more like railed against her. and a reminder, she was confirmed to the bench unanimously. meanwhile, the special counsel s office has proposed january 2nd, 2024, as a trial date in the case, though some experts think that might be a little optimistic. this is the special counsel right out of the box saying we are ready on january 2nd, so now when the defense comes back with, we ll be ready on january 2nd 2025, the judge is going to balance the scale. and then come up with a more reasonable time period. trump s team has one week to respond, then judge chutkan will set an official trial date before th ....
underway in a matter of hours and while donald trump himself is not expected to attend, his behavior will be at the center of things, because judge tanya chutkan will hear arguments about are opposed protective order that would limit what trump can do with the evidence. the judge will consider those arguments while she is surrounded physically by u.s. marshals. that new security detail was retained after the former president complained about her on his social media site. a sad state of affairs to see the judge have to be a full time security detail. nbc news reported this was spotted even if she was inside her own courthouse grabbing coffee in the cafeteria. that s where we are today, and look, we have to extend the threat concern to of course witnesses who are already being targeted by trump and his cohorts in the prosecutors, of course, and the jury, of course, the many jurors, all of this in a high threat environment. complained about her, more like railed agains ....
this morning we are an indictment watch, possibly gianna times for fourth indictment. fulton county d.a. fani willis who is investigating the former presidents efforts to overturn georgia s 2020 election results is expected to present her case to the grand jury this week. they were running from the atlanta journal-constitution spreads streets like on the timeline. former georgia lieutenant governor jeff duncan and independent journalist george cheeky conform to the newspaper that they will testify before the grand jury on tuesday. put that news with the knowledge of this coming friday as the last day most of the air willis s staff is expected to work remotely. plus the heightened security measures around the fulton county courthouse, and it could mean that we are in the final stages of a two-year investigation that could result in criminal charges against trump and his allies, very soon. nevertheless, we are still learning new details on the sheer scope of the a willi ....
court for the donald trump legal team, who won, who lost, and the comments the judge made that the former president might not want to hear. also, a former army officer who was an adviser to the trump administration explained why his blood ran cold after reading jack smith s latest indictment. plus, the vice president talks exclusively to msnbc s reverend al sharpton amid new revelations about her role in the 2024 campaign. campaign. as i bid you all a very good day from msnbc world headquarters in new york, welcome, everyone, to alex witt reports. we re beginning this hour with some staggering the numbers. about the wildfires of this devastated murray this past week. the math now says it will cost five and a half billion dollars to be built from hawaii s governor says. we will likely be the worst natural disaster in the state s history. so, he comes as many residents return to assess what s left, if anything, of their homes. officials say more than 2200 buildings were ....