former president to speak considering the caucus night in nevada where trump will likely pick up all of the delegates. and we also expect comments on the disastrous day for his political opponent. president biden now facing questions about whether he should step down following the blockbuster report from special counsel robert hur who investigated the classified documents stored in the garage. the report broadly and boldly called into question the president s mental acuity, something biden tried to dispute in a very unusual evening news conference in the white house. the president tried to assure americans that his mind is sound, but then immediately made a series of mistakes, including calling egypt s leader the president of mexico. now republicans are asking biden s cabinet to consider invoking the 25th amendment, removing him from office. it all comes while former president trump is about to claim victory in nevada. we have team talk coverage tonight. the senior national c
there is a question of whether a former president is disqualified for insurrection to be president again, is, you know, just saying it, it sounds awfully national to me. the thing that is troubling to me is i totally understand your argument, but they were listing people that were barred, and the president is not there. so, jason, what specifically did you hear that gives you hope they will rule in your favor? certainly i think the hardest questions they asked is whether the states have a role to place here in enforcing disqualifications for the presidency. there s a long history of states excluding ineligible candidates, whether they re underage, foreign bore or fail to meet other qualifications for i ve. i do feel there was a sense that maybe this provision of the 14th amendment should be different, though when i think the court digs into that issue, they ll be hard pressed to say why this should be different. states run elections, so the normally way these things w
classified documents. the special counsel found evidence that president biden, quote, willfully retaineds classified materials found no reason to press criminal charges. drew distinction between the criminal probe of handling of documents and his findings regarding president biden. the long standing justice department priniple that you cannot indict a sitting president does not apply and would not bring charges even if joe biden were no longer president. we ll have more on that later in the program. we begin with a hearing at the nation s highest court. an historic hearing for some very big questions about the constitution. the future of our democracy and at the heart of the case, a request from voters for some accountability for an unprecedented insurrection. first up, jonathan mitchell, the attorney for donald trump, argued among other things, that january 6th was not an insurrection. it was a riot. he also argued that the president is not technically an officer of the unit
distinguished supreme court practitioner, laurence tribe. harvard historian, yell historian, and of course on this important night we are fortunate to hear from to law professors who are also practitioners, andrew weissmann, and neal katyal. neil katyal is of course a distinguished supreme court practitioner, having argued 50 cases before the court, and andrew weissmann is a former federal prosecutor and justice department official. my mission therefore in this hour is to get out of the way so that you can hear from them and not me. but i, want to take a minute to begin with two things that may reside more in the category of pet peeves than scholarly discussion that you are about to hear from our guests. one is that clarence thomas should ve recused himself from this case because everyone on that bench today knew, clarence thomas s wife was there. she was there, she was present when donald trump incited engaged in insurrection. the essence of our case is president trump s o
statement, just moments ago from former president donald trump describing this as a double standard. of course, cnn will keep you posted with the very latest and send you to jake tapper with the lead. the breaking news, the special counsel with harsh words, but no criminal charges for president biden. the lead starts right now. a rather scathing report out from special counsel robert hur noting that president biden also held onto classified documents, but unlike in donald trump s case, he will not face charges. this sites in part biden s age and faulty memory, making him sympathetic and difficult to prosecute. we will dive into this breaking news report. donald trump s rather good day at the u.s. supreme court, his legal team arguing why he should be kept on the ballot in colorado and beyond. the plaintiff and her attorney on the case will join us live. a jarring ruling for former trump advisor peter navarro. welcome to the lead. off the bat today, two big sto