and tonight, donald trump s criminal defense team is renewing its requests for judge tanya chutkan to hold special counsel jack smith in contempt of court. with the election interference case currently on hold while trump s immunity claims get worked out in a federal appeals court, trump s lawyers lot of activity in the case halted, even the routine filing of documents which jacks mitt s team has said is permissible because it does not require the trump team to do anything. the motion to punish a jack smith for something that he is not prohibitive from even doing is yet another example of how donald trump has always referred to live in the world of alternative facts. with that strategy, it s on a collision course with the courtroom reality. that s what we saw this week as the disgraced former presidents that up for just a few minutes, in his own defense and the new york attorney generals civil fraud trial, when trump rambled, dissembled and presented himself as usual, as a
tomorrow s contest is now out. if the trends in this poll hold, donald trump is going to pull off a win by an unprecedented margin for a republican or a democratic presidential candidate in iowa. this is the final nbc news des moines registry iowa pole ahead of tomorrow s caucuses. trump, his lead is down ever so slightly, by the way. this is what was in december, 51. now he is at 48. you can see that he has 28 point lead over his next closest competitor, nikki haley. nikki haley s first choice support, meanwhile, rose from 60 to 20 points. ron desantis support has slipped three points from last month, 19 to 16. vivek ramaswamy is an out below, heat remains below 10%. the current record margin of victory in the iowa republican caucus says for a non incumbent candidates is 13 points. that was set by bob dole in 1980. trump wins to more by anything remotely close to what these polls were predicted, he won t make history. that s an addition to the history that donald trump is al
53 year old son, hunter biden, agreeing to plead guilty to the tax violation of paying his taxes late. not paying his taxes on time. hunter biden paid the taxes in full, he just didn t do it fast enough. and, hunter biden agreed, with the u.s. attorney in delaware, who was appointed by donald trump. that he did agree that he did not tell the truth when he applied for a gun permit. hunter biden signed a form saying he was not addicted to drugs, at a time when he has publicly confessed, including in his book, that he was addicted to drugs. the u.s. attorney, appointed by donald trump, has decided not to prosecute hunter biden for falsely filling out the gun license application. as long as hunter biden remains on good behavior during the terms of the probation. he will likely receive for the tax misdemeanor, that he will plead guilty to. no court date is yet set for when hunter biden will plead guilty. many legal observers today have said that under similar circumstances, a tax
colbert. good evening, reverend sharpton. always good to see. i ve been keeping abreast of your activities this week, and want to applaud you for your protest with respect to the pushback that we are facing around d.c. and i efforts across the country. but i do have a quick question for you. for a policy measure, what s it gonna take for us to actually move the needle and finally keep dni from having the attacks that it s currently facing? i think we must make cities, municipalities, states and others, say that the a.i. must be enacted if people are gonna get state city contracts are funds. these businessmen, when we picketed on thursday, i ll do business in the public space. they cannot do public space business with taxpayer dollars if they re not trying to make it an equal place for all. so we need to have politicians putting legislation and policy in place to protect dei. well, that protection doesn t start without any pressure. and so with that, reverend sharpton, t
donald trump but, hey, it is about two weeks away. i guess he has some time to find some words. that is our show for tonight. it is time for the last word with lawrence, so donald boarding my friend. good morning, ali. with donald trump going to supreme court, we have colleagues leading us off, which could not be more perfect, and also, colorado s secretary of state, janet griswold, is going to join us now that colorado is headed, apparently, for the supreme court with donald trump. and the only thing all those people have in common is they would like the supreme court to actually weigh in on this thing and get it moving, so i am excited to hear that conversation. it is going to be the year of the supreme court. thanks, ali. well, tonight, 77 year old donald trump is asking a court where he appointed three of the nine judges, to save his presidential campaign. donald trump s lawyers have filed an appeal asking the united states supreme court too overturn the decision