change from what s now known as the lockdown generation takes us off the air tonight. and on that note, i wish you all a very good and a safe night. from all our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. tonight on all in. coould a president order seal team six to assassinate a political rival? history inside a d. c. courtroom. i asked you a yes or no question. could a president who ordered seal team six to assassinate a political rival who was not impeached, could he be subject to criminal prosecution? the indicted ex president claims complete immunity. i think a qualified yes if he s impeached and convicted first. trump s criminal attorney is confronted with trump s impeachment defense. after he s out of office, they re gonna arrest him. the arguments, the implications, and the timetable for a republican front-runner running to stay out of jail. plus, startling new evidence of the o
all in with chris hayes starts right now. tonight on all in. good present order seal team six to assassinate a political rival? history inside a d.c. courtroom. i asked you yesterday question. could a president who ordered seal team six to assassinate a political rival who was not impeached, could he be subject to criminal prosecution? the united ex president claims complete immunity. i think qualified, yes if he s impeached and convicted. first trump s criminal attorney is confronted with trump s impeachment defense. after he s out of office, they re gonna arrest him. the arguments, the implications, and the timetable for a republican front-runner running to stay out of jail. plus, starting new evidence of the ongoing coup as we learn of harrowing new threats to trump s prosecutor and judge. when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. history made in front of the entire country today. at least we can all hear it, if not s
good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. history made in front of the entire country today. at least we can all hear it, if not see it. less than one week before the iowa caucus the man who is poised to win the republican nomination sat in court while his lawyers attempted a last-minute effort to get the ex presidents criminal charges thrown out on immunity grounds. don trump s federal election interference trial, one of the last chances to hold him accountable for the crimes of january six, before the upcoming election, his lawyers stood before the dc circuit court of appeals probably the second most important corton of the land, and before the nation and those three judges, argued their president can effectively do whatever he wants, no matter how malevolent, without any legal consequences. to authorize the prosecution of a president for his acts would open a pandora s box from which this nation may never recover. so can i explore sort of the
implications, and the timetable for a republican front-runner running to stay out of jail. plus, startling new evidence of the ongoing coup as we learn of harrowing new threats to trump s prosecutor and judge. when all in starts, right now. good evening from new york. i m chris hayes. history made in front of the entire country today. at least we can all hear it, if not see it. less than one week before the iowa caucus, the man who is poised to win the republican nomination sat in court while his lawyers attempted a last-minute effort to get the ex president s criminal charges thrown out on immunity grounds. donald trump s federal election interference trial, one of the last chances to hold him accountable for the crimes of january 6, before the upcoming election, his lawyers stood before the dc circuit court of appeals, probably the second most important court in the land, and before the nation and those three judges, argued their president can effectively do whatever he wants, no m
they should look and see whether these bear out. i m reminded and i appreciate the comments about politics and supreme court but i immediately think about merit garland. i bet he wishes it wasn t political either. barack obama s nomination sat. we re not hear debating whether or not this is true, whether or not this happened. that s something that needs to be done in an investigation if that s the way they want to go. my point is the american people, the reason we have public hearings, we want to get this stuff out in the open. let s confirm it and if the republicans want to confirm him, fine. that s fine. if he didn t do it, he doesn t need to be under this cloud. he deserves that.