B is august. He has made an immunity argument, the same argument that is made in d. C. One minor difference. He wasnt president. His argument is, but i took the documents while i was president. I have said, that is like a bank robber saying you know, i legally got the gun that i used to rob the bank. Right. I was a customer of the bank when they went in and took the money. Everything is just such an irrelevancy. But hes got judge cannon and so the question is whether judge cannon will sit on that, whether she will grant it, or if she denies it and says but its not a frivolous argument, meaning all of these delays of appeal that we have seen in the d. C. Case, don trump is going to try that, of course. Same road. Back to the Supreme Court. Its much harder factual argument. But, thats not the issue. Just remember, we were all sitting here going, hes arguing that he can order s. E. A. L. Team six to kill a political important opponent and were going as absolutely laughable laughable. A no
Classified documents case to begin on august 12th. That is correct. Donald trump asked for that trial to start just three months before the president ial election. Except, that request may not exactly be what it sounds like. It could very well be a game of 3d chess. It does not sound like something trump placed on that often, but play with me here. Trump pitching that august date could be a way of trying to block the other federal criminal case, the Special Counsels much more serious a federal Election Interference case from going to trial before the election. Yesterday we got that massive news, the Supreme Court has agreed to hear trumps argument, that those criminal trials in the d. C. Case should be thrown out because a president ial immunity. But the court did not schedule oral arguments on that case to start until the week of april 20 seconds. Because of that delay, even if the Supreme Court decides this case incredibly quickly, this Election Interference case most likely could no
all in starts right now. good evening, from new york, i m chris hayes. today, donald trump appeared in manhattan in court virtually for the first time since his arraignment on 34 criminal courts of falsifying business records. and judge judge juan merchan announces related to the hush money payments to stormy daniels will go to trial in march of next year. that means that if all of this holds, donald trump will be on trial smackdown of in the middle of the presidential primary. this afternoon, he presented himself as if he were still in the white house, sitting with his attorney in front of a customary wall of american flags. the ex presidents life yet from florida was projected on several screens throughout the courtroom, packed with reporters, and a team of no less than nine prosecutors industry attorney alvin bragg s office. the main purpose of that hearing today was for the judge to officially advise trump about the protective order in the case. the order, typically a r
i have a trump aiding judge with a trump hating wife and family. donald trump back in court as a judge sorenson to watch his mouth. tonight, the trial date for the people of the state of new york against donald j trump. then, the latest on the man with a not see vlad arrested for threatening the president. plus, really tired of the republicans acting like they own this state. the outrageous moved by ohio republicans undermining democracy to ban abortion. this poem right at the integration of joe biden is now banned from a classroom in desantis run florida. it s because being american is more than a pride we inherit. it is the past we step into, and how we repair it. all in starts right now. good evening, from new york, i m chris hayes. today, donald trump appeared in manhattan in court virtually for the first time since his arraignment on 34 criminal courts of falsifying business records. and judge judge juan merchan announces related to the hush money payments
President, who really is in charge, who are really does hold the cards. he is saying i can put you in contempt, and a doj indictment is about as sobering a demonstration of who has the real power here is anything. that would be a whole new world, we would be in. where that to him. harry litman, jose pagliery think about. coming up, a guy carrying and not see flag rams the truck into a white house barrier, tells the secret service he was ready to, quote, kill the president if that s what he has to do. we re gonna talk about that, next. next that s it. miracle-gro. all you need to know to grow. i will be a travel influencer. hey, i thought you were on vacation? it s too expensive. use priceline, they ve got deals no one else has. what about work? i got you. looking great you guys! go to your happy price priceline