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little january 6th insurrection. the highest court in the land today kept him on the ballot in a ruling a dodges the facts of january 6th and trump s role in it. instead, the supreme court handed trump a second gift on a constitutional technicality. the justices say that states do not have the power to bar candidates from running for federal office. they say, quote, because the constitution makes congress rather than the states responsible for enforcing section 3 against federal office holders and candidates, we reverse. they re referring to the decision by the colorado state supreme court. now, that court found that trump did engage in insurrection by trying to overturn the will of the voters by any means possible, including violence, and that section 3 of the 14th amendment does, in fact, apply to the presidency. now, the supreme court s decision today does not touch on either the question of whether trump is or is not an insurrectionist, or whether the text of sec ....
exposed in the depths of his political depraft at this and corrupt and criminal acts has been laid bare. not by radical leftists, or any of us in the media but by his inner most circle and the really, really committed ones as that. the trump officials who stayed on until the bitter last days of a bitter presidency tell us the riveting story of not one, not two but three criminal conspiracies that trump stands accused of by the united states government, in essence against the united states government. by the numbers jack smith has charged three criminal conspiracies, four criminal counts, named six unindicted co-conspirators and shined the light on one who was willing to overturn his election defeat. the indictment brought by jack smith against donald trump makes the coup plot he directed crystal clear for the world to see. here is how the justice department explains the first criminal count as the conspiracy to defraud the u.s. quote, the purpose of the conspiracy was t ....
when we leave he gives us a hard. there you go. thanks, steve. it means a lot. wisdom borne of age. and friends born of a he s a mud duck. we are so happy that matt found his flock. i m so grateful that my colleague megan found this story, that mauro produce it and then boyd shared. it and please remember, it costs absolutely nothing to be kind, and i can assure you any nhl team owner that i know, i ll be emailing you the segment tonight. you sure as hell better stand this man some cool gear. with that i wish you a good night. from all our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late with me. today the supreme court made a momentous decision, one that has significant implications for the rule of law in this country. at five pm eastern, this afternoon, the supreme court agreed to take up former president trump s claims of presidential immunity. these are not credible claims. that has been thoroughly litigated in district cour ....
united states is on to the knockout round. the game ended a few minutes ago. man, by the skin of their teeth. they were inches away from their tournament being over in a flash. we knew, the u.s. is two-time defending champions, and this is a historic run by this squad. going into the tournament, we knew this was a bit of a transition year. it s sort of the last gasp, if you will, from some of the stalwarts we ve gotten to know from the last couple runs. they re older now, and there is a young and impressive group of players coming through. at times, it s been an uneasy mix. they, frankly, haven t looked very good so far. they beat vietnam 3-0 when expectations were seven, eight, nine or more, then a pair of draws. it can t be said enough, if this is a couple inches to the left, they go home. they re fortunate to advance here. they have a couple days off. hopefully they get things going in the right direction before the knockout stage. two-time defending champions, t ....
to stay in the 2024 presidential race, even if he gets convicted. it has been just over 24 hours since we learned the justice department added three new criminal charges against him in a classified documents case. tonight trump was in iowa for the first big gathering of gop candidates, and he claimed the governments allegations were really about his race for the white house. if i weren t running, i would have nobody coming after me, or if i was losing by a lot, i would have nobody coming after me. trump is now facing a total of 40 counts related to his handling of classified material after leaving the white house. nbc s garrett haake has more on the case against the former president. in the new charges the special counsel alleging mr. trump sought a cover-up to conceal classified documents at his mar-a-lago home by deleting surveillance video. now charging a new defendant, mar-a-lago property manager carlos de oliveira with two obstruction counts and with making f ....