hey, everyone. it s 4:00 in new york. i m in for nicole wallace. special counsel jack smith is a prosecutor that stays out of the spotlight. he prefers to speak through his fiings. that s why his laltest brief in the federal election case merits our attention. over the weekend, the justice department responded to trump s claims that he is immune from prosecution. what he did was within the scope of his duties as president of the united states. it s an argument that trump was taking to the courts in order to get the whole election case dismissed. the special counsel is speaking to the court. let s be honest. he s also speaking to any of us who care about the health of our democracy. prosecutors acknowledge the fact we re dealing with an unprecedented situation. for the first time in our nation s history, a grand jury charged a former president of committing crimes while in office to overturn an election he lost. in response the defendant claims to protect the institution of th
i mean, can you fathom that? where in the he like i said, he injected too much of that bleach. i think it affected his brain. president biden drawing yet another contrast on the campaign trail, this time in philadelphia. he and the vice president made a pitch to black voters. we re going to have much more from their campaign stop in just a moment. meanwhile, the former president was rage posting from the courthouse holding room while a jury deliberated his fate in the criminal hush money case against him. we ll bring you expert legal analysis ahead of the jury reconvening later this morning. plus, we ll go through a possible major shift in policy on the war in ukraine as the biden administration now appears open to allowing u.s.-made weapons to be used in strikes in russian territory. willie, i m just looking at this now. i mean, after all of this, they dropped the charges. breaking news. can you believe that? there was so much stuff. you d think after all thi
Holidays rage posting. the latest installment was new year s day aimed at the former vice chair liz cheney. i m not going to read what had to say, but i want to read from her response. seems like someone is starting 2024 hang ri. donald trump, you and your lawyers have had the january 6th committee terribles plus the grand jury information and much more months. lying about the evidence in all caps won t change the facts. a public trial will show it all. your response? there s been this narrative that the former president and others have put forth that there was something hidden or destroyed or not disclosed from the materials. again, completely baseless, no piece of evidence was in any way hidden, destroyed, the video tapes that is the base of that argument, they were not air kooifed, are just records of the
It s getting hotter here in the nation capitol, and no, i m not talking about the extreme heat wave affecting millions of people across this country. i m talking about the heat affecting one person in particular. the twice impeached, twice indicted former president. that is because at any moment, special counsel jack smith could hand donald trump his third indictment. this time over his efforts to try to overturn his 2020 election loss. and just as a reminder, donald, you did lose. it appears like the heat is getting to trump as he spent the weekend more focused on rage posting on his twitter or should i say ex-knockoff platform, continuing his attacks on the special counsel, attorney general merrick garland, and the entire doj, hurling insults and whining about nonexistent election interference.