from covering this day-to-day, this is about timing. trump is trying to delay this trial from happening. it is currently slated to happen in march at the immunity fight has been a push by trump to try to push that trial date back as close to the election as possible and also in tandem with that the entire case itself is an election interference. he is really emphasizing the need for the appeals court to weigh in quickly even with the unusual request for the appeals court to implement the ruling, five days after making a decision, usually it takes longer for them to do so. that is just an example on how jack smith is stepping outside the box and pointing that his party is moving quickly. i want to give your substance of what is in the filing because there are some stark excerpts. jack smith is trying to use trump s own argument against him, hes, the defendant asserts thathis constitution threatens to shatter the very bad bedrock of our republic. to the contraryt defendant s c
has just lost access to a presidential ballot in a second statech the secretary state from maine ruled that, quote, donald j. trump is not qualified to hold the office of president under section 3 of the 14th enent. it bars people who have engaged ipinsurrection from holding office. quote, the events of january 6, 2021, were unprecedented and tragic. an the evidence here demonstrates that t occurred at the behest of and with the knowledge and support of the outgoing psint. she adds, quote, i am mindful that no secretary of state has ever deprived a presidential candidate of ballot access based on section 3 of the 14th amendment. i am also mindful, however, that no presidential candidate has ever before engaged in insurrection. the main ruling comes just after a week before the colorado state supreme court reached the same conclusion, barring frump from the ballot there. for now, though, trump remains on the ballot in both states as the maine secretary stayed her decision pend
maine, making it the second state to remove him because of his role on january 6th. also cnn obtaining exclusive new recordings that show just how frantic that effort to carry out the fake electors scheme really was just days before the capitol attack, almost chartering private jets to fly copies of bogus ballots stuck in the mail. nikki haley says, of course slavery caused the civil war. that was not her answer last night. i m kaitlan collins, and this is the source. history has been made once again tonight, not the kind that donald trump wants, as he has now been disqualified from the primary ballot in maine, a decision that comes nine days after colorado s supreme court ruled that trump is ineligible to be on that state s ballot because of his role in the january 6th insurrection. therefore, barring him under the 14th amendment of the constitution. here it is in black and white from maine s democratic secretary of state, shanna bellows, who said that he was, quote, n
control for nikki haley, after she did everything shy of declining to name slavery as the cause of the civil war. just the latest example of the republicans mission to raise the difficult parts of american history. also, tonight, profiles in cowardice. just as she is facing a tough reelection campaign, low one forward announces plans for her constituents, and runs for office elsewhere. plus, with just days away from what promises to be a momentous here in politics we will preview the many criminal and civil trials of the republican front runner, donald trump. and, trust me, there are a lot of them. good evening, i am charles coleman read, are in for joy reid and you are watching the readout. we ve got a lot to talk about. we begin tonight s conversation with revisions history by the republican party about one of the darkest and most painful periods ever in america. this time, from presidential candidate nikki haley. on wednesday, healy sparked with the new hampshire voter
it was about the freedoms of every individual. it was about the role of government. damage control for nikki haley after she did everything shy of declining to name slavery as the cause of the civil war. just the latest example of the republicans mission to erase the difficult parts of american history. also tonight, profiles in cowardice. just as she s facing a tough re-election campaign, lauren boebert announces plans to abandon her constituents and run for office elsewhere. plus, we re just days away from what promises to be a momentous year in politics. we ll preview the many criminal and civil trials of the republican front-runner, donald trump, and trust me, there are a lot of them. good evening. i m charles coleman jr. in for joy reid, and you re watching the reidout. we have a lot to talk about. we begin tonight s conversation with revisionist history by the republican party about one of the darkest and most painful periods ever in america. this time, from