the time, he is trying that in court, but we believe what he was doing for donald trump was political activity and, thus, shouldn t get this allowance that he can have there, and there were two quotes that she wrote her filings about meadows and clark. the hardship facing the defendant is no different than any other criminal defendant charged with a crime, including co-defendants who already surrendered or agreed to surrender and fani willis wrote about clark, seeks the avoid the inconvenience of being arrested subject to the mandatory state criminal process but provides this court no legal basis to justify those ends making those arguments at a time that shadow what donald trump could potentially be wanting to make in the future as well and what the d.a. would have to defend against. we will see what he does tomorrow and going forward. thank you. and back to our big breaking story this hour. russia says wagner chief yevgeny prigozhin, who led that mutiny just two months ago, was o
shannon bream. good evening. what is this latest back-and-forth on the announcement really mean for the efforts to get access to the president s past records? for now it means that both sides are officially one step closer to getting a formal answer. today the court announced the case out of new york the one that involves a grand jury subpoena will officially go to the justice on whether or not the supreme court will take up and hear the case on december 13th. that vote is private behind closed doors and we rarely get any indication of who voted how. the president s legal team has argued that no sitting president can be subjective to state criminal investigations writing this, politically motivated subpoenas like this one are a perfect illustration of why sitting president should be categorically immune from state criminal process. the manhattan district attorney, the one trying to get the president s tax documents argued that spirit requiring production of documents relating en
supreme court. earlier today, an appeals court ruling to allow new york city prosecutors to proceed with a subpoena for several years of the president s tax returns. the president s team arguing that a sitting president should not be subjected to a state criminal process. the united states formally telling the united nations it is beginning the process of pulling out of the 2015 paris climate agreement. nearly 200 nations signed the climate deal, secretary of state mike pompeo called the deal and unfair economic burden to the u.s. democrats are criticizing the move, chuck schumer calling it one of the worst decisions the president has ever made. the investigation into the investigators escalates. who could be in u.s. attorney john durham s investigative cross hairs? and when do we finally expect a report? our legal panel, we ve got news with them next. these co great riches will find you when liberty mutual customizes your car insurance,
vowing to take the battle over the president s tax returns to the supreme court. earlier today and appeals court ruling to allow prosecutors to proceed. the president arguing is sitting president should not be subjected to a state criminal process was the united states telling the united nations for getting the process of pulling out of the paris climate agreement with nearly 200 nations signed the climate deal. mike pompeo calls the deal and unfair economic burden to the us, democrats really criticizing the move. chuck schumer calling it one of the worst decisions the president has ever made. the investigation into the investigators escalates. it could be in john durham s investigative crosshairs and when can we expect the horwitz report? our legal panel, we have news with them next.
personal financial records for use in a grand jury investigation while the president is in office. with the benefit of the district court s well-articulated opinion, we hold that any presidential immunity from state criminal process does not bar the enforcement of such a subpoena. end quote. joining me now, nbc news investigation correspondent. tom, you do a great job of not wading into areas that neither you nor i are expert. but there is a piece of legal importance to that. the court is not weighing in generally on trump and his culpability and what might be in those tax returns. they are asking a highly specific question. they re answering a highly specific question about whether the manhattan d.a. can get these tax returns from an accounting firm to further an investigation. that s precisely correct and that s something we typically see whenever we look at a in an appeals court decision. they re going to narrowly focus on the issues that were ruled on by the district court judg