how can i put this? tonight is politically surreal. donald trump, the 45th president of the united states, the current republican front-runner, campaigning right now as we speak to be re-elected, hoping to sit right back down at that resolute desk. while the c olorado saying you have to do it in 49 states, colorado isn t one. why? they say he engaged in insurrection on january 6th. they say the 14th amendment says he is disqualified from the ballot and from being president of the united states of america. here s what the 14th amendment says. it says, no person shall hold any office, who has previously taken an oath, to support the constitution of the united states, has engaged in insurrection or rebellion or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. sound familiar? you heard this from the january 6th committee. you heard it from district court rile in the state of colorado. it was the first time there was a real trial to determine if donald trump had engaged in insurrectio
The georgia rico statute has a five-year mandatory minimum sentence. that s a striking reminder, which again, any potential defendant would care about what you just said. we have some reporters as well that are charging all this for us in georgia and from the courthouse. before i go to them, though, barbara, for those of us keeping time, i m curious what you think about, what if anything can be gleaned from the length of time that the grand jury proceeds. we do know, and i will remind viewers who may be catching up in the evening in the east coast, this was something that began today. we were told, it could be up to a two-day process, that they did hold the night past the usual court joining time five pm. again, you can go long, something else happens. again, you could go long because you are doing what they re doing now. you finally got the voting process. and rachel maddow and others are standing by for our coverage continuing here by the end of this hour. so, i am curious, barbara
To talk nomad or what the consequences could be, meaning jail. and that brought up the word for me of its second issue in where a person has a constant need to talk. and oftentimes incoherently stay with me just stay with me, because you are still on air. but i want to tell viewers exactly what we ve got. we have gotten a live feed from inside the courtroom. we can see that judge. you are seeing at home what we are seeing. this is what is called a pull feed. as you can tell, it currently has no sound. but it is quite newsworthy because for one thing, this is the first time it has been turned on as a pool feed today. what you are seeing primarily as some of the assorted credential press gathered in that portion of the room. we are keeping an eye on this because, a, the video being turned on is itself an indicator of the court process