Will the support in the party continue to grow. The fake charges put forth by Thet Biden Sham indictment, i would assume hes mentally ill. Will his top rivals rally around him or start to attack and can our democracy survive this challenge . My guests this morning, john lura and jamie raskin, a member of the january 6th attorney and the former lead january 6th impeachment manager. Joining me for insight and be analysis are hallie jackson, peter baker, republican strategist al cardenes and Kimberly Atkins stohr. Welcome to sunday. Its Meet The Press. Announcer from nbc news washington, the longest running show in television history, this is Meet The Press with chuck todd. Good sunday morning. Voters next fall may be faced with an unprecedented choice, whether to put former President Donald Trump back into the white house or to essentially sign off on his sentencing if he is convicted and send him to a prison or a Secret Service protected home. The latest indictment accuses trump to defr
Documents case to begin on august 12th. That is correct. Donald trump asked for that trial tosk start just three mons before the president ial election. Except that request may not exactly by what it sounds like. It could very well be a game of 3d chess. But, yeah, doesnt sound like something donald trump plays all that often. But bear with me here. Trump pitching that august date could be ahi way to block that other federal criminal case, the specialra counsels much more serious federal Election Interference case before going to trial before the election. Yesterday we got that massive news the Supreme Court has agreed to hear trumps argument that those criminal trials in the d. C. Case could should be thrown out because of president ialse immunity. The court didnt schedule to hear that case until the week of april nt22nd. Because of that delay even if the Supreme Court decides that case incredibly quickly, this Election Interference case could not start until late july. We know from f
judge jeanine pirro, harold ford jr., jesse watters, and greg gutfeld. it s 5:00 in new york city and this is the five. the 2024 election turning into a free-for-all, maybe. a dozen states could follow colorado in kicking donald trump off their ballots, or at least trying to. now republicans are found to retaliate against joe biden. we should all be encouraged by any action that makes it less likely that he will return to the president. it s a question of law. if a 14-year-old tried to run for president, would that person be kept off of the ballot because the constitution says you have to be 35 years old to run for president? what is the limiting principle for that? why, could we just say biden can be on the ballot because he lead in 8 million illegals into the country and violated the constitution, which he has? maybe we should take joe biden off the ballot in g texas. utfeld california now lookings copy the ballot ban, and a lieutenant governor trying to run
vice president kamala harris plans to attend along with keisha lance boughts and mitch landrieu. tomorrow night we ll speak with reverend sharpton about how the nichols family and people across the country are grieving in this moment and what justice in this case looks like. but tonight sharpton, nichols family, and their attorney, benjamin crump, are gathered at the historic mason temple to discuss how authorities continue to investigate nichols death. the memphis fire department fired two medics and a lieutenant who all failed to give nichols medical attention in the immediate aftermath as theia officers who had just bean him laughed on the side lines. in addition to that the memphis police department confirmed yesterday that two other memphis officers on the scene that night have been suspended since january 8th. one of those two officers is a man named prestten hemphill. nichols family attorney and civil rights lawyer ben crump says hemphill is the one who pulled nichols
far left extreme candidates tonight. that will be raphael warnock. that s coming up. but first tonight, just breaking now, a major new report from the washington times. it just broke. it says rank and file fbi whistleblowers coming forward. many are now saying that director christopher wray has lost control of the agency and needs to resign. according to the washington times report, these whistleblower claims include allegations of bias even being forced to sign false affidavits. and according to my sources tonight who i spoke to within the last hour, that are directly involved with the whistleblowers, there are at now at least 20 confirmed whistleblowers that have come forward. and according to their attorney, quote, i m hearing from fbi personnel that they feel like the director has lost control of the bureau. he said they are saying how does this guy survive? he s leaving. he s got to leave now. also breaking tonight, a new memo from the attorney general merrick garland an