Orchestrated a Scheme To Corrupt the 2016 election. Whats next for Speaker Mike Johnson now that the house is passed aid for ukraine. We are days away from Supreme Court arguments on trumps Immunity Claim. This case is National Security. The 11th hour gets underway this monday night. Here we go. Good evening, once again. I am Stephanie Ruhle and we are 197 days away from the election. We are not talking about the election today, Opening Statements got underway in Donald Trumps first criminal trial. The former president was forced to sit in silence as lawyers from the Manhattan District Attorneys Office alleged he and his allies were part of a conspiracy to influence a 2016 election. The goal, negative stories about trump so voters would never see them. Trumps lawyers said he had no involvement in coverups and there was nothing wrong with trying to influence an election. Laura jarrett was in court and has the details. Reporter tonight prosecutors painting a stark portrait of former Pres
over. this is a case it should have been brought. we will be appealing this scam. it is irresponsible for anyone to say this was rigged, just because they do not like the verdict. shannon: has the verdict playing with voters? i think it s a complete failure of our justice system. the system of justice works big boxes what is of the person former u.s. imprint president convicted of a crime will ask our illeg legal pam about tom s prospects on appeal and the possibility of jail time get reaction from biting sarah get ro khanna and senator tim scott. what will it mean for down ballot races come november? i see you going to tell your candidates to talk about this? what city to be prepared and they all agree this is been a sham at trial. bill: has exclusive for montana with senators steve daines head of the republican group trying to flow control be set and are r sunday panel on why chief justice declined an invitation to new democrats over the alito flag controversy. then
hint of irony his love for the 10 commandments. susan and ashley join me to discuss the politics of all this, and more. running up the clock. the supreme court has just days to decide more than a dozen pivotal cases, including trump s claim of presidential immunity. we discussed if justice delayed will be justice denied. debate countdown. in the final beacon before the two candidates come face-to- face in atlanta i talked with the biden attorney who we just learned is helping the president prep for his debate with his disgraced predecessor. as a former white house counsel, bauer weighs in on presidential immunity. auntie maxine s nightmare. coming face-to-face in court with the man who targeted her with racist death threats. i am jonathan capehart. this is the saturday show. it s a busy day for donald trump ahead of what will be a very consequential week for the criminally convicted former president. and the country. in less than an hour trump will take the stage i
type of warning. you are still under supervision. if you commit an offense they get really tough on you. if he does go with something that is like community service or confining him to trump tower trump could get a suspension pending appeal from a higher court. then they away into the calculation for judge merchan. shannon: is talk about appeal but that s coming. some of the best bright spots for the trump legal team on that front. stormy daniels testimony of the statute itself, the vagueness of the underlying crime, the fact defense expert witness brad smith or severely limited in what they should say. that presidential immunity we are all waiting for the supreme court. when you think is the best option on appeal? seventeen number of options at their disposal pit may be the best what is challenging the notion the fraud, misdemeanor
. stay will expire so presumably sometime on wednesday, we will once again be waiting for the supreme court to weigh into this and to see if there s a longer stay put on this, um the appeals process is already moving forward in the fifth circuit. the fifth circuit has already set a very aggressive briefing schedule. they ve already set oral arguments for may 17th so things are moving along at the appeals level, because, remember , this is just about pausing what the fifth circuit put into effect. the supreme court is doing that there will be no changes. but jake, as you mentioned this legal battle continues to play out, and once again on wednesday. all day will probably be on pins and needles again, much like we were today, waiting for the supreme court to once again, weigh in and see if they will continue to put these rules. are these changes once again on hold, jake. all right. jessica schneider with the breaking news. thanks let s bring in cnn senior supreme court analyst john bisku