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special counsel jack smith calling on the supreme court to make a decision and make it fast. the former president, will he stand trial for the alleged crimes he committed while in office? and flight fallout, the white house slammed the texas governor for sending migrants up north. the administration, called it a political stunt, live in chicago where the influx of migrants is causing a crisis. nightmare before christmas along the west coast, how an atmospheric river in major flooding are threatening holiday plans for millions. following these major stories, coming in from cnn news central. no holiday break for the nine justices of the supreme court. there are three hugely significant disputes tied to donald trump that for their pocket. the latest special counsel jack smith reiterating that he wants to leapfrog the appeals court and have the supreme court way in now on whether trump can be prosecuted or if he has presidential immunity. the other two they are ....
the wiretapping of his political opponents. conspiracy, extortion, blackmail. high crimes against the very structure of our constitutional state. the nixon/agnew team receives an overwhelming mandate from the american voters, sweeping every state but one, massachusetts. as a result of the cover-up, richard nixon stayed in office a lot longer than he should have. but imagine if the american people had known in the summer of 1972 the extent to which richard nixon had participated in criminal enterprises. it s not just a desire for political power. it s a lust. i mean, that s what nixon said. i lust for power . the man in the middle in the watergate scandal is 34-year-old john wesley dean, iii. i thought the cover-up was going to end after the election. i was wrong. i have no prior knowledge of the watergate break-ins. it s going to get worse, much worse. seven men went on trial today in a washington federal court charged with the break-in and burglar ....
blackmail. high crimes against the very structure of our constitutional state. the nixon team receives an overwhelming mandate from the american voters sweeping every state but one, massachusetts. as a result of the cover-up, richard nixon stayed in office a lot longer than he should have, but imagine if the american people had known in the summer of 1972 the extent to which richard nixon had participated in criminal enterprises. it s not just a desire for political power. it s a lust. i mean, that s what nixon said. i lust for power. the man in the middle in the watergate scandal. it s 34-year-old john wesley dean iii. i thought the cover-up was going to end after the election. i was wrong. i had no prior knowledge of the watergate break-in. it s going to get worse, much worse. seven men went on trial today in a washington federal court charged with the break-in and burglary of democratic national headquarters in the water building last june. the wh ....
high crimes against the very structure of our constitutional state. the team received an overwhelming mandate from the american voters leaving every state but one, massachusetts . it is not just a desire for political power. it is a lost. that is what nixon said. i lust for power. the man in the middle, john wesley dean the third. i thought the cover-up was going to and after the election. i was wrong. i have no prior knowledge of the water great break in. is going to get much, much worse. seven men went on trial today in a washington federal court charged with a break in and burglary of democratic national headquarters in the watergate building last june. the white house managed to contain the breaking of the watergate to only seven people. but, john new that people had lied and it passed him off. so, what he wanted to do was to find out if there was anybody above those seven who should be going to jail. he thought the only way for that to happen woul ....
our role in the senate select committee was to make disclosures through televised hearings. we had the power of subpoena, the power to put people under oath. but congress does not have a prosecutorial function. it s only to investigate, to legislate, and to inform. by march of 1973, you had the senate select committee pushing for hearings. but nixon by and large did not want his aides to testify. people were very interested in the senate hearings and whether nixon was going claim executive privilege to keep his top aides from testifying. a president can t use executive privilege to shield his own criminal conduct. nixon was under pressure of republicans, and many voters who had voted for him in 72 to cooperate. ....