courthouse. and it is friday night, so you know what that means? our friday night cap is here. breaking down all of the biggest stories of the week. then, it has been nearly 15 years since the miracle on the hudson. i sat down with captain sully sullenberger as the 11th hour gets underway on this jam-packed friday night. good evening once again, i am stephanie ruhle, our nightcap is just ahead and we are going to talk about all of the big events from this week but first we will stick with today. because the former president is now in the deepest legal danger potentially of his life, and he may be planning to question whether those classified documents that he took to mar-a-lago actually damage national security. that is according to the new york times, which says that question could be a central to trump s defense. he s also waiting to hear whether his claim of presidential immunity from prosecution will actually fly with a panel of appeals court judges, and we could get that
is just ahead and we are going to talk about all of the big events from this week but first we will stick with today. because the former president is now in the deepest legal danger potentially of his life, and he may be planning to question whether those classified documents that he took to mar-a-lago actually damage national security. that is according to the new york times, which says that question could be a central to trump s defense. he s also waiting to hear whether his claim of presidential immunity from prosecution will actually fly with a panel of appeals court judges, and we could get that decision at any time. but politico today is pointing out, trump seems to be trying a new legal strategy to help supporters immunity claim. he is now saying that when he pressured mike pence, and other state officials to overturn the 2020 results, the election was quote, long over. of course i was entitled as president of the united states and commander in chief to the community
spoken like a true lawyer. but the reason why is we do not have a trial date from scott mcafee in fulton county, that could go before november. we will get a ruling from the supreme court on the presidential immunity and double jeopardy issues that donald trump has raised before november. we will not have a mar-a-lago classified documents, trial which i spoke to molly about on her amazing podcast. it won t go before november. but then, because of the maga judge, but then you shift the burden to the dea, alvin bragg, who is able to take a backseat for the federal case. but now he s up for trial. it s not case in new york, the alvin bragg case, the stormy daniels, is that really going to take trump out no matter how it goes? he will be found guilty of his crimes, but do you gamble and take that one first? the least compelling of all of them. i think that they re all solidly on for, legs but i think it is the least compelling of all of them. so do you gamble and take that one? i would
break? i don t know. because that is what mitch mcconnell thought was going to save it. mitch mcconnell dislikes donald trump more than anything i can think of. they all secretly dislike him. i m not going to so, the answer is, maybe. spoken like a true lawyer. but the reason why is we do not have a trial date from scott mcafee in fulton county, that could go before november. we will get a ruling from the supreme court on the presidential immunity and double jeopardy issues that donald trump has raised before november. we will not have a mar-a-lago classified documents, trial which i spoke to molly about on her amazing podcast. it won t go before november. but then, because of the maga judge, but then you shift the burden to the dea, alvin bragg, who is able to take a backseat for the federal case. but now he s up for trial. it s not case in new york, the alvin bragg case, the