single sentence that favors or even slightly sympathizes with donald trump s argument for presidential immunity. instead, the d.c. appeals court stands up trump s defenses only to knock them down one by one. the judges reached back through history citing case law from the early 1800s along with founders themselves on how they envisioned the power and limitations of the presidency. the court concludes quote, for the purposes of h criminal case, former president trump has become citizen trump with all of the defenses of any other criminal defendant. on trump s argument that the separation of powers doctrine bars judicial review of executive actions, the court cited presidents nixon and truman, both of whom were found to have exceeded their authority by the supreme court. nixon on trying to shield his tapes and truman on trying to seize steel mills. they also cited an 1882 supreme court ruling that said officers of the government can be sued pulling directly from the decision, q
starts now. tonight on the reidout with donald trump, republicans have lost almost every competitive election. we lost the senate. we lost the house. we lost the white house. we lost in 2018. we lost in 2020. and we lost in 2022. the worst kept secret in politics is how badly the democrats want to run against donald trump. haley presses on despite impossible odds. she has the support of the billionaire donor class want all the trump tax cuts for the super rich but can t stomach donald trump. plus, with biden s economy doing so well, all republicans have left to offer is fear, including fear of immigrants. tonight, a look at how the issue is playing in the latino community. and we begin tonight with fascism and how it takes root. now it isn t a dramatic storm the palace coup like we saw on january 6th. it s more often deal, a bargain between the would be dictator and the establishment, both political and media, who believe that wielding actual political power wi
hello, america. i m jimmy fallon, the king locke of late night. greg gutfeld is out. and that s a good thing becaus,e would totally trash this jacket from my overweight figure skater collection like, listen, folks, greg bashes my wardrobe a lot. but in my defense, unlike greg, i can t borrow clothes from peter dinklage. jimmy. anyway, we have a great show for you tonight with a. but before we get to them, it is friday. now, the normal tradition on gutfeld is that we d open with leftovers. but seeing as it s the last episod leftov the e of 2023, the produe agreed to let me share my final thoughts on the year. if it s okay with you people. final thoughts now.. to be honest, 2023 was a bit of a dumpster fire, but it did teach us a lot things. , for instance, but why taught us that this was not what customers meant when they asked the bartender for a beer with some nut some s nut so silly. yeah. the mulvaney story turned the of beers into the rodney king of beers. but
of newjersey christine todd whitman and miles taylor who served in the trump administration as chief of staff at homeland security. welcome to the programme: there was a moment this afternoon when the website, flightradar, crashed because so many people were following the progress of a plane that was tracking a circuitous route from malaysia to taiwan. and that is because flight spar 19, was carrying nancy pelosi, house speaker, and the highest ranking us visitor to taiwan, in some 25 years. she landed safelyjust after 11pm, accompanied by a senior delegation of house committee chairmen, in defiance of escalating chinese threats. just after landing, the washington post published the speakers opinion piece, in which she explains some of her thinking. in the face of the chinese communist party s that might be the official white house position, but at such a delicate moment in us china relations, the pentagon was not in favour of the visit. remember china views taiwan as a brea
Paragraphs talking about written by nice reporter, now i dont remember, he goes i done remember. Maybe thats what i said. This was 14 years ago. They didnt do a retraction. Special guest, someone active in politics and concerned about the Direction Politics is heading right fou. What did you think and feel when you watched meryl streep talk about a man going o be our president mocking someones disability . I thought she said what she said beautifully. Its easy enough to see the video online of trump mocking i agree with meryl it was heartbreaking moment and so beneath the dignity of the
presidency let alone any pt respectful person. What we need more is kindness and common decency. And what he did how he reacted how he needs he has the need to talk back and insult anybody who doesnt agree with him, thats pretty disgraceful. What do you make of the critique that meryl streep made last night you can push this and it becomes norm. You define deantsy. This kind of behavior become the norm.