Trump on Truth Social: “Absolutely ridiculous! I fully disagree with both verdicts and will be appealing this whole Biden Directed Witch Hunt focused on me and the Republican Party. Our Legal System is out of control, and being used as a Political Weapon. They have taken away all First Amendment Rights. THIS IS NOT AMERICA!”
If you don't like it here, you can always leave. Oh wait. #indictments
"Is it clever, or deluded, for Trump—who complained last week that he has been indicted more times than Al Capone—to see his trials as a political opportunity?"
"Donald Trump's lawyers asked a federal appeals court on Saturday to throw out special counsel Jack Smith's indictment of the former president related to the Jan. 6 uprising, arguing that Trump is immune from prosecution for acts he committed as president."
[The Washington Post] Supreme Court won’t fast-track ruling on Trump’s claim of immunity
Special counsel Jack Smith asked the justices to short-circuit the usual appellate process and quickly settle the question of presidential criminal immunity.
By Robert Barnes and Perry Stein
[NYTimes]: Judge Engoron again asks Kise to control Trump and says that if he cannot, the judge will excuse him and draw negative inferences, which would be very bad for the former president’s case. Kise is responding that he thinks that the judge should want to hear from this witness. The judge disagrees, saying much of it is irrelevant. By Jonah BromwichReporting from inside the courtroom
Lawyers weren’t just involved in Trump’s plot; they devised and enabled it. Lawyers developed the strategies, manufactured a faux constitutional crisis and manipulated legal requirements in the effort to keep Trump in power and give his attempted coup the trappings of legality and legitimacy.
Prosecutors may be more interested in Trump himself, but the lenient plea deals fail to comport with the culpability of these and other lawyers in Trump’s plot against the election. #indictments
"Georgia RICO judge signs off on DA’s subpoena request for GOP Chair Ronna McDaniel and conspiracy theorist Alex Jones to testify in upcoming trial for ‘Kraken’ lawyer Sidney Powell and ‘coup memo’ attorney Kenneth Chesebro"
"Mark Meadows...Trump's former...chief of staff, on Monday sought to pause an order rejecting his bid to move his Georgia criminal election interference case to federal court.
In an 'emergency motion' filed Monday...Meadows asked a federal judge...to stay that order pending an appeal."
It was a week of intricate legal maneuvers with potential huge political consequences. A great group of legal & political commentators - George Conway, Al Franken, and Melissa Murray - join Harry to break it all down, including Mark Meadows' high-risk testimony in support of moving his state charges to federal court & Judge Tanya Chutkan’s selection of a trial date in March 2024. The group goes on to discuss Rudy Giuliani’s continued self-destruction & the latest grotesque episodes of rampage shootings. See Privacy Policy at https://art19.com/privacy and California Privacy Notice at https://art19.com/privacy#do-not-sell-my-info.