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it >> harry litman, you can answer this question by invoking or not invoking dr. seuss. but does the trump argument that you are wrecking christmas by putting this deadline on -- could that hold any water? >> i don't think so, but it's not the first citation of dr. seuss. justice kagan, michael court, famously cited one fish, red fish, blue fish, in a supreme court that justice scalia joined. but i want to just amplify what glenn said and say it's really going to matter what the doj decides to do in its supply brief. they filed the brief, sent to the supreme court, saying, grab this. enough donald trump, next wednesday, will file a brief, presumably, saying, oh, what's at the big rush, guys? and then, the doj will come back in. maybe they say, we'll let it go now, let the d. c. circuit go and it's normal time. maybe they say, no, the ticket anyway, time is of the essence here, go forward. one thing seems pretty sure to me. because a judge chuck consent chutkan not just the trial but the discovery is on hold, we now are sort of day for day delayed. i think at the trial da
it >> harry litman, you can answer this question by invoking or not invoking dr. seuss. but does the trump argument that you are wrecking christmas by putting this deadline on -- could that hold any water? >> i don't think so, but it's not the first citation of dr. seuss. justice kagan, michael court, famously cited one fish, red fish, blue fish, in a supreme court that justice scalia joined. but i want to just amplify what glenn said and say it's really going to matter what the doj...
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joining me now, harry litman, a former u.s. attorney and phillip bum, national correspondent for "the washington post." so glad to see you both here. and i brought you both a "mean girl" reference. you're welcome, america. harry litman here. it's going to be a very busy 2024 for donald trump. you've got the special counsel's classified docs and january 6 trials. you've got the georgia election interference case out of fulton county, the stormy daniels hush money payments trial. which of these in your opinion poses the greatest risk to t trump? >> man, it is all crazy. and you didn't even list the civil cases including the one in new york that's about to revive. one of these i think is the biggest threat to him is the election interference case in washington, d.c. and we're watching that closely now because that's where the immunity motion is going on, and that's where all the action is. but there is still a lot of space even if we lose a couple of months for that to be tried and go to the jury conviction one might think in plen
joining me now, harry litman, a former u.s. attorney and phillip bum, national correspondent for "the washington post." so glad to see you both here. and i brought you both a "mean girl" reference. you're welcome, america. harry litman here. it's going to be a very busy 2024 for donald trump. you've got the special counsel's classified docs and january 6 trials. you've got the georgia election interference case out of fulton county, the stormy daniels hush money payments...
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harry litman, former us attorney and deputy assistant attorney general.tand some of this. we hope to have you back on next year because this is going to be an interesting ride. thanks. for the past several days, we've been following the story of glynn simmons, an oklahoma man who spent almost half a century in a us prison for a crime he didn't commit. at 22 years old, simmons was convicted of murder. he's now 70 and has just been declared formally innocent. the case is the us�*s longest wrongful imprisonment. earlier, i spoke with ngozi ndulue, a special advisor on race and wrongful conviction for the innocence project. 48 years in prison for a crime he did not commit. talk to us a bit about how something like this could happen to a man like glynn simmons and how common are cases like this? i think this seems like an extraordinary case and it is because of the sheer length of time before being exonerated. unfortunately, we have seen several case like this where it has taken decades for people to be exonerated. what we can take from this is though we have
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harry litman, former deputy assistant -- and formal federal prosecutor, mimi --.arry, i will start with you. with the magic eight ball here. why would the court decide to wait on this case? with knowing that ultimately, probably able to end up -- anyway? >> because something important happened after jack smith has been to take it quickly. and they first hopped to to take it quickly. and that was the d.c. circuit issued a very quick scheduling order themselves, including, as you have just said, abby, the oral argument on january 9th. so from the courts standpoint, they would know that if they just wait a few more weeks that they will get a full opinion from the d.c. circuit. i clerked on the court and wrote a lot of memos there. that is something they care about. it makes it easier for them. i think they are very aware of the importance of the issue and the importance of moving quickly, but they coalesced around, let's all just wait for a few weeks. and they wanted to do it unanimously. the reason it is only 11 words in they want to avoid, if possible, the black ey
harry litman, former deputy assistant -- and formal federal prosecutor, mimi --.arry, i will start with you. with the magic eight ball here. why would the court decide to wait on this case? with knowing that ultimately, probably able to end up -- anyway? >> because something important happened after jack smith has been to take it quickly. and they first hopped to to take it quickly. and that was the d.c. circuit issued a very quick scheduling order themselves, including, as you have just...
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. >> joining me now is scott bolden, and litigation attorney and harry litman, former u.s. attorney. scott, to first, now we have a two states, colorado and maine, they have essentially said they want to throw trump off the ballot, although it sounds like he will remain there for a little while pending appeals, of course. the counter argument, some are making, and you heard it here on this show in the last hour, is this unfair to voters it to not be able to have these decisions being made in a transparent way, in a uniform way, state-by-state? do you think that shirt weigh in at all for the supreme court? >> no, not at this point in time. the law enables this opportunity to keep individuals off the ballot. it empowers voters. the constitution says that, under title three, under section three, if you engage in an insurrection, or if you ate and abet an insurrection, then you disqualify yourself from being put on the ballot whether you are the president or other state or federal official. so i don't think that should be in the mix. and these two opinions, because the law allo
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happy they say it's the happiest place on earth, harry litman.oing to talk about disney world for a second because i need a moment of not bleak all of a sudden. on january, first disney's copyright for mickey mouse expiring. i'm serious, talking about mickey mouse. entering the public domain, yes. i wonder if you could explain the significance of this being able to go into the public domain? >> mayor 95 years after it was created. what happens is, by the way, you saw what's going in the public domain. it's not our cute mickey of our childhood, it's steam but willie, who was a very different figure. but what it shows, laura, there are supposed to be a balance. you want to give artists and creators some incentive to do works of art, so they can really exploit them for a period of time. but congress has again and again and again extend it under pressure from the industry. so right now, you want to do a little thing about steam but? willie you may hear from that lawrence at disney. and that it's 95 years after steamboat willie was created. so, it rea
happy they say it's the happiest place on earth, harry litman.oing to talk about disney world for a second because i need a moment of not bleak all of a sudden. on january, first disney's copyright for mickey mouse expiring. i'm serious, talking about mickey mouse. entering the public domain, yes. i wonder if you could explain the significance of this being able to go into the public domain? >> mayor 95 years after it was created. what happens is, by the way, you saw what's going in the...
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harry litman is a former deputy assistant attorney general for the department of justice and the is now a legal affairs columnist for the los angeles times. paul butler is a former federal prosecutor who served in the public integrity unit at the doj and now teaches at georgetown university law center. theyer both join me now. i'm glad to have you all here. i'm not a lawyer, i only play one on tv. harry, here's my question. so what does jack smith hope is going to be the ruling? like what could chutkan actually say, what could her ruling be? could she basically say, hey, anysi reference to undercover agents is thrown out? would that limit to what trump would say in trial? what's a ruling actually like. >> that's definitely it because these are rulings you could otherwise make during the heat of the trial,de and smith is saying let's do this up front and let's get this off the table. look, if you're doing -- it's notou simply these things as ry detailed are far-fetched, they're illegally irrelevant. the jury'sga job is to decide t truth or i falsity of the charg, not to nullify the charg
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attorney harry litman. this unusual, not unprecedented. jack smith is trying to jump ahead.long time to come down with their version of the gag order. he is trying to shorten the whole process, right? >> yeah. i think it's kind of a master stroke that seems obvious once it happened. we hadn't thought about before. you would think he would be in the position of resisting supreme court review. trump seeking it out. there's both the issue and this is the single issue most likely to derail the trial, and there's the time line. he realized you can do this unusual maneuver. it's quite unusual. but this case is made for it, because it was a very short petition that just said, this is obviously a super important case, and you should do it. they responded right away saying, you are right, we will decide very quickly whether or not to take up the issue. if they take it up and rule for trump, the case would be over anyway. if they rule against him, or just decide not to take the issue, then the coast is clear and there's no big delay in the trial. it's pretty brilliant, i think. >> an
attorney harry litman. this unusual, not unprecedented. jack smith is trying to jump ahead.long time to come down with their version of the gag order. he is trying to shorten the whole process, right? >> yeah. i think it's kind of a master stroke that seems obvious once it happened. we hadn't thought about before. you would think he would be in the position of resisting supreme court review. trump seeking it out. there's both the issue and this is the single issue most likely to derail...
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litman is a former deputy assistant attorney general.d to have all of you here. so ryan, giuliani told us earlier this week that when he got the chance to testify, we would hear -- and i'm quoting him -- the whole story about his allegations. so what happened? >> reporter: yeah, i think his lawyer finally got through to him. him testifying was not going to go well and would end up putting additional money on the reward that they're eventually going to be finding here. you know, because he cannot let go of this big lie, right? he still believes this. it's very clear by his statement this is week that he still believes these false claims because of something he read on a crazy right wing conspiracy website about these two election workers that he defamed. so even though he acknowledged, you know, months ago in the court document that for the purposes of the litigation he was acknowledging that he made these false inflame tor statements, that's not what was in his head. his lawyer actually during his closing statement said that mr. giuliani
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. >>> joining me now is harry litman, former u.s.ssistant attorney general, and a current legal affairs columnist for the l.a. times. harry, thanks for being here. what do you think of the argument here in jack smith's filing? >> it's quite strong, stephen. it starts with the principal, no person is above the law. there are a couple of little situations when a private person suzette president for something she or he did in office, where you get a little bit of play in the joints. and jackson it is saying here, our criminal prosecution is much more important than that. so you should get none. but even if you got the same play in the joints, that will mean, there will be immunity for official acts. this is way outside official acts, trying to overturn an election, something that's more unofficial than that. , something thi think it's a veg filing and he is likely to prevail. and they are going in very, very fast motion here, the court of appeals. they are going to hear an oral argument on this case a week from tuesday, trump has a litt
. >>> joining me now is harry litman, former u.s.ssistant attorney general, and a current legal affairs columnist for the l.a. times. harry, thanks for being here. what do you think of the argument here in jack smith's filing? >> it's quite strong, stephen. it starts with the principal, no person is above the law. there are a couple of little situations when a private person suzette president for something she or he did in office, where you get a little bit of play in the joints....
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we're back with harry litman. harry, quite the year for district attorney fani willis. to choose from. what stood out to you? >> well, first, she really has as you say held her own. and i think it's the way she started big and begun to whittle it down, make it very clear at least trump, meadows, and giuliani are not getting deals. and i think there may be three others. there are 15 total, but a lot of them are genuine small-fry georgia electors. and i think we could see a whole tassel of pleas once the trial is imminent. right now it's set for august. it's kind of a late date that she chose, and even the judge has expressed some interest in moving it up. because if it doesn't given how long she says it's going to take, no way it finishes before november. >> so i think this is an interesting point, harry. you know, there were lots of defendants who turned down plea deals, and you just noted that you could see more people flipping, but when -- whenever this case comes to fruition, i mean in the -- in the current racketeering case that fani willis is trying in georgia, it
we're back with harry litman. harry, quite the year for district attorney fani willis. to choose from. what stood out to you? >> well, first, she really has as you say held her own. and i think it's the way she started big and begun to whittle it down, make it very clear at least trump, meadows, and giuliani are not getting deals. and i think there may be three others. there are 15 total, but a lot of them are genuine small-fry georgia electors. and i think we could see a whole tassel of...
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also with us, harry litman, former u.s. attorney and deputy assistant attorney general, a secret legals affair columnist for the los angeles times. gentlemen, thank you for being with us this evening. glenn kirschner, first of all, it's going to make the decision by judge chutkan to stay the proceedings. is this procedural or is the suppressing in any way? >> yeah, this is criminal procedure 101 really, ali. once an appeal has been filed, the trial court's divested of jurisdiction, so she just has to stay the case, pause the case and sit back, wait the appellate court rulings. interestingly in that three-page order, she did say a couple of things. she said, i would not vacate, in other words, cancel all of the deadlines, and she certainly did not canceled the march 4th trial booth. she said, i will suspend them. we'll see how quickly things move through the appellate process and, perhaps, they can keep to some of the original deadlines though that may end up being difficult. the other thing she said is i am not letting go o
also with us, harry litman, former u.s. attorney and deputy assistant attorney general, a secret legals affair columnist for the los angeles times. gentlemen, thank you for being with us this evening. glenn kirschner, first of all, it's going to make the decision by judge chutkan to stay the proceedings. is this procedural or is the suppressing in any way? >> yeah, this is criminal procedure 101 really, ali. once an appeal has been filed, the trial court's divested of jurisdiction, so she...
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tim miller is writer at large for the bulwark and an msnbc political analyst, harry litman is former deputy assistant attorney general and host of "talking feds podcast." great to have all of you here. so lisa, court just broke for lunch. what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, this morning's testimony has been from a man named elitov. his testimony here is equivalent to a one-e person pep rally for donald trump's view of this case. eli bartov is essentially saying all valuation is inherently subjective. it's an art, not a science, and therefore there was nothing materially wrong with trump's financial statements. he pointed to a single error with respect to trump's triplex. he said if you wanted to -- you would continue to perm perpetrate the fraud at $180 million instead of correcting your mistake. at the very end of today's court session right before lunch, the attorney general's office objected to an answer that mr. bartov gave saying he had gone well beyond the scope of his expertise and was instead saying whatever the trump folks were paying him to say. that got mr. bartov rea
tim miller is writer at large for the bulwark and an msnbc political analyst, harry litman is former deputy assistant attorney general and host of "talking feds podcast." great to have all of you here. so lisa, court just broke for lunch. what can you tell us? >> reporter: well, this morning's testimony has been from a man named elitov. his testimony here is equivalent to a one-e person pep rally for donald trump's view of this case. eli bartov is essentially saying all...
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nbc's ken dilanian joins us now along with former federal prosecutor harry litman, first, when are weiani, and what are the rules for his testimony? >> well, ana, if all goes as planned, we may see rudy giuliani on the stand this afternoon. normally we know what's going to happen in a trial like this. we know what the witnesses are going to say. in this case, it's a total wild card because rudy giuliani came out and told reporters the opposite of what his lawyer said in court. he continued to maintain that these women were engaged in voter fraud, which is a statement that the judge had already ruled was defamation, and the judge admonished him and his lawyers for doing that and entered an order saying that he cannot say that to the jury, but nonetheless, he seems unrepentant and not on the same page with his lawyer. his lawyer essentially saying we know we've harmed these women. we don't want to pay as much as they're asking for, $43 million, don't ruin rudy giuliani. rudy is saying i'm innocent and what i said is true. what he'll actually say on the witness stand remains to be seen b
nbc's ken dilanian joins us now along with former federal prosecutor harry litman, first, when are weiani, and what are the rules for his testimony? >> well, ana, if all goes as planned, we may see rudy giuliani on the stand this afternoon. normally we know what's going to happen in a trial like this. we know what the witnesses are going to say. in this case, it's a total wild card because rudy giuliani came out and told reporters the opposite of what his lawyer said in court. he...
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our next guest, harry litman, a former deputy assistant attorney general for the department of justice and now a legal affairs columnist for the los angeles times. paul butler, former federal prosecutor who served in the public integrity unit of the doj and the teachers at georgetown university law center. they both join me now. i'm glad to have you all here. i'm not a lawyer, i don't play well on tv. so i like to have people explain legal consequences on this. harry, here's my question. what does jack smith hope is going to be the ruling? what could chutkan actually say? what could her ruling be? would she be able to say hey, any reference to undercover agents is thrown out? with that limit what trump could actually say at trial? what's a ruling he would actually like to come down before we hear some of the rules about january 6th? >> that's definitely it. these are rulings that you could otherwise make during the trial, during the heat of the trial, and smith is saying let's do this up front and get this off the table. so look, it's not simply that these things, as ryan detailed, are
our next guest, harry litman, a former deputy assistant attorney general for the department of justice and now a legal affairs columnist for the los angeles times. paul butler, former federal prosecutor who served in the public integrity unit of the doj and the teachers at georgetown university law center. they both join me now. i'm glad to have you all here. i'm not a lawyer, i don't play well on tv. so i like to have people explain legal consequences on this. harry, here's my question. what...
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attorney, harry litman. harry, all of this sounds reminiscent of -- what do you think about the new reporting? how significant is that for prosecutors? folks like special counsel, jack smith, what do you think? >> i think that is exactly. right it really is a piece with the infamous phone call to raffensperger. one key difference, these two canvassers let us inside and play ball, they came back the next, day tried to rescind the votes. never did sign and then said publicly that from the president of the united states, they did not quite remember what was said. they think he was just congratulating them on their good work. so it really is here where he was successful. but it did not keep them from certifying the election. it is, it feeds totally into jack smith's case, which already concerns michigan. this call is not in there but we have to expect that they have it. in addition it is a state crime almost certainly because michigan law prohibits bribery or getting a public official to try not to do their duty
attorney, harry litman. harry, all of this sounds reminiscent of -- what do you think about the new reporting? how significant is that for prosecutors? folks like special counsel, jack smith, what do you think? >> i think that is exactly. right it really is a piece with the infamous phone call to raffensperger. one key difference, these two canvassers let us inside and play ball, they came back the next, day tried to rescind the votes. never did sign and then said publicly that from the...
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joining me now to discuss donald trump's legal woes is harry litman, former us attorney and deputy assistanting us at this hour. let's start with the us supreme court's decision this week too, at least for now not far struck a decision on this measure of presidential immunity. how surprised were you that the supreme court kind of pushed this one aside and said we don't want to take this up said we don't want to take this up right now? said we don't want to take this up right now?— said we don't want to take this up right now? when jack smith first brought — up right now? when jack smith first brought the _ up right now? when jack smith first brought the motion, - up right now? when jack smith first brought the motion, i - first brought the motion, i thought that the court might take it but what happened after that, the courtjust below the supreme court started moving very fast on it. so i think the supreme court may well have been thinking we willjust wait for a few weeks and we may have a fuller treatment from the court below. and then, it wouldn't indicate that they don't appreciate the im
joining me now to discuss donald trump's legal woes is harry litman, former us attorney and deputy assistanting us at this hour. let's start with the us supreme court's decision this week too, at least for now not far struck a decision on this measure of presidential immunity. how surprised were you that the supreme court kind of pushed this one aside and said we don't want to take this up said we don't want to take this up right now? said we don't want to take this up right now?— said we...
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joining us now as former us attorney and deputy assistant attorney general harry litman. let's talk first about this appeal that was filed over the weekend late saturday night. i want to read some of the argument the legal team is making in this appeal to get your take. despite ample motive and opportunity to do so it provides powerful evidence that the power to do so does not exist. what do you think of that? >> maybe it provides powerful evidence that presidents don't normally commit crimes. i think the court of appeals is not going to be very welcoming of this general immunity argument. what he's trying to say basically is he was acting as president not as candidate not trying to do anything wrong just looking out for the election integrity. i don't think that's a position that's going to fly. on the other hand right now it does delay the start of the trial in that sense he gets an important advantage on one level. the when he was just expressing. if they rule on this quickly which they seem to be indicating that they are going to try to do how does this likely impact
joining us now as former us attorney and deputy assistant attorney general harry litman. let's talk first about this appeal that was filed over the weekend late saturday night. i want to read some of the argument the legal team is making in this appeal to get your take. despite ample motive and opportunity to do so it provides powerful evidence that the power to do so does not exist. what do you think of that? >> maybe it provides powerful evidence that presidents don't normally commit...
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joining me now to discuss this is harry litman, former deputy assistance attorney general during theministration, tim miller, a writer for "the bulwark," communication director for jeb bush and eugene scott. appreciate you all being with me today. harry, as a former u.s. attorney, what are you watching for in this case? where do you think it's heading? >> i'm watching for two things. it's heading with a bullet to the u.s. supreme court. it does well to think of it on the merits on the one hand and the timing on the other. there's, will he win and how will the court try to handle this unprecedented claim? but also, how much time can he eat up? the colorado supreme court did something clever. it stayed its mandate until january 4th. after that, it expires. it forces trump's hand. he would normally have 90 days. he has to move for a stay in the u.s. supreme court by the 4th or before that, otherwise if he doesn't get it from the court, it gets scrubbed off. i think the first question will be the stay. you need five supreme court justices to grant a stay. that will be a very big indicati
joining me now to discuss this is harry litman, former deputy assistance attorney general during theministration, tim miller, a writer for "the bulwark," communication director for jeb bush and eugene scott. appreciate you all being with me today. harry, as a former u.s. attorney, what are you watching for in this case? where do you think it's heading? >> i'm watching for two things. it's heading with a bullet to the u.s. supreme court. it does well to think of it on the merits...
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attorney, harry litman, along with nbc, is gary -- carey, i want to start with you on this one.ep or if you can on what these new charges are and are we hearing anything from the white house on this? >> in this 56-page indictment, special counsel goes into great detail. what hunter biden was spending his money on instead of paying his taxes. remember, for some context, here this was a time and hunter biden's life when he was in the throes of addiction, a very low time in his life. and what he was spending his money on makes that clear. i want to show you here, this was money spent on various women, hundreds of thousands of dollars for, quote, various women. hundreds of thousands of dollars as it relates to adult entertainment. one point $6 million in atm withdrawals, cash withdrawals. he was using cashed and spending it on things. a lot of it going to his alcohol and drug use. as f the presidents the white house ofly h not been saying hing. they're saying no comment, nothing on record. theresint said in the past he's very proud of his son. he believes his son has done nothing wr
attorney, harry litman, along with nbc, is gary -- carey, i want to start with you on this one.ep or if you can on what these new charges are and are we hearing anything from the white house on this? >> in this 56-page indictment, special counsel goes into great detail. what hunter biden was spending his money on instead of paying his taxes. remember, for some context, here this was a time and hunter biden's life when he was in the throes of addiction, a very low time in his life. and...
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joining me now is harry litman, former u.s.ney general, and the host of talking feds podcast. as well as victoria nbc contributor and dean of the school of public service, university of arkansas. she'sback for another round with us. harriet, let's start with you. trump's legal team, and, part, claims this is a separation of powers issue. saying, quote, the judicial branch cannot stand in judgment over a presidents official acts. that doctrine is not controversial, what do you make of this legal argument? does it have any likes? >> they're really flailing here, what's happening is they're using cases where it's not controversial that a court can't overturn a presidents discretionary act, like a pardon, or veto. that is a far cry for this prosecutor can't indict a presidents, and a jury can't convict them. in general, they are really flailing in on the other hand, there is a timing issue, and how much time on the clock it will eat up. there is other separate concerns that go out simultaneously. >> one more, harry. the d.c. electi
joining me now is harry litman, former u.s.ney general, and the host of talking feds podcast. as well as victoria nbc contributor and dean of the school of public service, university of arkansas. she'sback for another round with us. harriet, let's start with you. trump's legal team, and, part, claims this is a separation of powers issue. saying, quote, the judicial branch cannot stand in judgment over a presidents official acts. that doctrine is not controversial, what do you make of this legal...
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joining me now is harry litman, former united states attorney and deputy assistant attorney general.or legal affairs analyst for the los angeles times, a guy returned to a lot to understand these things. i wasn't surprised, harry, that our relatively simple finding was 68 pages long. they seem to really want to go into a lot of detail about why or why not or something that most people who are not lawyers would say, it's reasonable to contain some of the things that donald trump says to witnesses or jurors are people at that. >> it's an interesting point. it happens a lot. i think one reason is that they have already started writing before the argument, in a big case like this. i think the judge was already doing it. second, they really wanted to dig in deeply and give full weight, which is to say, limited way for the first amendment part. as you say, they sounded all the most important themes, especially on the rule of law, and the hearings are pretty inconsequential. jack smith, i was a u.s. attorney, really does go with the office, that is not a big problem. really, they had her ba
joining me now is harry litman, former united states attorney and deputy assistant attorney general.or legal affairs analyst for the los angeles times, a guy returned to a lot to understand these things. i wasn't surprised, harry, that our relatively simple finding was 68 pages long. they seem to really want to go into a lot of detail about why or why not or something that most people who are not lawyers would say, it's reasonable to contain some of the things that donald trump says to...
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attorney harry litman says this must be freaking out the trump camp. does it surprise you?hen i heard this information i was surprised, i was shot. one of the biggest gaps we don't know about on january 6th is what donald trump is doing. the presidential daily diary is blank from 1:21 pm to a little bit after four when he made that rose garden speech telling the protesters, the rioters, to go home. we did not have call records at all during that time for over seven hours. the white house photographer was told not to take photos. the biggest, one of the biggest parts of the january six investigation was figuring out what donald trump was doing during that time. we talked to witnesses like molly michael, his assistant, who said he was watching tv. we believe he was watching fox news. one thing the january six committee was find the fox news coverage for that day play in trying to understand what donald trump was seeing. the fact that jack smith has access to these phones, i believe they know when the twitter amp was open, they know what web pages he was on. that goes to show
attorney harry litman says this must be freaking out the trump camp. does it surprise you?hen i heard this information i was surprised, i was shot. one of the biggest gaps we don't know about on january 6th is what donald trump is doing. the presidential daily diary is blank from 1:21 pm to a little bit after four when he made that rose garden speech telling the protesters, the rioters, to go home. we did not have call records at all during that time for over seven hours. the white house...
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joining me, harry litman, former u.s. attorney and deputy assistant attorney general. he hosts the talking heads podcasts. let's get into this. trump's legal team claims, and, part this is the separation of powers issue. the judicial grand cannot sit in judgment over presidents official acts. that doctrine is not controversial. give me your sense of the legal argument, what do you make a bed? >> yeah, the doctor has not controversial, but it is not remotely applying here. it's interesting that they made this their lead arguments. these are cases that say the judiciary can't second-guess the presidents discretionary actions, for example, giving a pardon, or vetoing. they say nothing at all, and the court is not saying anything at all about whether that means that the executive branch can't indict and a jury find guilty of president for committing crimes. it's completely a field. i think it's a bit of flay lane that it's trump's primary arguments, both in the introduction, and in the brief itself. >> so, can i just ask you, if we boil this down really basically, or they
joining me, harry litman, former u.s. attorney and deputy assistant attorney general. he hosts the talking heads podcasts. let's get into this. trump's legal team claims, and, part this is the separation of powers issue. the judicial grand cannot sit in judgment over presidents official acts. that doctrine is not controversial. give me your sense of the legal argument, what do you make a bed? >> yeah, the doctor has not controversial, but it is not remotely applying here. it's interesting...
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attorney harry litman. trump just posted that he will appeal. surprising, of course, but talk us through how that plays out. >> well, the appeal, the d.c. circuit here, the appeal is in the form of an appeal to the supreme court. i don't see it going anywhere. first, i want to say tim's point is really important. thematically he was trying to say, a, i'm special, and b, this is a first amendment special issue. they said, a, you're not. jack smith appeared prosecutors are used to being under fire. that kind of goes with the territory. if it does begin to impugn the process, chutkan is free to modify the order. we thought they might have modified the legal standard, but they diplomat. in temperatures of the court now, unless they stay is it while he considers is, when he'll have for, really the game is basically over. with so many things on the horizon, i don't think this is the issue they will glom on to. if they did, yes, everything would be frozen and he could continue to run hi mouth. he's effectively at the end of the road, i think. >> basel,
attorney harry litman. trump just posted that he will appeal. surprising, of course, but talk us through how that plays out. >> well, the appeal, the d.c. circuit here, the appeal is in the form of an appeal to the supreme court. i don't see it going anywhere. first, i want to say tim's point is really important. thematically he was trying to say, a, i'm special, and b, this is a first amendment special issue. they said, a, you're not. jack smith appeared prosecutors are used to being...
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attorney harry litman and senior columnist for the "boston globe" and co-host of excellent in sisters podcast. you've been in the courthouse, walk us through, what happened in the court today? >> reporter: yes. all sort of expecting this big day of rudy giuliani's testimony, because he's been telling us this big day was coming. his lawyer told the jury he was grog to testify and then he told reporters he would testify. the truth would come out. brought back up before the judge. the truth he's spreading a lie. what this case is all about. but he still believes the lows, and that's where the divide comes about between his lawyer and the client himself. rudy giuliani's lawyer i think had trouble controlling what his client was saying this week, obviously. making statements after court each day. that contrasted with what his attorney was trying to say in court. you sort of mentioned there, his lawyer has actually been saying complementary things about the plaintiffs. good people. didn't deserve what happened to them and rudy giuliani did wrong here. basically his lawyer was trying to argu
attorney harry litman and senior columnist for the "boston globe" and co-host of excellent in sisters podcast. you've been in the courthouse, walk us through, what happened in the court today? >> reporter: yes. all sort of expecting this big day of rudy giuliani's testimony, because he's been telling us this big day was coming. his lawyer told the jury he was grog to testify and then he told reporters he would testify. the truth would come out. brought back up before the judge....