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jessica schneider, thanks, and we'll see you later on the show with another story. joining us now, federal prosecutor and whitewater independent counsel robert grazers council for then president trump and his first impeachment trial. also with us, cnn senior legal analyst former federal prosecutor elie honig. great to see you both. robert, i will start with you. you are highly critical of the colorado supreme court decision, you pointed out that section three of the 14th amendment doesn't mention the presidency. but the following question is, what would be the logic of the amendment prohibiting all others insurrectionists from holding office but not the presidency? >> because the presidency is unique. it is uniquely dealt with in other places in the constitution. chief justice roberts has already spoken to the question of whether an officer of the united states is limited to just appointed officials as opposed to all officials under our united states government. the answer is, it is limited to appointed officials, generally speaking, and that's for some reason to va
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we'll see. >> jessica schneider, thank you so much. let's continue talking about this with ken friedman. he was a spokesman for giuliani's 1993 mayoral campaign and was a consulting producer for cnn's special documentary "giuliani: what happened to america's mayor?" which is a good question. as cnn's jessica schneider just outlined, ken, giuliani was set to testify in his trial today. it didn't seem like a very wise course of action to me. just this morning his lawyers announced he would not be testifying. listen to what giuliani said about this just monday. >> you heard one side. stay tuned for my testimony. i'll be under oath. >> what do you think happened? why do you think he in the end did not testify? >> i think that he came to his senses and his lawyer wouldn't l let him get up until he agreed not to testify. all he could have done is dug himself a deeper hole. it's clear that he defamed them. he's already been -- you know, that's been substantiated. and there's this question now of what the damages are. but as jessica schneider
we'll see. >> jessica schneider, thank you so much. let's continue talking about this with ken friedman. he was a spokesman for giuliani's 1993 mayoral campaign and was a consulting producer for cnn's special documentary "giuliani: what happened to america's mayor?" which is a good question. as cnn's jessica schneider just outlined, ken, giuliani was set to testify in his trial today. it didn't seem like a very wise course of action to me. just this morning his lawyers announced...
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cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider is following this for us., what are trump's lawyers arguing? >> wolf, they want the supreme court to let this appeals process to play out and not to step in at this point and hear the immunity issue. this is what trump's lawyers are arguing. they're saying the special counsel urges the court to leapfrog appellate review and rush head-long to decide one of the most novel, complex and momentous legal issues in american history. the special counsel seeks to embroil this court in a partisan rush to judgment. the court should decline. this argument really goes to the trump's team desire to let this appeal drag out as long as possible because really, if they can somehow delay the start of this election interference trial past the march 4th which is now the scheduled start, that really increases the likelihood that the trial could be pushed past election day and that could increase the likelihood that trump can instruction the doj to dismiss the charges if he were to be elected in november. the issue in this particul
cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider is following this for us., what are trump's lawyers arguing? >> wolf, they want the supreme court to let this appeals process to play out and not to step in at this point and hear the immunity issue. this is what trump's lawyers are arguing. they're saying the special counsel urges the court to leapfrog appellate review and rush head-long to decide one of the most novel, complex and momentous legal issues in american history. the special counsel...
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jessica schneider joins us now.lear, rudy giuliani has already been found liable of defaming moss and ruby freeman. what's the possible penalty? >> yeah, so a jury in this case going to determine just how much he actually must pay. so, he already owes them $230,000. that is for failing to respond to parts of their lawsuit. on top of that, anderson, this mother and daughter, they're asking the jury to reward them between 15 and $43 million. they say that for the reputational harm they've suffered from giuliani's comments and on top of that, they are seeking additional money for their claim of emotional distress. you said earlier, even tonight, even though he's already been found liable for defamation, giuliani is still insisting that he spoke the truth. he was outside the courthouse tonight claiming, once again, that these women were engaged in changing votes, even though we know that is false. anderson? >> formerly america's mayor, continuing to defame these people. jessica schneider, thank you. >>> coming up, israe
jessica schneider joins us now.lear, rudy giuliani has already been found liable of defaming moss and ruby freeman. what's the possible penalty? >> yeah, so a jury in this case going to determine just how much he actually must pay. so, he already owes them $230,000. that is for failing to respond to parts of their lawsuit. on top of that, anderson, this mother and daughter, they're asking the jury to reward them between 15 and $43 million. they say that for the reputational harm they've...
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. >> for more on that and the trump legal team's question, i'm joined by jessica schneider. what more can you tell us about team trump's resistance to give in to immunity. >> a lot of resistance from trump's legal team today. they want this appeals process to play out. they do not want the supreme court to stay in -- to step into this. in their filing today, they said the special counsel is seeking to embroil this court in a partisan rush to judgment. and this is all part of the trump legal team playbook. they want to slow walk this because what they're trying to do is right now is trial is scheduled for march 4th. if they can keep pushing that trial date back, that increases the chance that this trial would start maybe after an election. and of course if trump were to actually win re-election, he could ultimately get his doj to dismiss these charges here because the lower court here found that trump was not immune from this criminal prosecution. and even though they lost at that lower court level, they still want this appeals process to play out. the d.c. circuit of appeals
. >> for more on that and the trump legal team's question, i'm joined by jessica schneider. what more can you tell us about team trump's resistance to give in to immunity. >> a lot of resistance from trump's legal team today. they want this appeals process to play out. they do not want the supreme court to stay in -- to step into this. in their filing today, they said the special counsel is seeking to embroil this court in a partisan rush to judgment. and this is all part of the...
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cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider has more on the ruling.sica, what does this mean for trump? >> well, wolf, it means the gag order against donald trump will, in fact, be in place moving forward, but the appeals court today saying the original gag order from district court judge tanya chutkan was too broad. specifically, the appeals court is removing restrictions when it comes to trump talking about special counsel jack smith. the appeals court really explained that jack smith is part of the justice department, that trump should be allowed to criticize public officials, and he should be able to express his views that this prosecution is politically motivated. so the appeals court here really trying to walk this fine line of protecting donald trump's first amendment free speech right, but also limiting just how far he can go in attacking witnesses and other court staffers and personnel as we have seen him already do. this is how the gag order will play out. trump will not be able to make public statements about potential witnesses in this cas
cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider has more on the ruling.sica, what does this mean for trump? >> well, wolf, it means the gag order against donald trump will, in fact, be in place moving forward, but the appeals court today saying the original gag order from district court judge tanya chutkan was too broad. specifically, the appeals court is removing restrictions when it comes to trump talking about special counsel jack smith. the appeals court really explained that jack smith...
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cnn's jessica schneider has a closer look at her life and career. >> reporter: sandra day o'connor grewp a cow girl from arizona. 25 miles from the nearest town. >> i tend to be a bit of a pragmatist, probably. because we had to solve all of our own problems out on the ranch. if the truck broke down, we had to fix it. if some animal needed medical attention, we have to provide it. there wasn't much we didn't have to do. >> reporter: she had the toughness ranch life could breed. >> she was fearless about life and part of that was because her early life was very hard. her parents died, her grandmother died and she was shuttled back and forth between the ranch and relatives in texas to go to school. and she just became very self-sufficient. >> she wasn't to stanford in the same law class as william rehnquist. they dated for a time and he even proposed. she turned him down but they stayed live long friends. upon graduation, no law firm would hire o'connor so she helped start her own. later becoming a powerful state lawmaker. then judge. >> president reagan today settled the question of when
cnn's jessica schneider has a closer look at her life and career. >> reporter: sandra day o'connor grewp a cow girl from arizona. 25 miles from the nearest town. >> i tend to be a bit of a pragmatist, probably. because we had to solve all of our own problems out on the ranch. if the truck broke down, we had to fix it. if some animal needed medical attention, we have to provide it. there wasn't much we didn't have to do. >> reporter: she had the toughness ranch life could...
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jessica schneider, cnn, washington. >>> ousted u.s. congressman george santos could have a plea deal in the works in his criminal fraud case. court records show that he is negotiating with federal prosecutors in new york. santos talked about the possibility of a plea deal in an interview on sunday. >> are you going try to work a plea deal or go to trial? >> look, in essence of everything going on, a plea is not off the table obviously at this point. but we just don't know that yet. there is obviously conversations taking place especially after what happened in congress and we'll see. >> are you afraid of going to jail? >> i think everybody should be afraid of going to jail. it is not a pretty place. i definitely want to work very hard to avoid that. >> santos is expected in federal court today for a status conference. he's pleaded not guilty to several charges including wire fraud, money laundering and embezzlement. the house voted to expel santos earlier this month. >>> alexei navalny apparently has gone missing in the prison system a
jessica schneider, cnn, washington. >>> ousted u.s. congressman george santos could have a plea deal in the works in his criminal fraud case. court records show that he is negotiating with federal prosecutors in new york. santos talked about the possibility of a plea deal in an interview on sunday. >> are you going try to work a plea deal or go to trial? >> look, in essence of everything going on, a plea is not off the table obviously at this point. but we just don't know...
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cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider is following this all for us. jessica, what can we expect in the days ahead? >> reporter: we're waiting for the special counsel to file arguments in this federal appeals court in d.c. it's due by saturday, so sometime saturday. they had a loss late last week in the supreme court. jack smith urged the high court to take up the immunity issue instead of waiting for this appeals process to play out. but the supreme court shut him down late on friday. so now this will have to go through at least a few more weeks of pause and waiting. donald trump's team, they filed their arguments over the weekend. they are arguing that donald trump is immune from criminal prosecution because, as they put it, he was acting within his official duties on and around january 6th. so we will see the special counsel's reply sometime saturday. then the appeals court will hear the arguments on this issue the second week of january, january 9th. they could decide on this issue fairly quickly after that, but really, since all the proceedings in
cnn justice correspondent jessica schneider is following this all for us. jessica, what can we expect in the days ahead? >> reporter: we're waiting for the special counsel to file arguments in this federal appeals court in d.c. it's due by saturday, so sometime saturday. they had a loss late last week in the supreme court. jack smith urged the high court to take up the immunity issue instead of waiting for this appeals process to play out. but the supreme court shut him down late on...
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jessica schneider is outside the courthouse here in washington. jessica, this nearly $150 million verdict is vastly more than the attorneys for the election workers even asked for. >> it is, wolf. it's about $100 million more than their attorneys asked for. $75 million in punitive damages, essentially to punish rudy giuliani for those statements he made against ruby freeman and shay moss and another 70-plus million dollars for emotional distress. even after the massive verdict faced with paying millions of dollars, rudy giuliani is still not backing down. >> we will appeal. the absurdity of the number merely underscoring the absurdity of the entire proceeding. >> reporter: rudy giuliani defiant after his trial. the jury awarding two georgia election workers a staggering sum, nearly $150 million between compensatory damages for both defamation and for emotional distress and punitive damages. the verdict is meant to compensate ruby freeman and her daughter shay moss for the years of threats, harassment and fallout from rudy giuliani's words after th
jessica schneider is outside the courthouse here in washington. jessica, this nearly $150 million verdict is vastly more than the attorneys for the election workers even asked for. >> it is, wolf. it's about $100 million more than their attorneys asked for. $75 million in punitive damages, essentially to punish rudy giuliani for those statements he made against ruby freeman and shay moss and another 70-plus million dollars for emotional distress. even after the massive verdict faced with...
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jessica schneider joins us again. timing here, it seems like we're all waiting with baited breath.o we know when the court will weigh in? >> we don't know. it could be at any moment. we're expecting it could be today before the christmas break. the supreme court could decide at any time if they'll quickly hear this immunity case. they'll eventually decide it, but what the special counsel is asking is they take this case up now instead of waiting for this appeals process to play out. truch's team has been arguing the former president is immune because they say he was operating within his official duties on and around january 6th. they say, therefore, he can't be prosecuted. they are also arguing he's immune because he was acquitted by the senate in his impeachment trial. the lower court here, the district judge said trump is not immune. trump's team is now appealing this to the intermediate circuit court of appeals. the special counsel saying, supreme court, you're eventually going to weigh in so just weigh in now rather than waiting for the appeals process to play out. really spinn
jessica schneider joins us again. timing here, it seems like we're all waiting with baited breath.o we know when the court will weigh in? >> we don't know. it could be at any moment. we're expecting it could be today before the christmas break. the supreme court could decide at any time if they'll quickly hear this immunity case. they'll eventually decide it, but what the special counsel is asking is they take this case up now instead of waiting for this appeals process to play out....
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jessica schneider, thank you so much for all of that reporting this morning and thank you to the detroits, great job on that one. >> absolutely. >>> the world from trump world today is essentially nothing to see here. though his campaign in the next breath continues to push the false narrative about a stolen election in 2020. and in washington, what else are we hearing from donald trump's campaign and team now that this -- in light of this new reporting? >> reporter: i spoke with the trump team last night shortly after this story was published. they're clearly frustrated. this is definitely just another piece of critical evidence that special counsel jack smith can use potentially in the federal election subversion trial against donald trump, which is currently slated to take place during the height of primary season in march, it's unclear if that timeline will hold. look, donald trump's team is pushing back pretty hard on this. we got a statement from a trump campaign spokesman, it reads, quote, all of trump's actions were taken in furtherance of his duty as president of the united stat
jessica schneider, thank you so much for all of that reporting this morning and thank you to the detroits, great job on that one. >> absolutely. >>> the world from trump world today is essentially nothing to see here. though his campaign in the next breath continues to push the false narrative about a stolen election in 2020. and in washington, what else are we hearing from donald trump's campaign and team now that this -- in light of this new reporting? >> reporter: i...
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jessica schneider joins us with more on all of this. tell us more about what the colorado republican party just did, this appeal. >> reporter: the colorado gop, they're a party in this case, so they say they just appealed to the u.s. supreme court. we do expect donald trump's legal team to follow suit soon, probably in the coming days. what this filing guarantees in the short-term is it guarantees that donald trump's name will, in fact, be on the primary ballot in colorado. because, remember, the state supreme court here ruled that he should be taken off the ballot for the engaging in insurrection, but they paused their ruling to give time to the u.s. supreme court to consider whether to hear this case. the supreme court will likely hear this case. but since primary ballots have to be certified january 5th, next friday, this appeal guarantees the ballots will have to be printed with trump's name on it. now the question becomes, does the supreme court hear this case? they likely will because of this major constitutional question. but how
jessica schneider joins us with more on all of this. tell us more about what the colorado republican party just did, this appeal. >> reporter: the colorado gop, they're a party in this case, so they say they just appealed to the u.s. supreme court. we do expect donald trump's legal team to follow suit soon, probably in the coming days. what this filing guarantees in the short-term is it guarantees that donald trump's name will, in fact, be on the primary ballot in colorado. because,...
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and as jessica schneider reports, the judge concluded some of giuliani's own claims don't add up. >> reporter: the judge in this case is really coming out with some scathing language against rudy giuliani in giving these plaintiffs the green light to start or try to start collecting anyway their $148 million right now. she's really criticizing rudy giuliani and his failure to really cooperate with this process. she is saying that he refused to turn over evidence revealing his worth. he refused do that earlier. and she said such claims of financial difficulties of giuliani no matter how many times repeated or publicly disseminated just are difficult to square are the fact that giuliani affords a spokesperson. ruby freeman and shaye moss pointed out that rudy giuliani owns property in florida and new york. his new york apartment actually on the market right now for $6.1 million. they also pointed to his contract with newsmax for a show. so they have repeatedly pointed out that rudy giuliani has money and now the judge is saying that you can immediately starting today go after that mone
and as jessica schneider reports, the judge concluded some of giuliani's own claims don't add up. >> reporter: the judge in this case is really coming out with some scathing language against rudy giuliani in giving these plaintiffs the green light to start or try to start collecting anyway their $148 million right now. she's really criticizing rudy giuliani and his failure to really cooperate with this process. she is saying that he refused to turn over evidence revealing his worth. he...
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. >> let's dig into that supreme court angle now with jessica schneider. jessica, obviously, a collision course with the highest court in the land, what happens to get there, what happens next? >> the trump team will have to appeal and they immediately after this ruling, they said that they would be appealing here, and the colorado supreme court, they anticipated this in their ruling last night. they put that jan fourth deadline for the trump team to appeal this, they said their decision to take trump off the ballot will be paused until at least january 4th, and if the trump team appeals it, his name will be on the ballot for the primary and the real question will come as to whether his name is on the general election ballot. so we will have to see if the supreme court actually takes up this case. if they do, how quickly they act because there are major constitutional questions here. they have to decide if in fact, trump was engaged in insurrection as the colorado supreme court said he was, if he was engaged in insurrection, whether he would be precluded f
. >> let's dig into that supreme court angle now with jessica schneider. jessica, obviously, a collision course with the highest court in the land, what happens to get there, what happens next? >> the trump team will have to appeal and they immediately after this ruling, they said that they would be appealing here, and the colorado supreme court, they anticipated this in their ruling last night. they put that jan fourth deadline for the trump team to appeal this, they said their...
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. >> just to remind people how he got to this point, here is cnn's jessica schneider. >>>> it is disgracefuled. >> rudy giuliani spent the days after the 2020 election, traveling state to state, falsely saying. two unsuspecting election workers in fulton county. >> it is a tape earlier in the day of ruby freeman and shay freeman moss and one other gentleman who should have been questioned already, their homes should have been searched for evidence of voter fraud. >> shay moss later told thee january 6th committee, she and her mother soon received death threats, angry election deniers showed up at their homes and ruby freeman was forced into hiding. >> i've lost my sense of security all because a group of people starting with number 45, and his ally rudy giuliani decided to scape-goat knee and my daughter shay. to push their own lies about how the presidential election was stolen. >> i second guess everything that i do. it's affected my life in a major way. in every way. all because of lies. >> giuliani claimed moss and freeman plotted to kick ballot watchers, he also pushed the false narrati
. >> just to remind people how he got to this point, here is cnn's jessica schneider. >>>> it is disgracefuled. >> rudy giuliani spent the days after the 2020 election, traveling state to state, falsely saying. two unsuspecting election workers in fulton county. >> it is a tape earlier in the day of ruby freeman and shay freeman moss and one other gentleman who should have been questioned already, their homes should have been searched for evidence of voter fraud....
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schneider and kristin holmes, these are two very different rulings but they were also very different legal proceedings, walk us through what happened in michigan. >> really, colorado and michigan are very different, colorado was a lot more momentous because the supreme court got to the meat of the issue when they decided to take trump off the ballot, that opinion is trumped -- paused until he appeals this, they decided the heart saying that trump did engage in insurrection also saying because of that he should be taken off the ballot when they came to michigan, they rubberstamped a lower court saying this court -- k should not be decided by the courts and also saying the secretary of state does not have the power to decide on eligibility of presidential candidates when it comes to the primary, the michigan court really not going to the merits of this case, it is possible eventually the u.s. supreme court can get to the merits on this case and we are expecting trump's team will file an appeal to the colorado decision before january fourth and if the u.s. supreme court takes it up, the
schneider and kristin holmes, these are two very different rulings but they were also very different legal proceedings, walk us through what happened in michigan. >> really, colorado and michigan are very different, colorado was a lot more momentous because the supreme court got to the meat of the issue when they decided to take trump off the ballot, that opinion is trumped -- paused until he appeals this, they decided the heart saying that trump did engage in insurrection also saying...
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schneider, thank you. let's get more on trumped court battles with our legal and political experts. trumped doubling down on his angry christmas rants against the special counsel. they reveal the mind-set under many legal problems. >> he's clearly very focused on all of this, he's really wrapped up in these various occasions. what we saw was a divisive donald trump on christmas. no surprise generally from him when world leaders take to the stage and take to the pulpit. donald trump does not do that, here's one post. only crooked bidens hoe, the lunatic who hired an outside attorney fresh from the swamp to help them with this poorly executed witchhunt against trump and maga, may he rot in hell . merry christmas. doubling down on jack smith, biden flunky deranged jack smith should go to maga -- hell . this is really a preview of what we will see over the next year as donald trump runs, particularly if he's the gop nominee which at this point, he is inching toward that at least according to all the polls, he
schneider, thank you. let's get more on trumped court battles with our legal and political experts. trumped doubling down on his angry christmas rants against the special counsel. they reveal the mind-set under many legal problems. >> he's clearly very focused on all of this, he's really wrapped up in these various occasions. what we saw was a divisive donald trump on christmas. no surprise generally from him when world leaders take to the stage and take to the pulpit. donald trump does...
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jessica schneider is following this for us. what is the latest here? >> yes, john.s is the second indictment against the president's son this year. and it is these charges out of california that are much more peril. he could face up to 17 years in prison if he is found guilty of these. it is including failure to file and pay taxes, and filing or a claiming a fraudulent tax return, and also engaging in a four-year scheme to aide paying $1.4 million in federal taxes that he owed for a span of several years. this is from the indictment, andly read it for you, and it says between october 2014 and 2019, he spent money on drugs, escorts and girlfriends and luxury hotels and rental properties, exotic cars and clothing and other items of a personal nature, and in short, everything but his taxes. he subverted the tax withholding process of his company when he withdrew millions of dollars to subsidize his extravagant lifestyle, and to pay various women, and nearly $200,000 in adult entertainment, and $70,000 in rehab and among other things. so hunter biden's attorney responde
jessica schneider is following this for us. what is the latest here? >> yes, john.s is the second indictment against the president's son this year. and it is these charges out of california that are much more peril. he could face up to 17 years in prison if he is found guilty of these. it is including failure to file and pay taxes, and filing or a claiming a fraudulent tax return, and also engaging in a four-year scheme to aide paying $1.4 million in federal taxes that he owed for a span...
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you can see him with some of the key dates on the screen there, and jessica schneider is joining us nowhe republican frontrunner, and depending upon the outcome there, all of these other cases could impact him as the election gets closer. >> yeah, and what is interesting, omar, we saw that filing from jack smith. trump's legal team, they have referenced in legal filings including the one yesterday before the supreme court how they are battling on multiple legal fronts at the same time that donald trump is trying to crisscross the country campaigning for presidency, and they wrote yesterday that jack smith is trying to ensure that president trump will face a month's long criminal trial at the height of his presidential campaign, and they are trying to use this argument to their advantage urging the judges or the justices to really slow down or delay these proceedings, but so far, those tas ticks have not worked in all of trump's legal proceedings, they are set to collide as the election calendar ramps up in 2024. so i will lay out what trump is facing. in the first of a matter of weeks t
you can see him with some of the key dates on the screen there, and jessica schneider is joining us nowhe republican frontrunner, and depending upon the outcome there, all of these other cases could impact him as the election gets closer. >> yeah, and what is interesting, omar, we saw that filing from jack smith. trump's legal team, they have referenced in legal filings including the one yesterday before the supreme court how they are battling on multiple legal fronts at the same time...
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. >> jessica schneider, thank you. >> we're joining by emily no and errol louis. i want to pivot back to what the "detroit news" is reporting. there's the georgia call we know about and now this michigan call from 2020. we haven't heard the tape, which is interesting. in georgia we heard it. we'll have the reporter on next hour. what's your big takeaway in terms of the political impact or nonimpact? >> i think there will be political impact. what we're hearing from the president on the campaign trail, he's starting to bring up the question of the future of democracy and whether or not donald trump is a threat to democracy. it's not an attempt to disqualify him. that's what hillary clinton tried. that's what we saw in 2020 to great effect joe biden saying, listen, we have seen what this means. this isn't just kay cross. this isn't just unfortunate statements. this is somebody who's striking at the heart of democracy. all of the polling shows that once the january 6th hearings took place, the viewership across all kind of media, people were riveted by it. the pollin
. >> jessica schneider, thank you. >> we're joining by emily no and errol louis. i want to pivot back to what the "detroit news" is reporting. there's the georgia call we know about and now this michigan call from 2020. we haven't heard the tape, which is interesting. in georgia we heard it. we'll have the reporter on next hour. what's your big takeaway in terms of the political impact or nonimpact? >> i think there will be political impact. what we're hearing from...
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jessica jessica schneider is "outfront." is there any indication when we may see the response? >> the special council has to file by midnight on saturday. so really, his team could get their arguments into the appeals court this week. last week, the supreme court refused to take up their appeal immediately. they wanted this em to take it up before the intermediate appeals court. the reason jack smith wanted to speed this up was because all proceedings in the case are on pause while this appeals process plays out. so the appeals court here in d.c., they will in fact take the next step. they'll hear the case pretty quickly. the arguments will be january 9th but that means the case will be delayed until at least mid january which makes the march 4th trial date a lot less likely. that's actually really good news for trump's legal team because they've been making delay a big part of their defense strategy and they already have a lot to contend with. so first up is the civil case against trump for defamation. that's from e. jean carroll. that is still slated to start in mid january u
jessica jessica schneider is "outfront." is there any indication when we may see the response? >> the special council has to file by midnight on saturday. so really, his team could get their arguments into the appeals court this week. last week, the supreme court refused to take up their appeal immediately. they wanted this em to take it up before the intermediate appeals court. the reason jack smith wanted to speed this up was because all proceedings in the case are on pause...
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cnn's jessica schneider has more. ♪ >> reporter: sandra day o'connor grew up a cowgirl in arizona 25iles from the nearest town. >> i became a little bit of a pragmatist, because we have to solve all of our own problems on the ranch. if the truck broke down, we had to fix it. if some animal needed medical attention, we had to provide it. there is not much that we didn't have to do. >> reporter: she had the toughness that ranch life could breed. >> she was incredibly fearless, and part of it was because early life was hard. the parents died and grandparents died, and she was shuttled back and forth from the ranch to relatives in texas to go to school, and she became very self-sufficient. >> o'connor went to stanford for wil w law with chief justice william rehnquist. nobody would hire her, and she was a power ful lawmaker and thn judge. >> and ronald reagan has decided to nominate sandra day on connor to the highest court. >> and now, for the fairness and intellectual capacity and goodness to the public good. >> reporter: in 1981, president ronald reagan nominated her to the highest co
cnn's jessica schneider has more. ♪ >> reporter: sandra day o'connor grew up a cowgirl in arizona 25iles from the nearest town. >> i became a little bit of a pragmatist, because we have to solve all of our own problems on the ranch. if the truck broke down, we had to fix it. if some animal needed medical attention, we had to provide it. there is not much that we didn't have to do. >> reporter: she had the toughness that ranch life could breed. >> she was incredibly...
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jessica schneider begins our coverage outfront. >> that is six votes certified. >> reporter: the six nevada republicans charged with serving as fake electors for the trump campaign in 2020 in state court monday morning all pleading not guilty to two felonies, one count of forgery and one count of filing a false record. it's central to the felonies each is facing. trump lost by 33,000 votes with joe biden winning the state's six electoral votes. but they signed false certificates saying trump won. we tracked down some of the fake electors before they were charged. >> no comment on any of that. >> reporter: they all refused to talk. the leader of the alleged fake elector scheme is the current nevada republican party chairman michael mcdonald. >> donald j. trump! >> reporter: trump was praising him over the weekend. >> a tremendous man, a tremendous guy. gets treated so unfairly. he loves this country and he loves this state. nevada gop chairman michael mcdonald. he's a fantastic man. >> reporter: in court -- >> not guilty. >> reporter: -- mcdonald joined all of his fellow defendants. t
jessica schneider begins our coverage outfront. >> that is six votes certified. >> reporter: the six nevada republicans charged with serving as fake electors for the trump campaign in 2020 in state court monday morning all pleading not guilty to two felonies, one count of forgery and one count of filing a false record. it's central to the felonies each is facing. trump lost by 33,000 votes with joe biden winning the state's six electoral votes. but they signed false certificates...
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cnn's jessica schneider looks at her life and career. >> reporter: sandra day o'connor grew up a cowgirlm arizona, 25 miles from the nearest town. >> i tend to be a bit of a pragmatist, probably, because we had to solve all our own problems out on the ranch. if the truck broke down we had to fix it. if some animal needed medical attention we had to provide it. there wasn't much we didn't have to do. >> reporter: she had the toughness ranch life can breed. >> she was incredibly fearless about life, and part of that was because her early life was very hard. her parents died. her grandmother died. she was shuttled back and forth between the ranch and relatives in texas to go to school. and she just became very self-sufficient. >> reporter: o'connor went to stanford in the same law class as future chief justice william rehnquist. they dated for a time and he even proposed. she turned him down by they stayed lifelong friends. upon graduation no law firm would hire o'connor so she eventually helped start her own, later becoming a powerful state lawmaker then judge. >> president reagan today se
cnn's jessica schneider looks at her life and career. >> reporter: sandra day o'connor grew up a cowgirlm arizona, 25 miles from the nearest town. >> i tend to be a bit of a pragmatist, probably, because we had to solve all our own problems out on the ranch. if the truck broke down we had to fix it. if some animal needed medical attention we had to provide it. there wasn't much we didn't have to do. >> reporter: she had the toughness ranch life can breed. >> she was...
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jessica schneider joins us now. to be clear, rudy giuliani has already been found libel of defaming shay moss and ruby freeman. >> a jury in this case is going to determine just how much he actually must pay. he already ohs them $230,000. that's for failing to respond to parts of their lawsuit. this mother and daughter, they're asking the jury to award them between 15 and $43 million. they say that's from the reputational harm they've suffered from giuliani's comments and emotional distress. you said tonight, even though he's been found libel for defamation, giuliani is still insisting that he spoke the truth. he was outside the courthouse claiming once again that these were engaged in changing votes, even though we know that's false. >> formerly america's mayor continuing to defame these people. >>> coming up, israel said today it is dismantling hamas. we'll take a look at the fight on the ground and talk with an emergency coordinated with the group doctors without borders, who is inside a key hospital serving cece
jessica schneider joins us now. to be clear, rudy giuliani has already been found libel of defaming shay moss and ruby freeman. >> a jury in this case is going to determine just how much he actually must pay. he already ohs them $230,000. that's for failing to respond to parts of their lawsuit. this mother and daughter, they're asking the jury to award them between 15 and $43 million. they say that's from the reputational harm they've suffered from giuliani's comments and emotional...
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. >> cnn's jessica schneider in alina treene's here with more on. this we should mention, cnn has not independently heard these recordings. detroit news has listen to them. what else are we learning about this phone call? >> about the phone call itself, you're right, the detroit news reporters heard the phone call but they're not releasing the audio because the whistle blowers who gave it to them don't want it release just yet. that's why we're seeing just quotes instead of the actual audio. we had known that trump had made this phone call, but what this is revealing is the actual details and words of the phone call. we are seeing this pressure that trump and also rhonda mcdaniel put on these canvassers to not signed the certification. this was after their flip-flop of votes, they said they voted nay to the certification, then they got some flak from the fellow canvassers, they said they felt pressured so they changed their vote to gas. that is when the phone call happened. what trump apparently set on this phone call, one of the things he said, the
. >> cnn's jessica schneider in alina treene's here with more on. this we should mention, cnn has not independently heard these recordings. detroit news has listen to them. what else are we learning about this phone call? >> about the phone call itself, you're right, the detroit news reporters heard the phone call but they're not releasing the audio because the whistle blowers who gave it to them don't want it release just yet. that's why we're seeing just quotes instead of the...
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cnn's justice correspondent, jessica schneider, has been going over this decision. what reason did the michigan high court give for outright rejecting this case? >> yeah, the state supreme court really tossed this aside on procedural grounds rather than getting to the merits. they say they just didn't have the power to decide that question, whether trump should be on the ballot, because the case raised political questions. in this very short opinion, they also agreed with the lower court that the secretary of state in michigan just didn't have the authority to determine who was eligible to be on or off the primary ballots. so this was in a sense a win for trump. a minor win though since michigan's highest court really didn't go to the merit. so we're expecting trump's team will appeal the colorado decision that took him off the ballot there. trump's team needs to appeal by january 4th to keep him on the primary ballot. that's determined on january 5th. and eventually, the supreme court could take up this dicey issue on whether the ban would collude trump from the ge
cnn's justice correspondent, jessica schneider, has been going over this decision. what reason did the michigan high court give for outright rejecting this case? >> yeah, the state supreme court really tossed this aside on procedural grounds rather than getting to the merits. they say they just didn't have the power to decide that question, whether trump should be on the ballot, because the case raised political questions. in this very short opinion, they also agreed with the lower court...
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schneider. >> it's disgraceful what happened. >> reporter: rudy giuliani spent the days after the 2020 election traveling state to state falsely insisting the results were rigged. >> i don't have to be a genius to figure out that those votes are not legitimate votes. >> reporter: in georgia, he focused his fire on two unsuspecting election workers in fulton county. >> there's a tape earlier in the day of ruby freeman and shay freeman moss and one other gentleman. they should have been questioned already. their places of work, their homes should have been searched for evidence of ballots, for evidence of usb ports, voter fraud. >> reporter: shaye moss told the january 6th committee her life changed forever the day giuliani publicly spread lies about her. angry election deniers showed up at her home. and ruby freeman was forced into hiding. >> i've lost my name and i've lost my reputation. i've lost my sense of security all because a group of people starting with number 45 and his ally, rudy giuliani, decided to scapegoat me and my daughter, shaye, to push their own lies about how the pr
schneider. >> it's disgraceful what happened. >> reporter: rudy giuliani spent the days after the 2020 election traveling state to state falsely insisting the results were rigged. >> i don't have to be a genius to figure out that those votes are not legitimate votes. >> reporter: in georgia, he focused his fire on two unsuspecting election workers in fulton county. >> there's a tape earlier in the day of ruby freeman and shay freeman moss and one other gentleman....
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the senior justice correspondent jessica schneider is following it all for us. the big question here is, what is happening next in the main case, since this is not a decision by a court, but instead by secretary of state? >> this is why they will have the time to appeal to the courts. they will have to appeal pretty quickly. this was a case decided by the maine secretary of state. but with an appeal, and then will be heard by the state court in maine. the state laws here dictate that this next level of court, the superior court, it must make a decision pretty soon, by january 17th. so this was a decision decided by the state secretary of state unilaterally on her own, she held that hearing earlier this month, and she said that while this was a big decision to make, she said that all of the evidence, in her view, is really indisputable. here she is. >> no secretary of state has ever deprived a presidential candidate of ballot access based on section 3 of the 14th amendment. but no presidential candidate has ever engaged in insurrection. and been disqualified unde
the senior justice correspondent jessica schneider is following it all for us. the big question here is, what is happening next in the main case, since this is not a decision by a court, but instead by secretary of state? >> this is why they will have the time to appeal to the courts. they will have to appeal pretty quickly. this was a case decided by the maine secretary of state. but with an appeal, and then will be heard by the state court in maine. the state laws here dictate that this...
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i want to start tonight with jes jessica schneider in washington. a lot of legal decisions looming tonight that could have major consequences for trump. >> reporter: yeah. and we will likely be seeing a flurry of filings and appeals from trump's team in the coming days in that first week in january. like you said, we saw trump file that opposition in oregon to the lawsuit that is urging the state supreme court to order him taken off the ballot there. they will decide soon. and now in addition to that, trump's team will have to appeal that colorado supreme court ruling that ordered him off the ballot. trump ales t's team will have t appeal that decision from the maine secretary of state. that appeal in maine when he does that, that will trigger a review by the maine superior court before maybe then going to a higher court in the state and then the potential of it being appealed down the line to the u.s. supreme court. so it is very likely at some point maybe in the next few weeks the supreme court could step in to decide if they are going to hear thi
i want to start tonight with jes jessica schneider in washington. a lot of legal decisions looming tonight that could have major consequences for trump. >> reporter: yeah. and we will likely be seeing a flurry of filings and appeals from trump's team in the coming days in that first week in january. like you said, we saw trump file that opposition in oregon to the lawsuit that is urging the state supreme court to order him taken off the ballot there. they will decide soon. and now in...