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mueller's team. he's also the coauthor of a brand-new book coming out this week, the trump indictments, the historic charging documents with commentary. neal, let me start with you. i'm not a lawyer, as we all know. i have dealt with classified documents, however, and these arguments do seem pretty farfetched, it's not exactly how it works. even if trump was allowed to take whatever he wanted, he was charged with illegally retaining those documents, even after they were subpoenaed. how does this help his case? i'm assuming it does not. but break it all down for us. >> yeah, it doesn't. i think the first thing to note
mueller's team. he's also the coauthor of a brand-new book coming out this week, the trump indictments, the historic charging documents with commentary. neal, let me start with you. i'm not a lawyer, as we all know. i have dealt with classified documents, however, and these arguments do seem pretty farfetched, it's not exactly how it works. even if trump was allowed to take whatever he wanted, he was charged with illegally retaining those documents, even after they were subpoenaed. how does...
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a more apt comparison perhaps might be robert mueller. he compiled a 500-page report highly critical of trump even though he wasn't charging trump either. now, while it's fair to question how hur came to his conclusions, it's questionable to suggest he shouldn't have included them at all. now, as for republicans, it's interesting how their view of special counsels completely depends on the letter next to your name. for instance, when mueller was investigating donald trump, you heard this. >> mueller was not senate confirmed. >> you tweeted this week about, quote, bob mueller and his gang of democrat thugs. >> right. >> bob mueller worked for obama for eight years. robert mueller terminated their text messages together. he terminated them. they're gone. and that's illegal. he does a crime. >> most of us remember trump ripping the credibility of that report basically every chance he got. but, of course, this was trump after robert mueller released that report. >> the collusion delusion is over. the special counsel completed its report and f
a more apt comparison perhaps might be robert mueller. he compiled a 500-page report highly critical of trump even though he wasn't charging trump either. now, while it's fair to question how hur came to his conclusions, it's questionable to suggest he shouldn't have included them at all. now, as for republicans, it's interesting how their view of special counsels completely depends on the letter next to your name. for instance, when mueller was investigating donald trump, you heard this....
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8 years >> robert mueller terminated via text messages together. he terminated them. they are gone. it is illegal. that say crime. >> most of us remember trump ripping the credibility of that report. basically every chance he got. but, of course, this was trump after robert mueller released the report. >> special counsel completed the report and found no. >> what does not hold water here is talk of a double standard between these two cases. there is evidence, not just of how trump he refuse to cooperate by returning the documents. but here is the political context for president biden. the president has a public relations problem. if he or his party want to admit it or not. >> i know what the hell i am doing. my memory is fine. >> look, recent polls show that nearly half of democratic voters, democrats, are concerned about biden's age. more americans believe trump to be more competent than biden. and while it is just fine to be skeptical of polls they are polls and not actual ballots. biden's allies point to good news in polls all of the time. so, y
8 years >> robert mueller terminated via text messages together. he terminated them. they are gone. it is illegal. that say crime. >> most of us remember trump ripping the credibility of that report. basically every chance he got. but, of course, this was trump after robert mueller released the report. >> special counsel completed the report and found no. >> what does not hold water here is talk of a double standard between these two cases. there is evidence, not just of...
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mueller, in fact, squeezed out words on the stand, revealed that they found absolutely nothing.er 2 and a half years of investigation, this transition happened where they took over this entire censorship architecture spanning the department of homeland security, the fbi, the cia, the department of defense, the department of justice, and there are also thousands of government-funded ngos and government-contracted private companies. they all essentially moved from an agenda of foreign interference and russian disinformation to defending democracy, saying that disinformation is not only a threat when it comes from the russians, it is a threat to democracy at its core, and thus they were able to launch this whole thing on home soil. tools for promoting democracy and regime change just in time for the elections of the twentieth year. what you are describing is not democracy. democracy is impossible in such a country. i i'm describing it, basically. largely funded by the state department and the intelligence community. essentially, all of these elite institutions, threatened by the ri
mueller, in fact, squeezed out words on the stand, revealed that they found absolutely nothing.er 2 and a half years of investigation, this transition happened where they took over this entire censorship architecture spanning the department of homeland security, the fbi, the cia, the department of defense, the department of justice, and there are also thousands of government-funded ngos and government-contracted private companies. they all essentially moved from an agenda of foreign...
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you may recall democrats like adam schiff post robert mueller to testify and that ended uptacu backfiring in a spectacular way. joining us is fox news legal editor, carrie, welcome, we arev so happy to have you on the show. i remember democrats wantedrobe robert mueller to testify and they did twice before two different committees in both were unmedicated disasters for the democrats. so, is there a risk in hur testifying publicly? >> there is always a risk, treyo i think one of the main problems with special counsel as they currently are. they can find someone not guilty of a particular crime, but then write a report that many times is far more devastating than a legal compaction.befo then they go to before congress they can go either way and certainly help hur's case but can backfire as well. i do think there needs to be some thinking through whether special counsel and the reporteo should continue the way it'se wa been done how many years because i think these reports are typically used and often abused by the other side to achieve their gains. >> trey: well, i hope when you are the att
you may recall democrats like adam schiff post robert mueller to testify and that ended uptacu backfiring in a spectacular way. joining us is fox news legal editor, carrie, welcome, we arev so happy to have you on the show. i remember democrats wantedrobe robert mueller to testify and they did twice before two different committees in both were unmedicated disasters for the democrats. so, is there a risk in hur testifying publicly? >> there is always a risk, treyo i think one of the main...
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ipush robert mueller to testify and that wound up backfiring in a spectacular way. joining u is now fox news legal editor welcome. we are so happy to have you on the show. i remember democrats wanted robert mueller to testify and he did, twice before two different committees. both were unmitigated disasters for the democrats. so, is there risk in testifying publicly? >> there is always a risk. this airs, i think one of the main problems with special councils as they currently are. they can find someone not guilty of a particular crime but then write a report many times is far more devastating than illegal conviction. then when they go before congress can go either way it can help hur's case but to your point it could backfire as well and i do think there needs to be some thinking through about what special counsel and the rags require courts should consider the ways been done for how many years because i think these reports are typically used and often abused by the other side to achieve their gains. trey: i hope when you are the attorney general i hope you will cha
ipush robert mueller to testify and that wound up backfiring in a spectacular way. joining u is now fox news legal editor welcome. we are so happy to have you on the show. i remember democrats wanted robert mueller to testify and he did, twice before two different committees. both were unmitigated disasters for the democrats. so, is there risk in testifying publicly? >> there is always a risk. this airs, i think one of the main problems with special councils as they currently are. they...
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rod rosenstein appointed robert mueller as special counsel. remember? that but lifelong republican who served and several republican administrations, including in the bush heroes. that brings us back to republican robert heard. see a pattern? >> star, a ripen republican, as a former federal appeals josh and served as george bush solicit general. >> tommy and fitzgerald are both bush political appointees and carry the same baggage -- >> both robert mueller and james comey are lifelong republicans. >> george w. bush at one. days >> registered republican, who served in the top ranks of president trump's justice department. >> there is a clear pattern here. it's consistent, at least. democrats get investigated by republicans, while republicans get investigated by republicans. we are also seeing what happens when republican judge republicans. that news of the closing of biden's classified documents case may have reminded you, as a death, me there is still an ongoing criminal case against donald trump for his handling of classified documents. at his retiremen
rod rosenstein appointed robert mueller as special counsel. remember? that but lifelong republican who served and several republican administrations, including in the bush heroes. that brings us back to republican robert heard. see a pattern? >> star, a ripen republican, as a former federal appeals josh and served as george bush solicit general. >> tommy and fitzgerald are both bush political appointees and carry the same baggage -- >> both robert mueller and james comey are...
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and the most comparable example is of course the report from former special counsel robert mueller. it was incredibly critical of former president trump, and many of his associates. it was equal in length to rob her's report. there are no page requirements, right, for any real restrictions on the special counsel. they are expected to comport with the justice department norms. and i think intelligent minds, including our norm, can disagree with what this means. and if he did go outside of the lines. but in speaking with witnesses who were interviewed in this case over the past year, as we have broken a lot of stories on this investigation, they described -- as someone who is meticulous. he would call multiple times about the same question that in their minds was pretty minor. where did people, set what were they doing, who lifted the box? he was meticulous. so, if he included these details, and this is someone who is being described to us as, again, taking this very seriously, and being meticulous. he understood there would likely be charges. instead, he wanted to offer the public a
and the most comparable example is of course the report from former special counsel robert mueller. it was incredibly critical of former president trump, and many of his associates. it was equal in length to rob her's report. there are no page requirements, right, for any real restrictions on the special counsel. they are expected to comport with the justice department norms. and i think intelligent minds, including our norm, can disagree with what this means. and if he did go outside of the...
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. >> reporter: special counsel robert mueller said that there was evidence that president biden willfully retained and disclosed classified materials after his vice presidency, but in explaining why no criminal charges were warranted, hur said that a jury would likely see president biden as a well- meaning, sympathetic old man. >> how dare he raise that. >> reporter: emphasizing how politics are overshadowing the legal points. >> the relationship between the legal document and process and the politics when you are involving a current sitting president, it is a election- year. >> reporter: former president trump was pleaded not guilty to 40 criminal counts in his classified documents case slander the biden decision as a two-tiered system of justice. but the hur report that came out said that president biden cooperated with the investigation while mr. trump allegedly enlisted others to destroy evidence and then lie about it. >> these elements only add to the pressure president biden is facing to show he is up to the job of being president for a second term. a recent nbc news poll found that
. >> reporter: special counsel robert mueller said that there was evidence that president biden willfully retained and disclosed classified materials after his vice presidency, but in explaining why no criminal charges were warranted, hur said that a jury would likely see president biden as a well- meaning, sympathetic old man. >> how dare he raise that. >> reporter: emphasizing how politics are overshadowing the legal points. >> the relationship between the legal...
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mueller's report and he did not trump much is highly critical of him. i do take issue with that comparison. but politically, repercussions could be similar, the legality is different. robert hur was doing something is required to do, james comey was breaking with president and arguably had an impact on the election. >> i started my career in journalism as a police reporter you read prosecutorial arguments, this is what they read like, they're not nice, they are prosecutorial documents. >> reporter: the white house has endured a year of this investigation without the day- to-day breathless coverage special counsel investigations and the trump had because more complicated, more people, more moving parts. they tried to control the narrative, as someone who broke many stories on the hur investigation, they make it unpleasant. they want to control the narrative. i'm sure that they are irate there are critical passages in the report. intelligent minds can and have disagreed whether robert hur went beyond the norm of what prosecutors with eight when assessing
mueller's report and he did not trump much is highly critical of him. i do take issue with that comparison. but politically, repercussions could be similar, the legality is different. robert hur was doing something is required to do, james comey was breaking with president and arguably had an impact on the election. >> i started my career in journalism as a police reporter you read prosecutorial arguments, this is what they read like, they're not nice, they are prosecutorial documents....
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this would be like -- i don't know, robert mueller appointing andrew weissmann to work on his team. they are screwing. then he hands him $40 million which they are supposed to investigate donald trump with, and he takes them to belize, napa, aruba, and when anybody asked questions, he says oh, i just paid him in cash because i am not going to show you my withdrawal slips. this does not add up. jessica. >> dana: i can tell you're frustrated. i'm sorry. go ahead. >> jessica: my mind has been so modeled by them away on a romantic vacation. >> greg: nothing wrong with that. >> jessica: of course not. >> jesse: i found that refreshing. >> jessica: indeed. equal opportunity. >> dana: are we taking a br break? we are going to take a break and come back because we have more of this to discuss. >> jeanine: this is so great. ♪ ♪ a subway series footlong. except when you add on an all new footlong sidekick. we're talking a $2 footlong churro. $3 footlong pretzel and a five dollar footlong cookie. every epic footlong deserves the perfect sidekick. order one with your favorite subway series sub
this would be like -- i don't know, robert mueller appointing andrew weissmann to work on his team. they are screwing. then he hands him $40 million which they are supposed to investigate donald trump with, and he takes them to belize, napa, aruba, and when anybody asked questions, he says oh, i just paid him in cash because i am not going to show you my withdrawal slips. this does not add up. jessica. >> dana: i can tell you're frustrated. i'm sorry. go ahead. >> jessica: my mind...
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robert mueller cleared republicans of collusion, but somehow we are back to republicans colluding withsia just before the election? >> every election, it seems, the republicans fell in favor with the russians. >> they are willing to carry any water for trump, and i'm not sure where this fetish for russia came from, as well. >> it seems like a lot of the domestic enemies are serving here with us. >> jesse: they took the hoaxes from 2016 and 2020 and combine them to use in 2024. any republican who supports impeachment is guilty of russia collusion. well, let's ask an actual russian who he prefers. >> you asked who would be preferred as future president of the united states. i said that we would work with any president, but i suppose that, for us, for russia, biden is more preferable. >> jesse: take what putin says with a grain of salt, because he's got an agenda, but if this fbi informant is feeding the fbi russian disinformation -- and that could be the case, even though two doj field offices said it wasn't before they flip-flopped -- why they buried it in 2020 to help democrats and the
robert mueller cleared republicans of collusion, but somehow we are back to republicans colluding withsia just before the election? >> every election, it seems, the republicans fell in favor with the russians. >> they are willing to carry any water for trump, and i'm not sure where this fetish for russia came from, as well. >> it seems like a lot of the domestic enemies are serving here with us. >> jesse: they took the hoaxes from 2016 and 2020 and combine them to use in...
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when the senior prosecutors on robert mueller special investigation.or sticking with us. what do you think about the fact that donald trump was never charged with insurrection or any insurrection related crimes? that is something that the january six investigation in congress suggested he should be charged with after their very detailed investigation. >> that would've been one of the crime is referred by congress to the department of justice. one crime that has, as a penalty, upon conviction, that the person shall be, not be able to run for office. they are disqualified. so there is a lot of discussion today, as you have been noting, that that is essentially a form of the congressional federally congressional enabling statute for this constitutional provision. i sink there are probably two reasons that this department of justice did not charge it. remember the special counsel's part of the department of justice. i think one is that that crime had not been charged for many years and so this idea that they're reaching back to that crime to single out don
when the senior prosecutors on robert mueller special investigation.or sticking with us. what do you think about the fact that donald trump was never charged with insurrection or any insurrection related crimes? that is something that the january six investigation in congress suggested he should be charged with after their very detailed investigation. >> that would've been one of the crime is referred by congress to the department of justice. one crime that has, as a penalty, upon...
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he is mad and furious that special counsel robert mueller pointed out that he didn't even remember the year he became vice president, when he started or finished on numerous occasions. he didn't even remember in a few years within his son died. how in the hell dare he raise that were his words. frankly, when i was asked the question i thought to myself it wasn't any of their damn business. they never asked. he brought it up on his own. >> you have a president that they say is too senile to stand trial. on the other hand they say he's perfectly fine to run the united states of america. those can't make sense at the same time. i want to point out something. we have known about biden's senility and mental frailties for a long time. the fact that the mainstream media and democratic establishment is picking up on this signals to me they are getting ready to move him out of the way. precisely because donald trump is on the path to mop the floor with joe biden this fall. i think he is. that's why there is a good chance it's not going to be joe biden. we have to be skating to where the puck is
he is mad and furious that special counsel robert mueller pointed out that he didn't even remember the year he became vice president, when he started or finished on numerous occasions. he didn't even remember in a few years within his son died. how in the hell dare he raise that were his words. frankly, when i was asked the question i thought to myself it wasn't any of their damn business. they never asked. he brought it up on his own. >> you have a president that they say is too senile...
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hur in the way that the white house was critical of robert muller and bill barr -- robert mueller andcriticism for their eyes intervening in the way the mueller report was going to be parasceved and i don't think the white house hat gotten enough criticism for this action. howie: jacqui, wouldn't this have leaked in about ten seconds and don't you think the media would have gone nuts over this? >> i think they would have and it's why they would not have chosen to adjust hur's language in any way and would have conflicted with this president's pledge to have his hands off doj and the letter in itself to garland and chafes at his position a little bit but end of the day, garland didn't do anything and biden didn't use any execkive privilege either and let the whole thing get out there in its entirety. howie: garland saving biden from the lawyers. white house spokesperson ian sames sent a letter saying it wasn't that he just willfully obtained classified documents but not enough evidence to charge him and nothing going over too well with the pressocore. turning to the key witness, a key
hur in the way that the white house was critical of robert muller and bill barr -- robert mueller andcriticism for their eyes intervening in the way the mueller report was going to be parasceved and i don't think the white house hat gotten enough criticism for this action. howie: jacqui, wouldn't this have leaked in about ten seconds and don't you think the media would have gone nuts over this? >> i think they would have and it's why they would not have chosen to adjust hur's language in...
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i've worked for robert mueller.nds of allegations and serious allegations that are made. this comes up a lot of times when people ask judges to recuse because of a propriety. and usually, really good judges, the first instinct is, you know, i don't want any questions of -- and then, true -- i just put a caveat on that point. but then, judges think about, wait a second, that's not how you go out of the system. you don't just choose every time somebody waves an issue. there really has to be a legal standard. it has to be met. you cannot let one side or the other use -- and so, if this turns out to be something where yes, she had a personal relationship with somebody in her office after they were hired, that to me is not the reason to -- get to the professor's point, one thing that is alleged by the fani willis mission is that every received, all of the payments had to be approved by the chief financial officer of fulton county. i was looking at exactly that kind of thing, what kind of -- if you're having that relation
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when the senior prosecutors on robert mueller special investigation. thank you for sticking with us. what do you think about the fact that donald trump was never charged with insurrection or any insurrection related crimes? that is something that the january six investigation in congress suggested he should be charged with after their very detailed investigation. >> that would've been one of the crime is referred by congress to the department of justice. one crime that has, as a penalty, upon conviction, that the person shall be, not be able to run for office. they are disqualified. so there is a lot of discussion today, as you have been noting, that that is essentially a form of the congressional federally congressional enabling statute for this constitutional provision. i sink there are probably two reasons that this department of justice did not charge it. remember the special counsel's part of the department of justice. i think one is that that crime had not been charged for many years and so this idea that they're reaching back to that crime to si
when the senior prosecutors on robert mueller special investigation. thank you for sticking with us. what do you think about the fact that donald trump was never charged with insurrection or any insurrection related crimes? that is something that the january six investigation in congress suggested he should be charged with after their very detailed investigation. >> that would've been one of the crime is referred by congress to the department of justice. one crime that has, as a penalty,...
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mueller's team.get to. 500 pages on my desk, but neil, i wanted to just start with the point i just made their, which is the overlap not from a legal sense but the fact that they are both in their laps, the 14th amendment case and the immunity case. they're not, again, legally the same thing, of course. but these justices are human beings. all nine of them. how do you see them impacting one another, if at all? >> i think there's a chance they could've impacted one and other. but i think in the end, they will see these as two separate issues. i mean, last week, as you know, i was very concerned about whether or not we would get a decision in time from the court of appeals on the absolute immunity question, and i'm feeling much better now. we've gotten a decision, it's substantively really good, it shows our legal system at its best. three judges, one of whom's a prominent conservative, saying donald trump, you've got no absolute immunity. and setting a procedural timetable that would give the case to
mueller's team.get to. 500 pages on my desk, but neil, i wanted to just start with the point i just made their, which is the overlap not from a legal sense but the fact that they are both in their laps, the 14th amendment case and the immunity case. they're not, again, legally the same thing, of course. but these justices are human beings. all nine of them. how do you see them impacting one another, if at all? >> i think there's a chance they could've impacted one and other. but i think...
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i've worked for robert mueller, i've seen high profile cases.e kinds of allegations in spurious allegations that are made. this comes up a lot of times when people ask judges to recuse because of the appearance of impropriety. usually, really good judges their first instinct is to, you know, what i don't want any question. i'm happy to recuse. -- >> unless it's clears thomas, i'm sorry, it had to be. said >> okay, true. open a caveat on that phrase. but then judges think about, wait a second, that is not how you can run a system. you don't just recuse every time somebody raises an issue. they really has to be a legal standard, it has to be met. you cannot let one side or the other use gamesmanship. so, if this turns out to be something where, yes, she had a personal relationship with somebody in an office after they were hired, that, to me, is not a reason to recuse. i would note to the professor's point, one thing that is at least alleged by the fani willis submission, that every receipt, all of the payments had to be approved by the chief fina
i've worked for robert mueller, i've seen high profile cases.e kinds of allegations in spurious allegations that are made. this comes up a lot of times when people ask judges to recuse because of the appearance of impropriety. usually, really good judges their first instinct is to, you know, what i don't want any question. i'm happy to recuse. -- >> unless it's clears thomas, i'm sorry, it had to be. said >> okay, true. open a caveat on that phrase. but then judges think about, wait...
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robert mueller has no business weighing in on anything on whether or not a crime was committed.ent. prosecutors don't speak to press conferences or reports. and, look, jason chaffetz is my friend and he was my colleague. but he left out a really important word. confidential. rob hur's job was to write a confidential report, not do opposition research for the republican party. prosecutors are held to a different standard, we're not political hacks. and they should not act like that. >> trace: go ahead, brit. >> brit: i hate to interrupt but just one thing he was required, with hur, as was just noted, to file a report. he filed a confidential report and the president's attorney general decided to release it. so, how is that on the prosecutor? i don't think it is. it may be in keeping with our current standards of, you know, everything released, but, it certainly wasn't up to hur. >> trace: susan now to you, karine jean-pierre and she said this. >> given you think the report is flatly wrong and gratuitous you can't say you want the material to be made public? >> no, what i say they
robert mueller has no business weighing in on anything on whether or not a crime was committed.ent. prosecutors don't speak to press conferences or reports. and, look, jason chaffetz is my friend and he was my colleague. but he left out a really important word. confidential. rob hur's job was to write a confidential report, not do opposition research for the republican party. prosecutors are held to a different standard, we're not political hacks. and they should not act like that. >>...
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mueller's team. i want to start their. because what struck me is that if you look at these cases, from the new york criminal case, suspenseful counsel jack smith's case, they all have one thing in common. fraud. and i was struck, of course, they just played -- could be applied anywhere. but if you're a prosecutor, how do you look at kind of this theme of drifting and fraud over the course of decades, and in multiple cases? >> first, i just want to make a comment about what don jr. said equivocating these judgments to what happens in russia. no, in russia, they literally execute political opponents. the trumps can't even condemned that. and indeed, trump is coming into court trying to seek absolute immunity so that he, as president, could, as he said, allow the execution of his political opponents. and so, to me, 15, jen, is not just fraud, which is a common theme throughout all of these different cases. but also, this idea of impunity. that he is above the law. he goes into court, he's been saying th
mueller's team. i want to start their. because what struck me is that if you look at these cases, from the new york criminal case, suspenseful counsel jack smith's case, they all have one thing in common. fraud. and i was struck, of course, they just played -- could be applied anywhere. but if you're a prosecutor, how do you look at kind of this theme of drifting and fraud over the course of decades, and in multiple cases? >> first, i just want to make a comment about what don jr. said...
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next thing we will see with the russia investigation with robert mueller getting hot before congress is very likely to happen with robber hur in the house judiciary in the coming weeks. alex? >> >>> can i ask you what judge cannon is requiring judgments to hand over today? >> today c is requiring had to get these documents in order as it relates to reasoning why he believes this should not be released as it relates to the names, documents, so she can see that. she can see the reasoning why this needs to happen. >> okay. thank you so much. joining me right now to further this conversation further federal prosecutor, kristy greenberg. kristie, welcome. first, on mar-a-lago. is this a case of judge cannon not taking the threat seriously that has jacks mitt concerned? or does she have legal justification for providing these documents to donald trump and the other defendants attorneys? >> there are two different things that the government is trying to do. they want to fly all materials that disclose witness identities under seal, meaning the republic can't see it. and they are also trying
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mueller.judge in his case committed errors in his decision and this is now headed to an appeals court. how will his team make their case? >> they're going to try to say a couple things, one that the statute latisha james used was the wrong statute, two, that the summary judgment against him was improperly granted and, three, that that the summary judgment order issued against him was improvidently granted and three that the judge was prejudice against him and they discarded evidence that should have been admitted and all those things together can create a basis for reversing the decision. >> do you think there's a strong argument that could be made for reversing the decision? >> not on the merits of the decision he issued with respect to the $355 million in damages. with respect to summary judgment, maybe it's a little closer. i think he substantially supported the basis for his opinion, and a lot of it is his valuation of witnesses, their credibility and that's not the sort of thing that appe
mueller.judge in his case committed errors in his decision and this is now headed to an appeals court. how will his team make their case? >> they're going to try to say a couple things, one that the statute latisha james used was the wrong statute, two, that the summary judgment against him was improperly granted and, three, that that the summary judgment order issued against him was improvidently granted and three that the judge was prejudice against him and they discarded evidence that...
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mueller's team. neil, i want to start their little, bit because what struck me is that if you look at these cases, from the new york criminal case to georgia to special counsel jack smith's dual, case they all have this on one common thing, one thing in common. fraud. and i was -- of course, with a.g.'s comments, which could be applied anywhere. but if you're a prosecutor, how do you look at this theme of drifting and fraud over the course of decades, and in multiple cases? >> yeah, so first, i just want to make a comment about what don junior said, equivocating these judgments to what happens in russia. in russia, they literally execute political opponents. the trumps can't even condemn that. indeed, trump is coming in the court, trying to seek absolute immunity so that he is president could, as he said, allow the execution of his political opponents. and so, to me, the theme, john, is not just fraud, which is a common theme throughout all of these cases. but also this idea of impunity, that he is a
mueller's team. neil, i want to start their little, bit because what struck me is that if you look at these cases, from the new york criminal case to georgia to special counsel jack smith's dual, case they all have this on one common thing, one thing in common. fraud. and i was -- of course, with a.g.'s comments, which could be applied anywhere. but if you're a prosecutor, how do you look at this theme of drifting and fraud over the course of decades, and in multiple cases? >> yeah, so...
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mueller, now an adjunct professor at american university's washington college of law. so, gabe, you were in the room last night for the president's news conference. what was it like and why did he decide to speak out last night? >> well, jose, the president was very forceful there as you said and it seemed he really wanted to take these reporters' questions, took several of them before walking off and came back, to answer a question about the hostage negotiations and the israel-hamas war. so he wanted to push back here. and according to several white house aides, they felt it was imperative for the president to push back on some of the more damning allegations in the report. and some of biden's advisers view this as some purely political allegations from the special counsel, robert hur. but, jose, there weren't just allegations as you said about his memory. there were some allegations that the president put national security at risk. now i asked the president directly whether he shared classified information with his ghost writer as alleged in page three of the report.
mueller, now an adjunct professor at american university's washington college of law. so, gabe, you were in the room last night for the president's news conference. what was it like and why did he decide to speak out last night? >> well, jose, the president was very forceful there as you said and it seemed he really wanted to take these reporters' questions, took several of them before walking off and came back, to answer a question about the hostage negotiations and the israel-hamas war....
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then it was special counsel robert mueller, the investigation to connections between trumps campaignt failed to find sufficient evidence of a criminal conspiracy and it did not come to any conclusion about whether trump, then the sitting president, obstructed justice. that is probably because trump refused to sit for an interview , unlike joe biden who did sit for an interview. two years after trump left office, the manhattan district attorney brought his case against the former president in connection with those hush money payments to stormy daniels. legal experts have said this appears to be the weakest of the cases against trump or at least the one where the outcome seems the most of in the air but it is also probably going to be the only one to actually go to trial before the election. then of course special counsel jack smith brought indictments against trump in the mar-a-lago documents case which if you read the indictment scenes open and shut. trumps efforts to steal the 2020 election, thanks to trump appointed judge, and now the supreme court. it is likely neither trial will
then it was special counsel robert mueller, the investigation to connections between trumps campaignt failed to find sufficient evidence of a criminal conspiracy and it did not come to any conclusion about whether trump, then the sitting president, obstructed justice. that is probably because trump refused to sit for an interview , unlike joe biden who did sit for an interview. two years after trump left office, the manhattan district attorney brought his case against the former president in...
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also with us, former federal prosecutors and former special counsel to robert mueller, michael zeldin and criminal defense attorney and msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos. great to have all my brilliant legal minds with us. katie, in terms of what to expect in this hearing, does trump have to be there? >> reporter: no, not only does he not have to be here, but it's highly unusual for a criminal defendant to appear for this kind of hearing. normally it's just defense counsel. i will note, ana, that the co-defendants to donald trump, walt nauta and carlos de oliveira are excluded from today's hearing. the big question is why is donald trump here? we have a little sound that will probably clue us in as to why he decided to make the trip from mar-a-lago this morning. >> they ended up with the now famous raid on mar-a-lago. we're having a talk and they raided my house. they did it for publicity reasons. they did it for election interference reasons. >> reporter: so, ana, you heard that, the publicity reasons he's blaming the doj for. we know donald trump enjoys that publicity. you can't se
also with us, former federal prosecutors and former special counsel to robert mueller, michael zeldin and criminal defense attorney and msnbc legal analyst danny cevallos. great to have all my brilliant legal minds with us. katie, in terms of what to expect in this hearing, does trump have to be there? >> reporter: no, not only does he not have to be here, but it's highly unusual for a criminal defendant to appear for this kind of hearing. normally it's just defense counsel. i will note,...
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mueller, now an adjunct professor of american university's washington college of law. exactly will the supreme court be looking at here? >> good morning, jose. in the unsigned order, agreeing to take this case, the supreme court said it was going to consider the question of whether and to what extent a former president enjoys immunity from prosecution in connection with official acts while in office. that term official acts is important. it underscores there are two issues here. the question of immunity for official acts and the question of is what donald trump is accused of doing in connection with trying to overturn the election, are those -- were those official acts? because special counsel jack smith argues they were not. so you can see a way to a possible compromise here because the idea that a president could exercise -- could call local officials and pressure them to change votes and that could be called an official act of the president, when the president has no role in state by state elections, is questionable to a lot of people, jose. >> mary, what do you mak
mueller, now an adjunct professor of american university's washington college of law. exactly will the supreme court be looking at here? >> good morning, jose. in the unsigned order, agreeing to take this case, the supreme court said it was going to consider the question of whether and to what extent a former president enjoys immunity from prosecution in connection with official acts while in office. that term official acts is important. it underscores there are two issues here. the...
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mueller could have said, we can't charge the president with obstruction of justice because he wouldent himself to jurors as a demented weirdo who doesn't know what city he's in, forgets how to shake hands, and can't remember how to spell his wife's name, or his own name [ laughter ] again, i'm not saying biden's age is not fair game it is. on thursday, for example, biden complained about the special counsel report and said the media should look into the origins of the report. but even he couldn't say the word origins >> i hope they now go and take a look at the oranges -- the oranges of the -- investigation, the beginnings of that investigation. you look at the origin of the investigation. the mueller report i wish covered the oranges, how it started. >> seth: oh, shoot, i got the guys mixed up. i hope this doesn't end up being the top story. that, of course, was trump struggling to say the word "origins," and trump's mind has only continued to devolve since then over the weekend, he claimed that if he loses in november, the state of pennsylvania will have a new name. >> if you live
mueller could have said, we can't charge the president with obstruction of justice because he wouldent himself to jurors as a demented weirdo who doesn't know what city he's in, forgets how to shake hands, and can't remember how to spell his wife's name, or his own name [ laughter ] again, i'm not saying biden's age is not fair game it is. on thursday, for example, biden complained about the special counsel report and said the media should look into the origins of the report. but even he...
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joining us now, msnbc legal analyst, former federal prosecutor and senior member of robert mueller'sew weissman. in a piece in "the new york times," david french writes that according to precedent, a stay is granted only when one, there's a reasonable probability, easy for me to say, that four justices would agree that issues in this case are sufficiently meritorious for the court to take the case. number two, that there is a significant possibility of reversal of the lower court's decision and three, there's a likelihood that irreparable harm will result if that decision is not stayed. so, if that is the standard or precedent, in your opinion, does this case meet that standard for a stay? >> of course, it doesn't. the issue of whether the supreme court would take this case because they're thinking of reversing the d.c. circuit seems highly unlikely. remember, what donald trump argued there was that he should be free to kill political opponents as long as he's president at the time. and so long as he's not successfully impeached. he's free to do essentially whatever he wants. that ar
joining us now, msnbc legal analyst, former federal prosecutor and senior member of robert mueller'sew weissman. in a piece in "the new york times," david french writes that according to precedent, a stay is granted only when one, there's a reasonable probability, easy for me to say, that four justices would agree that issues in this case are sufficiently meritorious for the court to take the case. number two, that there is a significant possibility of reversal of the lower court's...
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if you remember when robert mueller testified, all he did was sort of reiterate the exact words in his report, but i do think when special counsel her testifies, it's going to be a real roar shock moment. i think you're going to see the republicans arguing that he should have recommended indictment for joe biden. and i think you're going to see the democrats arguing that there was no case whatsoever there. and i think we'll also criticized robert hur for the statements he made about joe biden's advanced age and memory. >> all right. elie honig, thanks so much. appreciate it coming up next the quote, thank the wrath of a holy god used by alabama, alabama supreme court chief justice to justify or historic legal ruling. the now classifies frozen embryos as children coming up. the consequences of that decision that could go well beyond the courts vegas story of sin city. sunday at ten on cnn. >> see idp disrupts the idp derails. >> let's be honest stocks but living to see idp doesn't have to. >> when you sign up at shining through cid p.com, you'll find inspiration and real patients storie
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>> well, he did one thing that was admirable in comparison to what robert mueller did. he says at the beginning we can't indict him because he is a sitting president. but, by the way, even if he wasn't, we wouldn't indict him. at least he took a stand mullen should have done the same thing for president trump. and he didn't do it. i don't know. i haven't seen all of the evidence. >> so i don't know if i would agree with the ultimate conclusion. >> laura: victor, very quickly, i want you to react to some of the democrats coming out to pile on in defense of biden today watch. there is editorializing in this report about biden's memory. and i think if you think about what it takes to sit down for one of these interviews and ask to be -- asked to recall information, dates, specifics about things that happened six, seven, eight years earlier. >> and not know what year you are vice president? >> he has got a lot on his plate. >> victor, is that convincing, really quick? >> yeah, well they want to square the circle. on the one hand they don't want him to be culpable and face l
>> well, he did one thing that was admirable in comparison to what robert mueller did. he says at the beginning we can't indict him because he is a sitting president. but, by the way, even if he wasn't, we wouldn't indict him. at least he took a stand mullen should have done the same thing for president trump. and he didn't do it. i don't know. i haven't seen all of the evidence. >> so i don't know if i would agree with the ultimate conclusion. >> laura: victor, very quickly,...
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mueller's team.so the coauthor of a brand-new book coming out this week, the trump indictments, the historic charging documents with commentary. neal, let me start with you. i'm not a lawyer, as we all know. i have dealt with classified documents, however, and these arguments do seem pretty farfetched, it's not exactly how it works. even if trump was allowed to take whatever he wanted, he was charged with illegally retaining those documents, even after they were subpoenaed. how does this help his case? i'm assuming it does not. but break it all down for us. >> yeah, it doesn't. i think the first thing to note is just the relationship between this discussion and the when you are just having with sarah matthews. miss matthew said that trump's policies are antithetical to the rule of law and democracy. here he is doing the same thing. he is saying, i'm immune and i will delay all these cases against me. so that i don't have to face the wheels of justice. again, it's about being antithetical to the rule
mueller's team.so the coauthor of a brand-new book coming out this week, the trump indictments, the historic charging documents with commentary. neal, let me start with you. i'm not a lawyer, as we all know. i have dealt with classified documents, however, and these arguments do seem pretty farfetched, it's not exactly how it works. even if trump was allowed to take whatever he wanted, he was charged with illegally retaining those documents, even after they were subpoenaed. how does this help...
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mueller. who issued a 400-page special counsel, portended not specifically say, i recommend criminal charges. he was ambiguous. and testified. let me be clear about this. this is a very close call. i have written and read 1000 of these documents and they're called prosecution most. they lay out the facts and you say here's the recommendation is the charging or not charging. joe biden is correct that your winds conduct was worse. but his conduct was still very close to the line. here are the facts. joe biden established by this report. joe biden retained sensitive classified documents after he left the vice presidency. >> -- marked classified? >> yes, marked classified, top level, mark secret sci. they related to international affairs, to foreign relations. he knew it he knew. it he's on tape after he's out of the vice presidency saying to his autobiography for the classified documents are in the basement. he knew it. >> but he just denied. that that's a -- is the second sense in the report. an
mueller. who issued a 400-page special counsel, portended not specifically say, i recommend criminal charges. he was ambiguous. and testified. let me be clear about this. this is a very close call. i have written and read 1000 of these documents and they're called prosecution most. they lay out the facts and you say here's the recommendation is the charging or not charging. joe biden is correct that your winds conduct was worse. but his conduct was still very close to the line. here are the...
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now this is something we saw with special counsel robert mueller, the special counsel, durham. >> this is >> very much expected that he would go before them and answer questions, but a highly it's unenviable place to be in, because rob hur is really going to be pressed by both sides. you have republicans believe there is a double-standard, don't understand why there were not charges here. and then democrats and alice, the white house, who are furious with the way that he characterized president biden's cognitive ability. so this could be a highly contentious hearing i told from my sources that there's no date set, that they're looking for the end of the month that will come soon, paula. thank you so much for that. >> let's >> discuss all of this with former assistant special watergate prosecutor nick akerman. he's also the former assistant us attorney for the southern district of new york, and former republican congressman from from illinois, joe walsh. she is the director of mission democracy and host of the white flag podcast. >> so nick, first to you, robert moeller, other special c
now this is something we saw with special counsel robert mueller, the special counsel, durham. >> this is >> very much expected that he would go before them and answer questions, but a highly it's unenviable place to be in, because rob hur is really going to be pressed by both sides. you have republicans believe there is a double-standard, don't understand why there were not charges here. and then democrats and alice, the white house, who are furious with the way that he...
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mueller.the end of his report, they came to kind of a conclusion without a conclusion, based on department policies and principles of fairness, we decided weld not make a determination as to whether the president, and there he's referring to donald trump, a crime. that's our decision then and remains our decision today. in today's report, special counsel robert hur goes much further. he said, look, we have established they're going to decline any criminal charges against president biden but he says we would do so even if we were not bound by the determination by the office of legal counsel that's at the department of justice that a sitting president may not be charged with federal crimes. what does all of that mean in bottom lining it, katy, it means that basically robert hur said it doesn't matter whether or not we could or could not charge a sitting president of the united states, we wouldn't charge him period, whether he was president or not. i think that's an important thing to keep in min
mueller.the end of his report, they came to kind of a conclusion without a conclusion, based on department policies and principles of fairness, we decided weld not make a determination as to whether the president, and there he's referring to donald trump, a crime. that's our decision then and remains our decision today. in today's report, special counsel robert hur goes much further. he said, look, we have established they're going to decline any criminal charges against president biden but he...
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. >> robert mueller cleared republicans of russia collusioln ,but somehow we're back to republicans colluding with russia just beforollusion efore t the election. >> every election, it seems the republicheion? kids fall inr of with the russians. >>favo they're willing to carry water for trump, and i'm not sure wherefor this kind of noun fetish for russia ever became as well. >> seemsfetish like a lot of the domestic enemies are right here serving in the house. with that, the democrats are taking the hoaxes from 2016. the hoax is from 2020. combininhoaxesg them to use in . so do you see now any republican who supports impeachment is guilty of russia collusion? ruhment isussi well, let's ask l russian who he prefers. you askessd who would be preferred as a future president of the united states. >> i saipresidend that we wouldk with any president. but i suppose that for us, for russia, biden is more preferable. >> now, take what putin says iscaus with a grain of salt because he's got an agenda. but if this fbi informan t feedi is feeding the fbi, russia disinformation, and that couldng be the ca
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robert mueller told us that. and in 2020, the laptop was a russian information operatione . that was baloney. who knows? maybe this guy lied to the f that maybe lied. it's all maybe they're right. but i just see a pattern that seems to be developinvelopg over the last three presidential elections. n too. mantterelection and that's if you act like a nice old man, just very w forgetful. you know what? maybe that seems to be the new defense and maybe, all. americans will be paying attention to that. >> thank you all. appreciate your time. when we come back, new york attorney generala taoel james. she's now threatening to seize former president trump's new york buildings. we'll explain. we'll get reaction vivek ramaswamy. also, biden was forced to givebi away his dog commander. new documents reveal 24 secret service agents bet maybe afterh 10th one. maybe they should have maybe pulled the dog away fromf pu the agents. >> just sayin. straight ahead. love on farm is going next level. do you see yourself having kids? where do you see yourself in five years? so pop his kids and ever
robert mueller told us that. and in 2020, the laptop was a russian information operatione . that was baloney. who knows? maybe this guy lied to the f that maybe lied. it's all maybe they're right. but i just see a pattern that seems to be developinvelopg over the last three presidential elections. n too. mantterelection and that's if you act like a nice old man, just very w forgetful. you know what? maybe that seems to be the new defense and maybe, all. americans will be paying attention to...
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robert mueller wrote about a fake online account called blacktivist which was patient leading up to then and attracted a lot of voters who thought this was a real, grassroots, black activist. as election day approached, told people to stay home, don't vote, speak with your feet by staying home. send a message. just that suppression can have an effect on the outcome of the election. >> donald trump raised the stakes to the point where this is a war, in effect. they're trying to keep me out of the white house. he is using lies to make the case, but we've seen people go to the capitol in michigan with ar-15s, confrontations with police officers. there is a militia movement inside michigan. what are the concerns there about the next step from disinformation, which is, these are high stakes, we have to resort to violence to get donald trump back in the white house? >> one of the things that donald trump and his supporters have done is normalize violence. i talk about this in the book, sarcastic terrorism. people say, we need to achieve this by any means necessary. you know there is someone o
robert mueller wrote about a fake online account called blacktivist which was patient leading up to then and attracted a lot of voters who thought this was a real, grassroots, black activist. as election day approached, told people to stay home, don't vote, speak with your feet by staying home. send a message. just that suppression can have an effect on the outcome of the election. >> donald trump raised the stakes to the point where this is a war, in effect. they're trying to keep me out...
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most americans are not going to read the mueller report. what they will know is that joe biden was not charged with a claim because robert herr decided that and that robert herr made editorial comments about his age. the question is when donald trump's case come up, will those still matter to people? or will his case of not cooperating and the antics that we know donald trump will pull when he is up for trial will cancel out what joe biden did today? >> stand by. we have a lot more to catch up on as we are breaking down the abrupt remarks at the white house. also, the historic oral arguments that happened at the supreme court. that has to do with keeping donald trump off the ballot under the 14th amendment's insurrectionist clause. >>> it sounds awfully national to me, telling words during oral arguments. signaling a deep skepticism for the supreme court decision barring donald trump from the ballot. i'll talk to two people who have been a key part of this debate over this. >> reporter: in one of the most anticipated supreme court cases of
most americans are not going to read the mueller report. what they will know is that joe biden was not charged with a claim because robert herr decided that and that robert herr made editorial comments about his age. the question is when donald trump's case come up, will those still matter to people? or will his case of not cooperating and the antics that we know donald trump will pull when he is up for trial will cancel out what joe biden did today? >> stand by. we have a lot more to...
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and if you are republican like robert mueller and you're not a trump republican, he thinks that's unjust. trump thinks the only people who should ever be allowed to investigate him if he's ever gonna be investigated, have to be real trump republicans. this is the old-fashioned way. you get a republican to investigate the democrat, and this is a product of a republican who then turns over cards to show that he's kind of a wiseguy partisan republican. >> i think there are a couple of things that struck me. number one, you talk about the timing. it brings together what you were saying in what you are saying, is that he also noted at the time he was being questioned, it was around, shortly thereafter, after the october 7th attack. so he was a little focused on other things. he had a lot on his mind. he was saying he was being questioned and that is one of the reasons he might not have remembered every detail. but the point that lawrence is making i think is true. a lot of people have asked why there was a special counsel to investigate donald trump? the justice department could simply have i
and if you are republican like robert mueller and you're not a trump republican, he thinks that's unjust. trump thinks the only people who should ever be allowed to investigate him if he's ever gonna be investigated, have to be real trump republicans. this is the old-fashioned way. you get a republican to investigate the democrat, and this is a product of a republican who then turns over cards to show that he's kind of a wiseguy partisan republican. >> i think there are a couple of things...
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and contrast that with how robert mueller addressed this issue. jack smith is taking this on the horns and deciding that it is appropriate for him to speak in court filings, but also it is inappropriate for him to explain that this is a bunch of malarkey. i also found one of the most dramatic sort of passages here is when smith said, there is no comparable person who engaged in quote/unquote this complete suite of willful and deceitful actions to withhold classified information. the defendants cannot find someone comparable who has not been prosecuted. they can't do it because there is flo such person that existed. i'm paraphrasing at the end. remember the context of jack smith's probe. it of course begins in november of 2022 when he's named special counsel. but he inherited the work of a team that for months has given former president trump the most amazing past. please just give us the documents back. we see that you have some of the most sensitive documents that we've ever, ever, ever printed. especially access programs that were so serious peo
and contrast that with how robert mueller addressed this issue. jack smith is taking this on the horns and deciding that it is appropriate for him to speak in court filings, but also it is inappropriate for him to explain that this is a bunch of malarkey. i also found one of the most dramatic sort of passages here is when smith said, there is no comparable person who engaged in quote/unquote this complete suite of willful and deceitful actions to withhold classified information. the defendants...
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you'll remember the mueller report, robert mueller, special counsel, indicted two dozen russians fora was in social media last election. we're going to see even more of that likely. we just can't keep up with that. the social media platforms are trying but they can't. and then the risk of violence against election workers, polling places, and then factor in the possibility of foreign power involvement and even terrorist organizations. now we have iran on the radar screen. we should have hamas and hezbollah on the radar screen. and so we're likely to see both domestic and foreign attempts to mess with this election. >> frank, i want to -- a few things i want to concentrate on, but one, and we saw this in the rudy giuliani trial, we see it in the georgia indictments of donald trump. the attacks on election workers. the threats to election workers. we're seeing it in droves. election workers, some are volunteers, some are paid. nobody does it to get rich. they are literally people from across the political spectrum, some people with no particularly strong political positions on anyone,
you'll remember the mueller report, robert mueller, special counsel, indicted two dozen russians fora was in social media last election. we're going to see even more of that likely. we just can't keep up with that. the social media platforms are trying but they can't. and then the risk of violence against election workers, polling places, and then factor in the possibility of foreign power involvement and even terrorist organizations. now we have iran on the radar screen. we should have hamas...
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when the senior prosecutors on robert mueller special investigation.r charged with insurrection or any insurrection related crimes? that is something that the january six investigation in congress suggested he should be charged with after their very detailed investigation. >> that would've been one of the crime is referred by congress to the department of justice. one crime that has, as a penalty, upon conviction, that the person shall be, not be able to run for office. they are disqualified. so there is a lot of discussion today, as you have been noting, that that is essentially a form of the congressional federally congressional enabling statute for this constitutional provision. i sink there are probably two reasons that this department of justice did not charge it. remember the special counsel's part of the department of justice. i think one is that that crime had not been charged for many years and so this idea that they're reaching back to that crime to single out donald trump, which would certainly be an attack. there's an answer to that, which
when the senior prosecutors on robert mueller special investigation.r charged with insurrection or any insurrection related crimes? that is something that the january six investigation in congress suggested he should be charged with after their very detailed investigation. >> that would've been one of the crime is referred by congress to the department of justice. one crime that has, as a penalty, upon conviction, that the person shall be, not be able to run for office. they are...