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smith: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and submit extraneous material on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. smith: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. smith: thank you, mr. speaker. the tax relief for american families and workers act is pro-growth, pro-jobs, pro-american. the legislation locks in $600 billion in pro-growth tax policies by restoring three key provisions from president trump's successful 2017 tax reform that have a proven record of creating millions of jobs, raising workers' wages, and sparking more investment and economic growth right here at home. this bill restores full r&d expensing, interest deductibility and 100% expensing. each of these policies will help american businesses grow, create jobs and sharpen their competitive advantage against china. this will create over $70
smith: mr. speaker, i ask unanimous consent that all members have five legislative days to revise and extend their remarks and submit extraneous material on the bill under consideration. the speaker pro tempore: without objection. mr. smith: mr. speaker, i yield myself such time as i may consume. the speaker pro tempore: the gentleman is recognized. mr. smith: thank you, mr. speaker. the tax relief for american families and workers act is pro-growth, pro-jobs, pro-american. the legislation...
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that's not what smith is saying. there are 36 pages of this brief that say supreme court, there is absolutely nothing here. don't hear this case. on the very last two pages -- >> and with my apologies, neal, i'm jumping in because we have to go back to the -- i told viewers, the kansas city authorities briefing on the shooting there. lawyers stand by. but we're going to listen into this briefing. >> however, if for whatever reasons you have information about the incident, we will be looking to share that through different methods, so if you have information about the incident, suspects and others, please call the police. if you're looking for other information, we'll try to continue to give you regular updates. i'll say this final thing, and we'll come back for questions at the end. today was tragic for everyone who was part of it. i had the chance to talk to my wife just a moment ago, we became part of the statistic of too many americans, those who have experienced or been part of or connected to a mass shooting. th
that's not what smith is saying. there are 36 pages of this brief that say supreme court, there is absolutely nothing here. don't hear this case. on the very last two pages -- >> and with my apologies, neal, i'm jumping in because we have to go back to the -- i told viewers, the kansas city authorities briefing on the shooting there. lawyers stand by. but we're going to listen into this briefing. >> however, if for whatever reasons you have information about the incident, we will be...
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the karmen smith murder was now officially a cold case.is haunt a police department? >> absolutely, because these cases go home with you in your mind. >> but for years, doss couldn't do anything about it. and then just by chance he was sent to a dna training seminar in 2008, a random assignment that would change everything. >> back in the mid 90s very, very little at all could be done with the hair except to say the color of the hair. now when there's any tissue from the root on the hair whatsoever, it takes just a minute amount of tissue to come up with a full profile. >> it's called nuclear dna testing and doss immediately thought of karmen smith. karmen was a strawberry blond and he remembered the short, dark hairs recovered from her body. not hers under layers of bedding. >> i felt it was invaluable evidence if there was enough tissue on that hair that was underneath her sweater. >> doss brought one of those dark hairs to a dna lab in texas and waited. it was almost 15 years after karmen smith's murder when the call came in. there was
the karmen smith murder was now officially a cold case.is haunt a police department? >> absolutely, because these cases go home with you in your mind. >> but for years, doss couldn't do anything about it. and then just by chance he was sent to a dna training seminar in 2008, a random assignment that would change everything. >> back in the mid 90s very, very little at all could be done with the hair except to say the color of the hair. now when there's any tissue from the root...
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on friday, smith used an expang -- expansive filing to push back against claims of bias. smith's team writing, it is necessary to set the record straight on the underlying facts that led to this prosecution because the defendants' motion paints an inaccurate and distorted picture of events. the government will clear the air on those issues pause the defendants' misstatements if unanswered leave a highly misleading impression. the 68-page filing from smith's team went on to explain in detail how the justice department came about investigating the ex-president for his mishandling of classified do you means, smith's team writing, far from being a sham, the referral to investigate became necessary after months of efforts including several rounds of communications with trump presidential records act representatives failed to confirmed that trump returned any and all classified information that he removed from the white house, end quote. the filing also pushed back on trump's requests for additional discovery materials. smith's team argument that the ex-president's demands were
on friday, smith used an expang -- expansive filing to push back against claims of bias. smith's team writing, it is necessary to set the record straight on the underlying facts that led to this prosecution because the defendants' motion paints an inaccurate and distorted picture of events. the government will clear the air on those issues pause the defendants' misstatements if unanswered leave a highly misleading impression. the 68-page filing from smith's team went on to explain in detail how...
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and what smith said is basically, no way. the way the supreme court operates is they consider themselves a court of review, not a first view. that is to say, they like legal issues to percolate in the lower courts and get ventilated between the different judges before the u. s. supreme court gets involved. but smith side is, that's what's happened now. you had this unanimous decision in the court of our appeals, our nation's second highest court. and on that panel of judges was a really diverse group of judges. it wasn't just liberal judges. it was one very prominent conservative judges while. everyone agreed trump's claim was bogus. so you don't need the supreme court. >> let me ask you a tactical question, as an experienced supreme court practitioner. that last page where you're saying to the court, here's the actual schedule you should get. you should get ten days followed by seven days followed by five days. how does the court react to that kind of specific instruction, you might call it? did they consider that presumptuo
and what smith said is basically, no way. the way the supreme court operates is they consider themselves a court of review, not a first view. that is to say, they like legal issues to percolate in the lower courts and get ventilated between the different judges before the u. s. supreme court gets involved. but smith side is, that's what's happened now. you had this unanimous decision in the court of our appeals, our nation's second highest court. and on that panel of judges was a really diverse...
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i think jack smith is that he certainly projecting that jack smith by reputation as a hard prosecutor, you, ryan goodman is a former special counsel at the department of defense, and a professor at nyu. >> he has gone after political corruption on both let's sides of the aisle, democrats and republicans, he's also somebody who served as a war crimes prosecutor and has indicted a sitting president and kosovo. so he's that kind of an individual that moves fast and moves aggressively at the same time that also might come with some risks why is there some criticism that he overreaches? >> well, if you look at jack smith's history, his three highest profile cases before this, all of them have failed either at the trial level or the appellate level. and so the criticism is while he's overeager, he's over anxious >> what is going to be one of the toughest hurdles for jack smith's team to overcome everything in this case will turn on what donald trump's state of mind is and whether there was corrupt content. all the facts they play down on national television. >> the speeches >> have been pla
i think jack smith is that he certainly projecting that jack smith by reputation as a hard prosecutor, you, ryan goodman is a former special counsel at the department of defense, and a professor at nyu. >> he has gone after political corruption on both let's sides of the aisle, democrats and republicans, he's also somebody who served as a war crimes prosecutor and has indicted a sitting president and kosovo. so he's that kind of an individual that moves fast and moves aggressively at the...
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smith: mr. president, i rise in opposition to the paul amendment. as part of the effort to support our economy following the onset of the covid-19 pandemic, the federal reserve established a liquidity facility to help state and local governments better manage their cash flow and those pressures that ex ichsed -- existed that they face as a result of increase in state and local government expenditures related to the pandemic and delay and decrease of some tax and other revenues. all funds borrowed by municipal it's have been repaid. tying the fed hands to prevents it from helping states and municipalities would be dangerous. congress has given the fed the flexibility to transact in state and local bonds because we knew it could be an important and helpful tool in times of an emergency, protecting millions of public workers including police officers, health care workers, and other first. as we have seen -- other first responders. as we've seen, uncertainty can hurt both big and small states, and the fed's simple abilities to assist state and local gov
smith: mr. president, i rise in opposition to the paul amendment. as part of the effort to support our economy following the onset of the covid-19 pandemic, the federal reserve established a liquidity facility to help state and local governments better manage their cash flow and those pressures that ex ichsed -- existed that they face as a result of increase in state and local government expenditures related to the pandemic and delay and decrease of some tax and other revenues. all funds...
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and robertson are located on what we call now smith and hooker tells von stein to have smith attack smith now the confederates made a mistake instead of going across the road, blocking the route. they were up here on this high ground as ordered, but it turns out. they should have been down here and the attack is made. the 73rd ohio, the 33rd massachusetts makes the attack it's fairly spirited assault in the night, but they eventually drive law and robertson back in the meantime time the lead brigade of schertz is division under a named hector tindale who has passed the fighting at smith's hill and he is attacked by benning's brigade on another hill, which now we call tindale hill again. if you've ever driven from nashville to chattanooga on a 24 right between those two hills like it monocacy. ryan i 24 divides this battlefield with smith's hill on the north and ten dales hill on the south smith hill is inaccessible today. but some of you, if you're really a civil war savant, if you've driven 24 into into chattanooga from you may have noticed there's a civil war monument that sticks up jus
and robertson are located on what we call now smith and hooker tells von stein to have smith attack smith now the confederates made a mistake instead of going across the road, blocking the route. they were up here on this high ground as ordered, but it turns out. they should have been down here and the attack is made. the 73rd ohio, the 33rd massachusetts makes the attack it's fairly spirited assault in the night, but they eventually drive law and robertson back in the meantime time the lead...
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gordon smith was caught before he actually did anything. now, the prosecutor said that he was he was the head of a large slave trading ring. and i don't believe was true. but whether he intended to do it on this voyage, i'll know for sure. and so i went through a number of iterations in the book and ultimately what i settled on was i tried to allow the story to unfold as if you were reading it in, the papers. so here, here are the arguments making. here is with the prosecutors saying. here's what lincoln's doing and in the end, and this may be unsatisfying to some readers, but in the end you read the story and think different readers will come to different. and that was the best way i thought to do it, just because i couldn't know for sure. that said, he certainly was up to trouble at different points and i make bones about that. yeah. what was the fate? the 897 gordon captive. oh, that's a great. so the of the 887 captives the united states of the colony of liberia earlier in the century and was a place that we all are familiar with throug
gordon smith was caught before he actually did anything. now, the prosecutor said that he was he was the head of a large slave trading ring. and i don't believe was true. but whether he intended to do it on this voyage, i'll know for sure. and so i went through a number of iterations in the book and ultimately what i settled on was i tried to allow the story to unfold as if you were reading it in, the papers. so here, here are the arguments making. here is with the prosecutors saying. here's...
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but according to jack smith's indictment, thank you very much. donald trump attempted to wield that influence in an effort to hold onto the presidency how do you view the level of pressure that trump placed on the department of justice? >> does ever been anything like it because donald trump was so desperate bid to hold onto power that he didn't care about the rules >> but leadership at the department of justice did care about the rules and was not bending to the pressure leaders in the department of justice told the former president that there was no outcome determinative fraud for them to launch an investigation to overturn the election. so as part of the pressure campaign and the permanent address, this this is where mr. jeffrey clark kind of rose to prominence. >> jeffrey clark is environmental lawyer lower-level person at the department. he was a completely unremarkable figure >> at a january 6 committee hearing, former acting attorney general, jeffrey rosen, testified about president trump's call to him on christmas eve, 2020. >> did he men
but according to jack smith's indictment, thank you very much. donald trump attempted to wield that influence in an effort to hold onto the presidency how do you view the level of pressure that trump placed on the department of justice? >> does ever been anything like it because donald trump was so desperate bid to hold onto power that he didn't care about the rules >> but leadership at the department of justice did care about the rules and was not bending to the pressure leaders in...
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, filed his reply to donald trump's effort to stop the trial and the win that jack smith got in that appeals court. they are citing donald trump's alleged effort to perpetuate himself in power, the charged crime strike at the heart of our democracy, and smith says the supreme court should not stay or delay this case, that the trial should commence on the planned schedule, which means if he won,
, filed his reply to donald trump's effort to stop the trial and the win that jack smith got in that appeals court. they are citing donald trump's alleged effort to perpetuate himself in power, the charged crime strike at the heart of our democracy, and smith says the supreme court should not stay or delay this case, that the trial should commence on the planned schedule, which means if he won,
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okay. >> then there is this other trial that jack smith is bringing forward. and this other case that involves him for activities after his presidency. this is the culling classified documents case now, for that one that's in florida because that's where this mishandling allegedly took place. and trump has a trumping judge, who has been making rulings that the trump lawyers have liked. what is the status of that one? >> well, that one is right now scheduled to go to start in may, but no one believes that that's coming to happen. i think as matter of fact, on friday when we have a very important court hearing in fort pierce with judge aileen cannon. i think we might get a little bit of clarity on that because it's clear that trump team wants that delayed, but they only want to delete a certain amount of time. katelyn polantz reported just a few days ago that the strategy there is to move the date just a little bit in order to make it difficult for the dc case that the case that is overseen by judge chutkan for that to even get on the calendar. and so the idea j
okay. >> then there is this other trial that jack smith is bringing forward. and this other case that involves him for activities after his presidency. this is the culling classified documents case now, for that one that's in florida because that's where this mishandling allegedly took place. and trump has a trumping judge, who has been making rulings that the trump lawyers have liked. what is the status of that one? >> well, that one is right now scheduled to go to start in may,...
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that's special counsel jack smith tried to impose upon them way back in december when jack smith went to the supreme court and said, justices, please take up this case now so that we can get a clear answer. this is yours to answer. and then once the dc circuit once the supreme court said no, we're not coming in and the dc circuit ruled that was another several weeks, so president trump's former president trump's effort to run the clock has a partner in the supreme court at this point, even though jake probably in the end, the justices will agree with the dc circuit and say and reject president, former president donald trump's claim of absolute immunity. >> but >> what good will that do for any kind of trial before we're really into the heat of this next presidential election. >> so just, just to recap, joan the us supreme court is not going to just like defer to the appeals court. they are going to hear the argument about whether or not donald trump has immunity. can say that what he did as president is he's immune from prosecution because he was president at the time. do we have any
that's special counsel jack smith tried to impose upon them way back in december when jack smith went to the supreme court and said, justices, please take up this case now so that we can get a clear answer. this is yours to answer. and then once the dc circuit once the supreme court said no, we're not coming in and the dc circuit ruled that was another several weeks, so president trump's former president trump's effort to run the clock has a partner in the supreme court at this point, even...
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now, jack smith makes a couple of arguments. first of all, he says, donald trump does not have any realistic probability of succeeding on his immunity claim. and that's something you have to show at this point. for the supreme court to put the brakes on and take the case and then jack smith's has and there's a broader public interest in getting dumped. trump tried. he does not say before the election, jack smith continues to refuse to acknowledge that he's motivated by the election, but he says there's a broad public interest in getting donald trump tried quickly on these charges. now, the other thing jack smith says to the supreme court is, if you are not going to put this on pause, if you are going to take this case, please. please please rule get give us as short and quick a schedule as you possibly can. jack smith obviously wants to cover himself at every turn and give himself the maximum possible chance to get this case tried before the election. >> jennifer, what stands out to you >> well, i agree with elie all of those po
now, jack smith makes a couple of arguments. first of all, he says, donald trump does not have any realistic probability of succeeding on his immunity claim. and that's something you have to show at this point. for the supreme court to put the brakes on and take the case and then jack smith's has and there's a broader public interest in getting dumped. trump tried. he does not say before the election, jack smith continues to refuse to acknowledge that he's motivated by the election, but he says...
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jack smith had until the 20th that heil filed early. do you think the justices might make a call on that this week? >> so i don't think it will come as soon as that. i do think they're going to give donald trump and his attorneys an opportunity to reply.or the rules about whether or not, you know, what the timing is on aim replay are not all that cle. i expect his lawyers would reach out to the clerk, maybe get some informal guidance about timing of a reply. we're not talking weeks here. we're talking more like days, and i think they will give him an opportunityi to do that befe they rule, but i still expect we'll get a ruling some time i would say later next week. >> mark, i wonder whether -- there are a lot of people i think in the federal -- at the specialer counsel's office and maybe in the american public who find all of this waiting and sort of what feels like a pro forma exercise, maybe, to be incredibly frustrating. why -- i mean what do you make of the justices and what kristi suggests here, that they will wait for trump to rep
jack smith had until the 20th that heil filed early. do you think the justices might make a call on that this week? >> so i don't think it will come as soon as that. i do think they're going to give donald trump and his attorneys an opportunity to reply.or the rules about whether or not, you know, what the timing is on aim replay are not all that cle. i expect his lawyers would reach out to the clerk, maybe get some informal guidance about timing of a reply. we're not talking weeks here....
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special counsel smith now asking for a july 8th trial date in that case.year is unfair to him as a candidate, but then also relenting and saying if it must happen, they propose august 12th which would be before the election. the trial was originally scheduled for as early as may. what we're seeing in this back and forth is mow jack smith still has other cards to play even as he got a huge setback from the supreme court delaying the coup case. we're going to watch and see what the judge in florida does and whether that trial will get scheduled for before the election. thanks for watching "the beat" with ari melber. "the reidout" with joy reid is up next. . >>> tonight on "the reidout" -- >> it is nothing in the case of biden on thursday, a cynical, sick political stunt by the president and frankly it is beyond disgraceful. we'll be at the border with president trump on thursday. >> what? i'm sorry, did you say something about beyond disgraceful? fox
special counsel smith now asking for a july 8th trial date in that case.year is unfair to him as a candidate, but then also relenting and saying if it must happen, they propose august 12th which would be before the election. the trial was originally scheduled for as early as may. what we're seeing in this back and forth is mow jack smith still has other cards to play even as he got a huge setback from the supreme court delaying the coup case. we're going to watch and see what the judge in...
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. >> the opposition to destroying the park -- >> reporter: longtime resident harvey smith is fighting to keep peoples park in its current state. >> it's a political space. it's a recreational space. >> reporter: smith is an organizer for the peoples park historic district advocacy group. he attended cal and once worked for the university but opposes his plan to build housing on this open space. >> this is the university of california, fully capable of maintaining a beautiful, well kept park. >> reporter: some 100 park supporters gathered for the first teach-in related to peoples park on the uc berkeley campus. bringing together staff, student, and community advocates. smith says student housing can be built ls where on uc property. >> despite what the administration says, there is actually broad support on this campus for maintaining the park, and i think people understand the false choice between having to choose a park and student housing. >> reporter: university officials say there's an urgent need for housing and that the project will provide student housing for more than 1,100 un
. >> the opposition to destroying the park -- >> reporter: longtime resident harvey smith is fighting to keep peoples park in its current state. >> it's a political space. it's a recreational space. >> reporter: smith is an organizer for the peoples park historic district advocacy group. he attended cal and once worked for the university but opposes his plan to build housing on this open space. >> this is the university of california, fully capable of maintaining a...
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jack smith's filing. yeah.remain critical of this about jack smith he is all consuming li possessed with trying this case before the election. there are legitimate reasons for that, but he won't say it instead and he does it again in the filing that just came in. it's all these bromides and generalities about, well, there's a general need. everyone knows what he's doing. everyone knows what the judges let me read you what he said. he's delaying the resolution of these charges threatens to frustrate the public interests in a speedy and fair verdict, a compelling interest in every criminal case. and one that has unique national importance here, as it involves federal criminal charges against former president for alleged criminal efforts to overturn the results the presidential election, including through the use of official power. >> there it is again, he's done this over and over when all he needs to set it is it's really important that we tried this before the election and i don't know how this is going to play
jack smith's filing. yeah.remain critical of this about jack smith he is all consuming li possessed with trying this case before the election. there are legitimate reasons for that, but he won't say it instead and he does it again in the filing that just came in. it's all these bromides and generalities about, well, there's a general need. everyone knows what he's doing. everyone knows what the judges let me read you what he said. he's delaying the resolution of these charges threatens to...
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now, having said that, jack smith has things he can do. he could make an argument to the judge that 88 days should be shortened, that that time frame she had given before isn't needed. it was too generous. they could also shorten their trial. they could say that we are not going to do -- >> let me jump in. i'm only jumping in because now it's feeling really tactical to me. and andrew, if it's tactical for me, how do other people feel? because these are two legal nerds. so i'm going to say putting tactics a little bit aside, what is the latest you think they could reasonably start this trial? >> i think if it doesn't start by some time in july, i think it is really hard to see the judge saying that they're going to go forward and have him -- i mean at some point there is going to be pressure on the district judge to say am i going to have the leading candidate for one of the parties on trial and not being able to -- you know, has to attend to a trial and should be running for office. at some point that tension, i think, is going to be somet
now, having said that, jack smith has things he can do. he could make an argument to the judge that 88 days should be shortened, that that time frame she had given before isn't needed. it was too generous. they could also shorten their trial. they could say that we are not going to do -- >> let me jump in. i'm only jumping in because now it's feeling really tactical to me. and andrew, if it's tactical for me, how do other people feel? because these are two legal nerds. so i'm going to say...
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in jack smith's brief to the supreme court, jack smith argued there was no need for the supreme court to hear the case at all. but if the supreme court was inclined to hear the case, jack smith asked the supreme court not to send the case back for another round at the appeals court, but to set an expedited hearing at the supreme court, schedule that expedited hearing. and that is what the supreme court now has done. leading off our discussion tonight is neal katyal, former acting u.s. solicitor general and host of the podcast courtside with neal katyal. he is an msnbc legal analyst. and neal, i want to begin the way all lawyers begin when they get these notices from the supreme court that they're going to hear your case. they have the supreme court identified for the lawyers on both sides the question, and the only question, they want to hear addressed. and i want to give that question to the audience now. the question is whether, and if so to what extent, does a former president enjoy presidential immunity from criminal prosecution for conduct alleged to involve official acts during
in jack smith's brief to the supreme court, jack smith argued there was no need for the supreme court to hear the case at all. but if the supreme court was inclined to hear the case, jack smith asked the supreme court not to send the case back for another round at the appeals court, but to set an expedited hearing at the supreme court, schedule that expedited hearing. and that is what the supreme court now has done. leading off our discussion tonight is neal katyal, former acting u.s. solicitor...
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sorry, jack smith. i mean, does that seem unusual to you? i don't think unusual even begins to capture it. it's really extraordinary. prosecutors have to be able to protect witnesses, not just in this case but in every case, because we ask people to come forward, detail the truth so we can hold criminals accountable. sometimes criminals aren't super nice people. in this case we've got a defendant who, whether through his fault or through the implications his followers take from his comments, witnesses, people who have spoken out against him, have been exposed to risk. in some cases, speaker pelosi's husband paul comes to mind, exposed to higher because his wife had become one of trump's political targets. so look, if you are a federal judge, what you are doing here is listening to prosecutors. you're carefully evaluating evidence of the law. when they come to you seeing this is so serious that we have an ongoing investigation that we need to protect, you don't then turn that over to donald trump the defendant. >> it seems like there is a cas
sorry, jack smith. i mean, does that seem unusual to you? i don't think unusual even begins to capture it. it's really extraordinary. prosecutors have to be able to protect witnesses, not just in this case but in every case, because we ask people to come forward, detail the truth so we can hold criminals accountable. sometimes criminals aren't super nice people. in this case we've got a defendant who, whether through his fault or through the implications his followers take from his comments,...
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smith, we don't want to hear this case right now. in his filing today, the special counsel reminded the justices of that decision. writing, to the extent that that denial reflects that this court is not inclined to review trump's claim, no reason for a stay exists, and the court is better situated to assess that question now that the court of appeals has thoroughly analyzed and rejected applicant's immunity claim. in other words, dear supreme court justices, you did not want to hear this case before. enough that was because you thought trump's arguments were bogus, just say so. and let's get on with the trial. especially now that you have an appeals court that has said in no uncertain terms that trump's arguments were bogus. but also in tonight's filing, the special counsel offers the supreme court a second opinion if they don't like the first. if you don't want to hear this case, supreme court, please do it as quickly as possible. smith writes, if this court believes that trump's claim merits review at this time, the government spec
smith, we don't want to hear this case right now. in his filing today, the special counsel reminded the justices of that decision. writing, to the extent that that denial reflects that this court is not inclined to review trump's claim, no reason for a stay exists, and the court is better situated to assess that question now that the court of appeals has thoroughly analyzed and rejected applicant's immunity claim. in other words, dear supreme court justices, you did not want to hear this case...
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smith wrote, their objective as plain. to delay trial as long as possible. the tactics they deploy our relentless and misleading. they will stop at nothing to stole the adjudication of the charges against them by fear and impartial jury of citizens. this trial, it is set to begin may 20. can judge cannon credibly preside over this trial if she allows significant delays in the case? >> that's a pandora's box you just asked, alex. but such a smart question. there is an appellate remedy that could be reached right now -- a fancy way of saying that jack smith could appeal this ruling that judge cannon did. but here and lies the problem. it's not just trump's defense team that delaying. cannon is helping trump delay. and i want to speak very bluntly about this because people need to understand can and should have had a lot of the stuff happened months ago. she has punted deadlines farther away. and the other problem we have about going to trial and may is that cipa the statute we just told about that governors what going on, throws a bag and it's that short right
smith wrote, their objective as plain. to delay trial as long as possible. the tactics they deploy our relentless and misleading. they will stop at nothing to stole the adjudication of the charges against them by fear and impartial jury of citizens. this trial, it is set to begin may 20. can judge cannon credibly preside over this trial if she allows significant delays in the case? >> that's a pandora's box you just asked, alex. but such a smart question. there is an appellate remedy that...
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the trial court agreed with smith and appeals court agreed with smith and that's skating unanimous opinion. most legal experts also agree that trump doesn't have immunity. if you talk to former members of his legal theme, even current members of his legal team. they can see that, yeah, this is not our strongest arguments. so smith said, look, he's not going to win on the merits. he doesn't deserve this pause, so he can go exercise all of these frivolous appeals in the filing. he said today, quote, the charge crimes strike at the heart of our democracy a president's alleged criminal scheme to overturn an election and thwart the peaceful transfer of power to his successor should be the last place to recognize a novel form of absolute immunity from federal criminal law. >> so he's saying, look, don't give them this pause. let's get to move on with this trial, but if the supreme court wants to hear this case on the merits, he asked them to do so quickly. he says, i'm suggesting that you do oral arguments in march and move this along because again, for him, this is all about timing and trying t
the trial court agreed with smith and appeals court agreed with smith and that's skating unanimous opinion. most legal experts also agree that trump doesn't have immunity. if you talk to former members of his legal theme, even current members of his legal team. they can see that, yeah, this is not our strongest arguments. so smith said, look, he's not going to win on the merits. he doesn't deserve this pause, so he can go exercise all of these frivolous appeals in the filing. he said today,...
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smith: on that i request the yeas and nays. the speaker pro tempore: t hose favoring a vote by the yeas and nays will rise. a sufficient number having arisen, the yeas and nays are ordered. members will record their votes by electronic device. pursuant to clause 9 of rule 20, this 15-minute vote on the motion to suspend the rules and pass h.r. 5856 as amended will be followed by five-minute votes on the motion to reconsider house resolution 863 in adoption of house resolution 863 if ordered. this will be a 15-minute vote. [captioning made possible by the national captioning institute, inc., in cooperation with the united states house of representatives. any use of the closed-captioned coverage of the house proceedings for political or commercial purposes is expressly prohibited by the u.s. house of representatives.] test the speaker pro tempore: on this vote, the yeas are 414, the nays are 11. 2/3 being in the affirmative, the rules are suspended and the bill is passed. and without objection, the motion to reconsider is laid on
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this time is jack smith. his new warning and moments, plus what it was like to be inside the courtroom for thursday's supreme court arguments. and when is an insurrection just a riot? the former spokesperson for the january 6th committee gives me her take. me her take. >>> to all of you, from msnbc headquarters in new york, welcome to alex witt reports. breaking news from the mar-a- lago classified documents case. special counsel jack smith has until today to hand over active discovery to trump's legal team that smith orange could endanger more than two dozen witnesses. judge aileen cannon issued an order late yesterday after reviewing a scathing legal filing submitted by smith earlier this week. which called her rolling a clear ever and warrant disclosing entities of numerous potential witnesses would expose them to significant and immediate risks of threat intimidation and harassment. smith has until the end of this day to comply with her older. we have several reporters and analysts and place for you cover
this time is jack smith. his new warning and moments, plus what it was like to be inside the courtroom for thursday's supreme court arguments. and when is an insurrection just a riot? the former spokesperson for the january 6th committee gives me her take. me her take. >>> to all of you, from msnbc headquarters in new york, welcome to alex witt reports. breaking news from the mar-a- lago classified documents case. special counsel jack smith has until today to hand over active discovery...
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i still believe that the odds favor jack smith in the outcome. but this is going to be one interesting oral argument. >> sean: it's going to take a lot of time. it will be interesting. let's move on to the other issue. illinois joining the states of colorado and maine. again, in this particular case, the word insurrection was used. last i checked, professor, donald trump was never charged with insurrection, not even in the jack smith case, the january 6th case in d.c. let alone convicted of insurrection or citing an insurrection. how is it possible that they could cite that as the reason for removal from a ballot? >> well, the advocates are arguing that insurrection when this amendment was written was meant to include something like a riot. many of it's disagree with that. what is odd about this, most judges arating to hear from the supreme court. the expectation is that the court will reject this claim, this theory. this judge decided to break from the other judges and say no, no, i want to go on record. it like paddling to get on the titanic be
i still believe that the odds favor jack smith in the outcome. but this is going to be one interesting oral argument. >> sean: it's going to take a lot of time. it will be interesting. let's move on to the other issue. illinois joining the states of colorado and maine. again, in this particular case, the word insurrection was used. last i checked, professor, donald trump was never charged with insurrection, not even in the jack smith case, the january 6th case in d.c. let alone convicted...
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so jack smith is building that.ing that andrew said that is really important. the 11th circuit ruled against judge cannon twice in what he described accurately as scathing opinions. that's why i think reconsideration is not out of the realm of possibility. better to correct yourself than have a circuit smack you down for the third time, and a good judge will issue a reconsideration of a prior opinion. i clerked for a district court judge during the early months of my clerkship. i said i think we got this wrong. there's a motion for reconsideration. to my surprise rather than being angry, she said, i agree. she issued that opinion, reconsidering her own motion and finding that her prior decision was in clear error. i'm not holding out hope that judge cannon will do so here, but a good judge takes a motion for reconsideration seriously. >> happy to have that standard set up. >>> a georgia plays into the federal election interference case. what with know, that's next. e case what with know, that's next. as you get olde
so jack smith is building that.ing that andrew said that is really important. the 11th circuit ruled against judge cannon twice in what he described accurately as scathing opinions. that's why i think reconsideration is not out of the realm of possibility. better to correct yourself than have a circuit smack you down for the third time, and a good judge will issue a reconsideration of a prior opinion. i clerked for a district court judge during the early months of my clerkship. i said i think...
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>> biggest picture, huge win for jack smith. unequivocal win for jack smith. the language in this ruling is very strong. they forcefully reject donald trump's immunity arguments. there's really three major findings that the d.c. court of appeals makes here. first of all, they reject this notion of blanket immunity. they say it is not and cannot be that a president simply can never be charged for anything that happens during his time in office. second, the court of appeals in d.c. says, if we're asking the question whether donald trump's conduct was inside his job as president or outside his job as president, they say he was out of bounds here. he's not covered because high was out of bounds. even if there is am immunity for stuff that's inside the presidency, he's way out of it. fully, they reject this i think ludicrous argument that, well, a president can only be indicted if he has first been impeached by the house and convicted by the senate. remember, that led to the ridiculous hypotheticals about could a president order assassination. so this court of appe
>> biggest picture, huge win for jack smith. unequivocal win for jack smith. the language in this ruling is very strong. they forcefully reject donald trump's immunity arguments. there's really three major findings that the d.c. court of appeals makes here. first of all, they reject this notion of blanket immunity. they say it is not and cannot be that a president simply can never be charged for anything that happens during his time in office. second, the court of appeals in d.c. says, if...
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. >> as part of his filings, smith stated trump's bid to put on hold an appeals court ruling because of an immunity claim, fails to meet the necessary requirements for the court to intervene. smith also stated that if the high court is inclined to grant trump's request, it should immediately take the case up and issue a ruling, quote, as promptly as possible so the trial can move forward. trump's lawyers contend presidents should have total immunity for official access president, and that trump's actions in questioning the 2020
. >> as part of his filings, smith stated trump's bid to put on hold an appeals court ruling because of an immunity claim, fails to meet the necessary requirements for the court to intervene. smith also stated that if the high court is inclined to grant trump's request, it should immediately take the case up and issue a ruling, quote, as promptly as possible so the trial can move forward. trump's lawyers contend presidents should have total immunity for official access president, and that...
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you have the fact that jack smith is dialing up the heat on the mar-a-lago case. you can almost sense the walls beginning to close in and it's not, you know, we used to talk go this calendar and it was sort of far in the future. there are weeks and days ahead. we are now really in it and if it feels that way for us as people who are watching, it must feel that way to the person who is at the center of the storm. >> you got to think so. these are the two foundations of his empire, right, both staying out of jail, and as the rev was saying, up to $250 million and what that means to post a bond then which he'll have to do and potentially not being able to participate in the real estate business. even for donald trump, even as the weeks have been, this is another week in legal hell that's coming, and the supreme court motion for a stay and immunity, except if he's able to wrangle it for a delay, that's going to go against him on the merits, and that's just really calamitous for the whole criminal side of the equation. he's getting a one-two punch like none other in th
you have the fact that jack smith is dialing up the heat on the mar-a-lago case. you can almost sense the walls beginning to close in and it's not, you know, we used to talk go this calendar and it was sort of far in the future. there are weeks and days ahead. we are now really in it and if it feels that way for us as people who are watching, it must feel that way to the person who is at the center of the storm. >> you got to think so. these are the two foundations of his empire, right,...
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>> in some sense jack smith has doggedly made the case, time after time, to the court, you've got to do this more quickly. and in some sense, as we have said, we had a little bit of a split the baby today where he doesn't get where he wants, but don trump doesn't get what he wants. whether he can, i don't, know hive of some of this. this was a pretty tight case as compared to the fani willis sprawling case in fulton county. this was a pretty tight case. i suppose there is a way to tighten it, but i think the real thing we have to ask ourselves is, are we going to wait for weeks and weeks and weeks for somebody to write a dissent in this case of the supreme court and then it's coming down at the end of june. what i worry about more than anything is that no matter what judge chutkan or jack smith can do, if you have four votes at the supreme court, or three votes, that want to do the run out the clock play, i think that they can kind of keep this thing starved for much much longer. >> do you read neil, to dolley's point, the fact that they don't seem to be working expeditiously and the
>> in some sense jack smith has doggedly made the case, time after time, to the court, you've got to do this more quickly. and in some sense, as we have said, we had a little bit of a split the baby today where he doesn't get where he wants, but don trump doesn't get what he wants. whether he can, i don't, know hive of some of this. this was a pretty tight case as compared to the fani willis sprawling case in fulton county. this was a pretty tight case. i suppose there is a way to tighten...
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married smith outside mentor to crown court — manner.t and _ manner. married smith outside mentor to crown court and we _ manner. married smith outside mentor to crown court and we will _ manner. married smith outside mentor to crown court and we will have - manner. married smith outside mentor to crown court and we will have live - to crown court and we will have live coverage of the sentencing bbc news later today. the mother of a boy who killed four pupils at his high school in the us state of michigan in 2021 has sought to put the blame on her husband. she is a first parent in the us to face a manslaughter child for a shooting carried out by a child. the shooter is serving life in prison for the hour north america correspondent sent this update.— hour north america correspondent sent this update. back in november 2021, sent this update. back in november 2021. ethan — sent this update. back in november 2021, ethan crumbly _ sent this update. back in november 2021, ethan crumbly was _ sent this update. back in november 2021, ethan crum
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and special counsel jack smith and judge chutkan have also signaled we're looking at something like a three-month trial for this. let's assume 88 days for trump's team to finish their prep before the trial, and let's assume the three months theeded for the trial itself is a nice round 90 days. that comes out to 178 days. that is how long it would take for this trial to actually conclude after we get a decision back from the supreme court. so let's go back to the calender. the election is november 5, an oral argument on trump's presidential immunity claims at the supreme court is set for the week of april 22nd. this would be the fastest possible scenario here as everything stands at present. the supreme court meet monday april 22prnd and they make a decision the next day, tuesday, april 23rd. if we add 178 days to tuesday, april 23rd, that would mean the trial would finish on wednesday, october 16th. 20 days before the general election. that is what we are working with here in the best case scenario. joining me now is neil katyal, former acting solicitor-general of the united states an
and special counsel jack smith and judge chutkan have also signaled we're looking at something like a three-month trial for this. let's assume 88 days for trump's team to finish their prep before the trial, and let's assume the three months theeded for the trial itself is a nice round 90 days. that comes out to 178 days. that is how long it would take for this trial to actually conclude after we get a decision back from the supreme court. so let's go back to the calender. the election is...
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jack smith won, because jack smith said, i want to go to the supreme court. they weren't asking pretty trump's lawyers were asking to send this case back to the 11th circuit, which is what they were asking for. >> they could have delayed it more than an extra month. >> i don't disagree with you. on this channel of, is this do or die because it he doesn't go to trial? >> first day of the appeal. if you find him guilty, he will go out to the courthouse and say, i'm appealing. he will be standing on the steps sometime in april doing the same thing and maybe even before the supreme court. he will be seen, i will appeal. >> my reaction to it isn't about the implications for what it means for the electoral chances, but it is a level of craziness from the court. they are moving at this pace and i find it deeply unnerving. think about the court. they move fast when they want to, but move slow when they move slow. >> the court that filed against nixon -- this court as fast for them, but i do agree that this is the most isolated court in the history of the court, so th
jack smith won, because jack smith said, i want to go to the supreme court. they weren't asking pretty trump's lawyers were asking to send this case back to the 11th circuit, which is what they were asking for. >> they could have delayed it more than an extra month. >> i don't disagree with you. on this channel of, is this do or die because it he doesn't go to trial? >> first day of the appeal. if you find him guilty, he will go out to the courthouse and say, i'm appealing. he...
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smith sr. had been watching me as well and when i went to him and told him i was feeling this burden and i had had this experience that i had gone to bishop bob jackson and her evening communion service any preached a sermon on jonah. people who were running from the gospel. was there that evening and every time he said jonah i heard jackie. he said, if anyone senses a call, come to the altar and before i knew it, i don't remember walking or getting up. i was at the altar and i said yes, to that sense of god i had and the rest is history. i talked to dr. smith and he said we have been waiting for you. i preached my trial sermon probably august of , 25 years ago this year. august 19th, 1995. later that year, august of 95 and immediately moved to d.c. to go to howard school . >> that is the opening segment and that will keep us truly interested all the way. >> wonderful. >> we will come back in a moment. please join us with reverend dr. jackie thompson who is now the pastor of allen baptist churc
smith sr. had been watching me as well and when i went to him and told him i was feeling this burden and i had had this experience that i had gone to bishop bob jackson and her evening communion service any preached a sermon on jonah. people who were running from the gospel. was there that evening and every time he said jonah i heard jackie. he said, if anyone senses a call, come to the altar and before i knew it, i don't remember walking or getting up. i was at the altar and i said yes, to...