richardj painter, great to have you mar-a-lago case. richards this evening. thank you for havin: us this evening. thank you for having me- — president biden's political opponents seized on thursday's report to call for charges against donald trump to be dropped. the former president took to his social media site the us supreme court heard arguments on thursday in a case that could remove mr trump from the ballot in colorado. it's a landmark case that could determine the outcome of the 2024 election. donald trump's political fortunes continue to grow as the front one for the presidential nomination. only 51% of americans are concerned about his legal troubles. —— front runner. he hasjust secured another primary win in the us virgin islands. he is widely expected to sweep the nevada caucuses on thursday. his last remaining viable for the nomination, former south carolina governor nikki haley, suffered a stinging defeat in the nevada primary earlier this week. the nevada gop has chosen not to recognise this year's primary and will award all 26 del

speaking there to richard painter.thics lawyer in the george w bush administration, richard painter. president putin has insisted that russia has no interest in invading poland, latvia or other nato countries, calling such a scenario "absolutely out of the question". the comments came during a lengthy interview that was conducted in the kremlin with former fox news host , tucker carlson. the interview was broadcast on the tucker carlson network. mr putin accused nato member states of trying to intimidate people with what he called an imaginary russian threat. he said however that the atlantic alliance must accept moscow's territorial gains in ukraine which he invaded in 2022. he again claimed it was an artificial country. he also said that russian defeat in ukraine was impossible. 0n evan gershkovich, the wall streetjournal reporter detained in russia, mr putin said an "agreement" could be reached for his freeing. the election commission in pakistan has issued a late—night warning to polling officers to publicise the e

richard painter, great to have you with us this evening. thank you for having me.enges, the supreme court heard arguments in a landmark case that could determine the outcome of the 2024 election. the justices are deciding whether to overturn a colorado court decision to block him from appearing on the presidential ballot. the 14th amendment to the constitution bars candidate to engage in insurrection or rebellion against the us, something colorado says mr trump did by encouraging the riot at the us capitol onjune the 6th 2021. it's unclear when they will rule, but recent polling shows only 51% of americans are concerned about mr trump's legal troubles and on thursday he runs unchallenged in the republic nevada caucus. his last remaining rivalfor republic nevada caucus. his last remaining rival for the presidential nomination, former south carolina governor nikki haley, suffered a stinging defeat in the state's primary this week. they have chosen not to recognise the primary this year, the gop, and will award all 26 of its delegates from thursday's caucuses. we can

was interfering with his presidential campaign of the race to more or less, i'm joined now by richard painter. he was the chief white house ethics lawyer during the george w bush present presidency and is currently a little professor at the university of minnesota. so welcome to the w. now this is a criminal case. what does that mean for the defendant? the for the president, donald trump, as well this case. so we'll proceed to trial and late march. the judge decided that today this case has nothing to do with joe biden, the by the ministration. this is a manhattan county prosecutor prosecuting that case, a concerning hush money that was paid and concealed in 2016. and this is part of a case that was pursued by the federal government by the justice department. while donald trump was president, his own lawyer, michael cohen was at the jail in connection with these hush money payments by the united states department of justice. once again, while he was president, he was not invited because d o j, the justice department will not indict a southern president. but here the county attorney in manhatt