Teams prior claim that he cant be prosecuted even if he assassinated, killed, assassinated his political rivals. Could a president who ordered s. E. A. L. Team six to assassinate a political rival, who was not impeached, would he be subject to criminal prosecution. If he were impeached and convicted first so your answer is no. Today trumps lawyers argued, quote, a former president enjoys absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for his official acts. They also tried to argue that Holding President accountable for his crimes would somehow cripple the office. Quote, a denial of criminal immunity would incapacitate every future president with De Facto Black Mail and extorsion. The key to trumps argument is his claim that trying to overturn the election was part of his official Amitriptyline Acts as president , a claim that is absolute nonsense. Trumps filing comparing january 6th to clintons airstrikes in the middle east, bushs search for weapons of mass destruction and even president
things, need a thick skin to be president. sandra: that s all for us. john: the story with martha in iowa starts right now. martha: good afternoon, everybody. via martha maccallum maccallum and this is the story live in freezing, snowy des moines, iowa, the center of the political world for the next few days during the iowa caucuses which happened on monday. today my camping trail interviews with nikki haley and ron desantis coming up on the story. but first, this. the pentagon says that the united states does expect iran-back to houthis will retaliate. that after the united states and allies carried out massive strikes last evening against the group in yemen. take a listen now to this new threat as articulated a short time ago, watch. this rally is the first to condemn this aggression against the republic of yemen last night. it is also a message to britain and the united states of america in particular that they will pay a heavy price for this aggression. these
hello, i m ana cabrera reporting from new york. i want to get right to the breaking news we re following this morning. donald trump arriving just moments ago at a manhattan courthouse for the closing arguments in his multimillion dollar civil fraud trial, and he spoke just before going into the courtroom. there is high tension this morning because trump has suggested he could challenge the judge who has barred him from speaking during closing arguments. another big development, a threat we re following, law enforcement responding to a reported bomb threat at the judge s house this morning. a source with direct knowledge tells nbc news. i want to get right to our yasmin vossoughian joining us from outside the courthouse in lower manhattan. and also with us, former u.s. attorney barbara mcquade and criminal defense attorney danny cevallos. we just saw trump speaking before heading into the courtroom saying, you know, it s not fair that the judge won t let him speak at closing a
faithfully executed allows him to violate criminal laws. a skeptical response to donald trump s immunity claims by one of the three federal appeals judges who heard arguments yesterday. we ll get expert legal analysis on that hearing. straight ahead, it comes just days before the iowa caucuses. nikki haley and ron desantis are in the state trying to cut trump s large lead while he is tied up with those legal issues. also ahead, the latest on the health scare for the secretary of defense. we re learning more about the medical issues that landed lloyd austin in the icu. good morning and welcome to way too early on this wednesday, january 10th. i m in for jonathan lemire. a decision could come as early as today fro the three judge appeals court panel that heard president trump s presidential immunity claim. prosecutors and lawyers for the former president made their oral arguments yesterday in washington, d.c. trump s legal team appealed an earlier ruling by federal judge
that comment from his former attorney general really got under trump s orange tinted skin as he prepares for tomorrow s historic arraignment. the first former president to face federal charges and the possibility of prison time. also tonight, the extreme denialism of trump defenders. what they get totally wrong about the presidential records act, how declassification works, and the biden and hillary clinton false equivalencies. and we begin tonight with donald trump s reverse snow bird commute to florida. the twice impeached, twice indited liable for sexual abuse president arrived today in miami, and is spending the night at his doral resort as he awaits his unprecedented arraignment tomorrow. he faces 37 felony counts of illegally hoarding classified documents and obstructing the justice department s efforts to get them back. while this is his second indictment, this one carries the very serious prospect of significant prison time. he and his personal valet and alleged