as only donald trump can be. donald trump once told the lie that i immediately exposed, which made him immediately tell him to make him stop telling the lie, that he lost hundreds of friends on 9/11. that is possibly the most grotesque lie donald trump has ever told. about himself in a personal way. he lost tons of friends on 9/11. he lost zero friends, zero friends on 9/11. at the end of this hour, you re gonna hear what s 9/11 families are saying about donald trump hosting a saudi financed golf tournament at his golf club. donald trump, taking money from the saudis. and defending 9/11 families in the process. that s in the next hour. as 76 defendant donald trump looks at the final chapter of his life, he knows tonight that he is likely to spend the rest of his life as a defendant. he s already a defendant multiple times in different kinds of civil lawsuits, including, most importantly, and most dangerously, to donald trump, lawsuits brought against defendant trump by capito
that i immediately exposed, which made him immediately tell him to make him stop telling the lie, that he lost hundreds of friends on 9/11. that is possibly the most grotesque lie donald trump has ever told. about himself in a personal way. he lost tons of friends on 9/11. he lost zero friends, zero friends on 9/11. at the end of this hour, you re gonna hear what s 9/11 families are saying about donald trump hosting a saudi financed golf tournament at his golf club. donald trump, taking money from the saudis. and defending 9/11 families in the process. that s in the next hour. as 76 defendant donald trump looks at the final chapter of his life, he knows tonight that he is likely to spend the rest of his life as a defendant. he s already a defendant multiple times in different kinds of civil lawsuits, including, most importantly, and most dangerously, to donald trump, lawsuits brought against defendant trump by capitol police officers who are suing donald trump for causing the
reports. we begin with breaking news, in the last 24 hours, donald trump suffering two major legal blows when it comes to his actions on and around january 6th. three judges, on a federal appeals court unanimously dismissed trump s claims that he has immunity from several claims connected to the capitol riot. the judge overseeing the justice department s criminal case ruled trump has no protection from prosecution as a former president. let s go right now to nbc s dasha burns joining us from cedar rapids, iowa. where donald trump is expected to speak in this next hour. welcome to you, dasha. how is trump s legal team reacting to these back-to-back losses? well, trump spokesperson is reacting to both of these lawsuits, saying in a statement, in a response to the federal appeals court ruling, this is a limited narrow and procedural ruling, the facts fully show that on january 6th, president trump was acting on behalf of the american people. carrying out duties as president of
columbia, to throw out the lawsuits filed by capitol police officers against donald trump, saying that donald trump was simply doing his job as president when he spoke to a rally on january 6th. according to the lawyers, engaged in open discussion and debate about the integrity of the 2020 election. donald trump s lawyers have to convince the appeals court that the trial judge was wrong when he allowed the lawsuits to proceed because, according to trump s lawyers, president trump s january 6th rally speech this is the original judges view of donald trump s speech, according to that speech, it was akin to telling an excited mob that corn dealers starved to pour in front of the corn dealers home. judge meadows said that trump is not immune from the lawsuits because he was not acting in his official capacity as
of his life as a defendant. he s already a defendant multiple times in different kinds of civil lawsuits, including, most importantly, and most dangerously, to donald trump, lawsuits brought against defendant trump by capitol police officers who are suing donald trump for causing their injuries during the january 6th attack on the capitol. it could take years for those lawsuits to come to trial. the verdicts in those lawsuits could be appealed for years. if donald trump loses those lawsuits, he will not only lose years in the appeals process of the lawsuits, when the appeals process is exhausted, he will then spent years trying to avoid payment of what will surely be hundreds of millions of dollars in judgments that would leave donald trump