On this wednesday night. Good evening once again i am stephanie ruhle. We are now 251 days away from the election. Major news from the Supreme Court. Donald trump has officially succeeded in at least i laying another one of his criminal cases. The Supreme Court will hear his appeal over president ial immunity in the federal Election Interference case in april. Earlier this month, a panel of Circuit Court judges ruled against trump, then given the chance to ask the Supreme Court to take t the case. Here is my colleague laura jarrett. Tonight the u. S. Supreme court deciding to weigh in on a critical issue that could make or break the special counsels former President Trump, agreeing to decide whether mr. Trump must be shielded from prosecution by claiming president ial immunity for the acts He Tech Leading up to january six. Those acts, the basis for the criminal Election Interference case he is now facing in federal court. The move further delayed any trial in the case, flikely for mon
Michigan primary. With President Biden facing the possibility of a significant protest vote over the situation in gaza and nikki haley hoping for something, anything positive with donald trump expected to easily win the republican primary and the nomination. Well get to all of that shortly. But first, we want to set the stage Just A Little Bit for where things stand when we talk about the Republican Party. So we begin the reidout tonight with the freak show. The weekend was the annual conservative Political Action conference, cpac, a showcase of just how extreme the once grand old party has become. How extreme, you ask, well, as nbc news is reporting, nazis mingled openly at cpac, spreading antisemitic Conspiracy Theories and finding allies. Yes, you did hear me say nazis. Nbc news noted in previous years, conference organizers have ejected well known nazis and White Supremacists such as nick fuentes from cpac. This year, racist Conspiracy Theorists didnt meet any perceptive resistance
on the reidout i m proud to be a pro-life governor and i ll be a pro-life president. of course, i want to sign pro-life legislation. i think it s something that we need to develop a culture of life in this country. the republican presidential candidates except for trump flock to iowa to embrace wildly unpopular issues like an extreme abortion ban. it s surely no way to win a presidential election. plus, desantis in damage control mode after failing to launch without extreme awkwardness and glitchy failures. he s looking to reassure right wing donors and activist said that he s not scott walker or jeb bush. also tonight, new reporting on a target letter sent to the special counsel sent by the special counsel to a trump staffer, which could be an indicator of how jack smith plans to prosecute the classified documents case. but we begin tonight with some advice for the republican party. to win elections you got to read the room. you listen to the american people.
blues, as the 11th hour gets underway on this wednesday night. good evening once. again i m stephanie ruhle, and lucky me live from washington d.c. and we re now 272 days away from election day. and in 11 hours from now the supreme court will hear arguments in a case that could upend the presidential race as we know it. in december the colorado supreme court sided with the egg with donald trump cannot be on the 2024 ballot, citing the 14th amendment. part of that amendment says that if, as a sworn officer of the u.s. government, you engaged in insurrection, you cannot hold federal office again. attorneys for colorado plaintiffs say this is an easy call. donald trump is disqualified today. he was disqualified on january six, 2021, when he engaged in that he. disqualified himself under our constitution. it s not our plaintiffs who are seeking to do that. trump of course appealed the colorado decision, sending it to the supreme court. trump himself is not expected to attend
ages, and a legal headache for all involved. our richard louis in for a man let s get started. while house republicans are doubling down on their criticism of the department of justice. on the heels of donald trump s second indictment, and hunter biden s pleaded with federal investigators. political reports as committees controlled by the gop will make finding the doj and fbi the cornerstone of the party s agenda in the coming months. multipronged assault could include attempts to impeach attorney general merrick garland. fbi director christopher remembers is a trump appointee from his position. flash the budget for various law enforcement agencies, and count the fbi surveillance authority. first days of best buy is expected in the coming days. wednesday the fbi director will testify before the house judiciary committee. donald trump is similar media platform, including from a few hours ago, trump went after that special counsel jack smith and what he calls the corrupt do