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>> there is a question of whether a former president is disqualified for insurrection to be president again, is, you know, just saying it, it sounds awfully national to me. >> the thing that is troubling to me is i totally understand your argument, but they were listing people that were barred, and the president is not there. >> so, jason, what specifically did you hear that gives you hope they will rule in your favor? >> certainly i think the hardest questions they asked is whether th...

classified documents. the special counsel found evidence that president biden, quote, willfully retaineds classified materials found no reason to press criminal charges. drew distinction between the criminal probe of handling of documents and his findings regarding president biden. the long standing justice department priniple that you cannot indict a sitting president does not apply and would not bring charges even if joe biden were no longer president. well have more on that later in...

distinguished supreme court practitioner, laurence tribe. harvard historian, yell historian, and of course on this important night we are fortunate to hear from to law professors who are also practitioners, andrew weissmann, and neal katyal. neil katyal is of course a distinguished supreme court practitioner, having argued 50 cases before the court, and andrew weissmann is a former federal prosecutor and justice department official. my mission therefore in this hour is to get out of th...

statement, just moments ago from former president donald trump describing this as a double standard. of course, cnn will keep you posted with the very latest and send you to jake tapper with "the lead." the breaking news, the special counsel with harsh words, but no criminal charges for president biden. "the lead" starts right now. a rather scathing report out from special counsel robert hur noting that president biden also held onto classified documents, but unlike in donald trump...

where trump will likely pick up all of delegates.ls and we also expect comments on the disastrous for h his political opponent. president biden now facing questionisponent.s about whether he should step down following the blockbuster report from special counsel robert hur, who investigated the classifiect documents stored in the presidents delaware garage. hethe report broadly and boldly called into question the presidentroadlys mental act something biden tried to dispute in y,a very u...

of their own to see if biden took anything after he left the vice presidency in 2017. joining us is mike memoli. good to have you. a mix of good news and bad news for the president. >> yeah, katy, for those who remember what happened in 2016, involving former secretary of state hillary clinton, the democratic nominee at the time for president, of course we remember there were no charges but a pretty damming report from the attorney general at the time, james comey. the initial top line...

state level. at this point, at the federal level. i could hear in her voice, could not see the actual table i could hear in her voice that she is offended by what special counsel her did so i am glad that you play that because i think i will try to work that into my show on sunday, so people can hear what she said. >> by virtue of our technical difficulties, i worked it into your show this evening, my friend. >> you certainly did. >> thank you, thank you for rolling with the punches, i...

defensive joe biden? >> one you can say shes gonna say that because she is the vice president, her role is to be a defender of the administration and certainly of the president in the situation. but lets not forget, vice president harris is a prosecutor she was the attorney general of the state of california. she was the district attorney in san francisco. she knows how prosecutors are supposed to comport themselves at the city level and at the state level. at this point, at the federa...

shannon, this was fascinating. we saw the court in almost total unison on wondering how far colorado was going and why. spell it out. >> yeah, normally you know, neil, it takes years to get here, maybe months if youre fast tracking. this made it in weeks. showing the urgency the court gets about this happening in an election year. so theyd had the arguments. there were tough questions for both sides. at the end of the day, it really came down to whether or not this 14th amendment provi...

fox news alert. president biden just reacting to a damning special counsel report, a report that called him an elderly man with a poor memory. >> the special counsel released their findings today about their look into my handling of classified documents. i was pleased to see they reached the conclusion i believe they knew all along they would come of there are no charges should be brought in this case. [applause] as many of you know, this was an exhaustive investigation. going back lit...