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at what donald trump is accused of, it's all campaign related. it's all illegal campaign activity. in fact, you could analogize breaking into watergate in the same way they were sways of breaking into the georgia election machines. so that concession that it's okay for president nixon to have been investigated, he could be prosecuted, to me was a really poor handling of that issue by mr. sauer. >> and not entirely true. which james peters, who said it's comments, let's just remember the richard nixon ordered the cia to interfere with an fbi investigation. those are official acts. he was going to be prosecuted for those official glatt acts. glenn kirschner, fake you for reporting from the court today, and andrew weissmann thank you for joining us and starting us off tonight. coming up, harvard constitutional law professor laurence tribe will give us his ruling on today's appeals court argument that did not appear to
president engages in an assassination, selling pardons, these kind of things, and then isn't impeached and convicted, there is no accountability for that, for the individual. and that is frightening. >> joining us lawrence tribe who is taught at harvard law school for five decades and is an appeals court practitioner of great success and the supreme court. professor tribe, i want to begin with where the court began today, which is on the question of jurisdiction. do they even have the current jurisdiction to hear this a feel now, or must they send it back to the trial court immediately and allow this to be appealed, if at all, after the case is over? judge pan said there is strong precedent in the middle and asphalt case. she called it strong precedent, that they don't have current jurisdiction. what did you make of that
weissmann, professor laurence tribe from harvard law school, glenn kirschner, who so valuable eat was in the room today during this argument, during which, i think even donald trump knows, the whole thing collapsed. the defense that could save him, the immunity defense collapsed before his eyes. >> when you're arguing about navy seal commandoes being able to assassinate your political rivals, i think you are not winning. i'm a lay person, i can't wait to talk some more in your hour, but my layman's opinion is that that's not a winning strategy. >> you're halfway through law school, based on what you've just said. >> i'm learning from the best professors there. i will be watching tonight. have a good show. ight have donald >> trump endured the worst day of his life as a
>> the condition precedent argument that there is only liability, criminal liability for a former president, if that president has been impeached and convicted. that is wrong for textual, structural, and historical reasons and a host of practical ones, one of which i'll start with, to amplify the point. it would mean that if a former president engages in an assassination, selling pardons, these kind of things, and then isn't impeached and convicted, there is no accountability for that, for the individual. and that is frightening. >> joining us now is professor lawrence tribe, who has taught at harvard law school for five decades and is an appeals court practitioner of great success in the supreme court. professor tribe, i want to begin with where the court began today, which is on the question of jurisdiction. do they even have the current jurisdiction to hear this
richard nixon ordered the cia to interfere with an fbi investigation. those are official acts. and he was going to be prosecuted for those official acts. glenn kirschner, thank you for reporting from the court today, and andrew weissmann thank you for joining us and starting us off tonight. coming up, harvard constitutional law professor laurence tribe will give us his ruling on today's appeals court argument that did not appear to go well for defendant trump. professor laurence tribe is next. [ engine starting ] [ "dancing in the moonlight" playing ] stand out in the new, restyled volkswagen atlas cross sport. it does life beautifully. when migraine strikes are the tradeoffs of treating worth it? ubrelvy is another option, it quickly eliminates migraine pain.
americans who are worried about these issues. >> it is important read. it's a book that everyone needs to read as we talk about all the others. this is the thing that matters. >> it's very yellow. >> josh green, congratulations on publication day, my friend. thank you for the book. that is our show for tonight. now it is time for the last word, with lawrence o'donnell. good evening, my friend lawrence. good evening, alex. we have professor andrew weissmann we have professor laurence tribe from -- , we have glenn kirschner who so valuable was in the room today. during this argument during which i think even donald trump knows the whole thing collapsed. the defense that could save him, the immunity defense, collapsed before his eyes. >> when you are arguing about navy seal commandoes being able to assassinate your political rivals, i think you are not winning. i am a lame person, i only went
on that. lisa rubin and a. scott bolden, thank you very much. joining me now is laurence tribe, university professor of constitutional law emeritus at harvard university. professor tribe, you have been very outspoken and active on this issue. i want to ask you this interesting legal question which is the adoption of what is called the questions presented in the grand. so basically the courts is here is the framing for what is being debated before us, what we are ruling on. the question presented, they adopted, is the one from trump's -- its did colloidal supreme court air in ordering president trump excluded from the 2024 presidential primary ballot? the reason that interesting is the color gop, which also appealed, had much more specific and technical questions presented, but it looks like the court is adopting the broadest possible which gives them any possible avenue to consider. >> i think you're exactly right,
national political reporter. that is our show for tonight. time for the last word with lawrence o'donnell. lawrence, i'm gobsmacked by some of these numbers. i'm just gonna leave it to you while i scratch my head. >> ali, you know that thing happens once in a while where one of our great guests really is getting warmed up right when we have to go to commercial break because that's life on commercial television? that happened last week with yale professor david blight, who is an expert on the 14th amendment. he knows everything about how it came to be, the congressional debate about it. we are bringing him back tonight to finish his thoughts about that. >> that is worth watching because the most important amendment nobody ever thought about six months ago, and this is worth staying and listening to. >> certainly not thought about in this context. and he will follow harvard law professor laurence tribe, also an expert on constitutional law and the 14th amendment, who will give us his view of how