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Instructs the fbi director to plant incriminating evidence on a political enemy, a president who ordered the national guard to murder his critics, or a president who sells nuclear secrets to a foreign adversary, because in each of these scenarios, the president could assert that he was simply executing the laws or communicating with that department of justice, or discharging his powers as commander-in-chief or engage in foreign diplomacy. under that defendants framework, the nation would have no...

Bidens prosecutor, jack smith, says if trumps reelectek d, he might use his state of the union address to start murdering an u y democratp. who doesnt clap. >> this could be right out of ar political thriller. quote, the nation would have no recourse to dete.r a presidentpe from inciting his supporters duringrs a state of the union address to kill opposing lawmakers to ensure he remains in office unlawfullye th. pers republican lawmakers wouldnt even give trump money for his wall. for in hwhat m...

Then, subsequently, youve represented several other epstein victims. what have you heard from your clients about this release of these documents? >> thank you for having me, katie. undoubtedly, this is an amazing case that has lasted over 17 years now. when that first victim walked into my office about 17 years ago, she told an incredible story about a wealthy man who was giving money to young girls for sexual explicit massages. that has now turned into an international sexual pyramid scheme. my...

About it. they say the brief ignores the actual lessons from history and provides a list of hypotheticals that have never happened, including treason and murder. what is the point that smith is making here? >> i think it emphasizes how broad trumps argument it is. and thats what he wants the court to understand. if the court is to go with trump here, what that means is that not only is the president immune, but can engage in this kind of wide ranging, you know, conduct here. and the president, w...

And think about not just the big names that were on here, you know, you mentioned prince andrew and others who are mentioned, obviously, but what about the victims who have tried to stay anonymous? when this goes public, when this is available publicly as it is, did they have any recourse here? >> you know, so they really do. and i think the press has done a pretty favorable job in terms of keeping the victims not more victimized and protecting the privacy. and otherwise, coming out and saying, ...

Theyve used these examples before, and the trump breach is really frustrated or angry about it. they say the brief ignores the actual lessons from history and provides a list of hypotheticals that have never happened, including treason and murder. what is the point that smith is making here? >> i think it emphasizes how broad trumps argument it is. and thats what he wants the court to understand. if the court is to go with trump here, what that means is that not only is the president immune, but...

Sure teenage girls are never, ever preyed upon and that predators like epstein arent allowed to go free for the number of years that we know he did not face any serious consequences. >> in fact, joey, the person who is serving time is ghislaine maxwell. there is a bit of a irony in that it is a woman who is held to account for the actions although she was accused of being not only complicit but also facilitating some of this behavior as well. when you look at this, joey, and think about not just...

Sells nuclear secrets to a foreign adversary, because in each of these scenarios, the president could assert that he was simply executing the laws, or communicating with the department of justice, or discharging his powers as commander-in-chief, or engaging in foreign diplomacy. under the defendants framework the nation would have no recourse to deter a president from inciting his supporters during a state of the union address to kill opposing lawmakers, thereby hamstringing any impeachment proc...

That the trial would begin either at the end of march or april. certainly the spring. before the election. before the nominating -- >> jessica, the defense team, trumps lawyer said the government tries to put on a show trial. first of all, can they appeal this trial date? so they have any recourse? the language, the show trial language is the type of thing that judge chutkan basically warn them on. yeah, this is not an appealable decision. the schedule, the trial date is something that is very m...

Look at it. but she also clearly is aware and cognizant and values the public interest in this particular case. so, even if that march date slips a little bit, which is completely possible. i mean, federal court dates are set. sometimes they can go at that time. but there could be various things that come up between now and then that have it slip a little bit. but it does seem likely that the trial would begin either in the end of march or april or certainly this spring before the election, befo...