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it's in coordination _ with washington, everything, including the da's office. it's in coordination with washington. i ijust want people to understand that this is done for purposes i of hurting the opponent of the worst president in the history _ of our country. let's go back to the live feed from new york, let's listen in. the? new york, let's listen in. they have no idea what _ new york, let's listen in. they have no idea what they _ new york, let's listen in. they have no idea what they were _ new york, let's listen in. they have no idea what they were talking - no idea what they were talking about, — no idea what they were talking about, we came to an agreement that everything _ about, we came to an agreement that everything would be the same, we would _ everything would be the same, we would modify terms... this is where your taxpaying dollars are going, america. — your taxpaying dollars are going, america, right here, witchhunt after witchhunt. _ america, right here, witchhunt after witchhunt, president trump's company was worth_ witchhunt, president trump's company was worth more than that case then it is now _ was worth more than that case then it is now we — was worth more than that case then it is now. we are now here because of something that happened when he was in _ of something that happened when he was in the _ of something that happened when he was in the white house which wasn't even wrong, — was in the white house which wasn't even wrong, it was not wrong. you hire lawyers _ even wrong, it was not wrong. you hire lawyers to solve those problems, they solve them, you pay them, _ problems, they solve them, you pay them, this— problems, they solve them, you pay them, this is— problems, they solve them, you pay them, this is it. this is an affront to the _ them, this is it. this is an affront to the american constitution and our judicial— to the american constitution and our judicial system, it's an affront to

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not to participate. political debates are not in the american constitution. they are a great tradition i guess, but they have evolved to the point where two candidates on stage, you expect elucidation of these issues and instead they are ripping each other apart. is that what debates are for, ron desantis decided his job is to tear down nikki haley in front of iowa voters. is that a good look? kyle was out there. ron desantis can go into a room, talk for an hour, people say i really like this guy, goes on to the debate stage and is an attack dog, different entity. paul: what is at stake for desantis? >> everything is at stake. he came in and said i'm going to win this race.

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The Last Word With Lawrence ODonnell

drop the case and nullify's prosecution. you don't even get into questions of candy pardon himself or anything like that. he's a much more direct route available to him. >> neal thank you very much for joining us tonight. really appreciated. thank you. coming up, the next big court decision coming defendant trump's way could come any day now, next week, the week after, from the federal appeals court and washington, d.c., considering don trump's unprecedented claim that a president cannot be prosecuted for any crimes that he committed as president because he was never convicted in a senate impeachment trial. don't trump's lawyer argued the donald trump could order seal team six to murder any and all united states senators who might vote to convict him in a senate impeachment trial. and he claims that is what was clearly intended in the impeachment clause of united

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respect now, is the idea of responsibility. and responsibility itself is a word, seems to take on additional meaning in the immediate context of the american constitution. and responsibility here means, among other things, political accountability and wiggle judgment, perhaps, down the road. john dickinson said the story well at the very beginning of the convention where he said in a republican government secrecy, vigor, energy, we need it but, if we're going to conform to republican standards of good government where the executive is not about the law, responsibility is just as important a value. and how you would preserve responsibility with this cockamamie theory that if you're not convicted you get out of jail free card that's good for the rest your life, it strikes me as constitutional

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this was put into the constitution in order to prevent ex confederates from gaining power again after the civil war, particularly in the southern states. the base at that time, they were less interested in the presidency because you can always go and impeach a president, if you want to. but they wanted to try to make sure that the southern states, if they were brought back into the union, after the civil war was over, would be governed by people who accepted the results of the war, the end of slavery, equal citizenship for african americans. and that is what they are trying to do, to step into the states and make sure that the good people were in charge in the southern states. >> professor by, as you look at it, what would you expect the

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team six to assassinate his political opponents? donald trump's lawyer said no. the president cannot be prosecuted for assassinating his political opponents unless he has already been convicted of the same charge in a senate impeachment trial. the most constitutionally important civil case the donald trump is currently litigating is he's appeal tonight in state supreme court asking to overturn the colorado supreme court's decision to ban donald trump for the presidential ballot. we will consider those cases tonight through the lens of law professor andrew weissmann's legal scholarship as well as the wisdom of three pulitzer prize-winning historians who are experts on the clauses of the constitution. but donald trump is now clinging to, trying to redefine through the appeals process. the cases that are going to

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civil or military, under the united states, or under any state, who, having previously taken an oath, as a member of congress, or as an officer of the united states, or as a member of any state legislature, s executive or judicial officer of any state, to support the constitution of the united states, shall have engaged in insurrection or rebellion against the same, or given aid or comfort to the enemies thereof. but congress made by a vote of two thirds in each house remove such ability. former federal appeals court judge michael luttig, who is appointed to the court by republican president george h. w. bush believes section three could not be any clear. >> the supreme court does not want to decide this case, and it will likely look for every legitimate way possible,

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the turns the framers used for things like secrecy, energy, dispatch, vigor, implying that there are occasions when you need to have a -- and when you listen to trump's lawyers, the argument seems to be that they were making wise that if a president down the road is going to fear prosecution on the basis of the exercise of those powers and the -- energy and vigor that the constitution expects and -- you should not have to fear down the road that you're gonna be accountable for whatever missteps he makes. there is, however, the second aspect of this whole responsibility question, which i think the whole impeachment procedure, meaning a congressional proceeding, which decides whether or not the man should stay in office, and the legal proceedings, necessary based on the nature of the misbehavior he's committed. the corresponding value that was discussed than which i think we should still honor and

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consider the possibility of donald trump becoming president again, which i don't think he will, which is why i don't factor that in to my legal analysis of where these cases are going, but in the event that he does, there's only two cases here that, as president, he could basically make disappear, and those are the two federal cases. >> well, i think that's directly true, lawrence, but i think he would have a pretty good argument that the state cases would have to stop, or if he has been convicted and there's an attempt to try to imprison him or something, that the constitution forbids that. the argument is basically based on the supremacy clause of the constitution, which generally doesn't allow one state to undo the nations hole -- and it's business. i don't think it's right as some people are suggesting to say well the state court cases are absolutely immune from a trump presidency. i don't think they are. and so to me that illustrates the importance of getting

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professor rakove, thank you for joining us tonight. and of course, i was thinking of you when i was listening to donald trump's lawyer make that statement about the original intent of the impeachment clause. you have the floor, professor. >> i hope that's not guilt by association on my part. i was thinking, the argument seems so absurd that it's almost impossible to take it seriously. the constitution is quite explicit. there are two separate processes the suggest what we talked about this last week. those processes are quite distinct. weather not it's a good idea. to remain the sole holder of the executive power. the second deals with the real consequences down the road. and whether or not the second process should depend upon the

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