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The Briefing with Jen Psaki

But Hur Emails: The GOP Draws False Equivalence As Trump Greenlights Russian Aggression Against Europe

The Briefing with Jen Psaki

NBC News

News, Politics

4.5664 Ratings

🗓️ 11 February 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Summary

Jen Psaki breaks down how Donald Trump’s ominous remarks, encouraging Russia to attack America's NATO allies, undermine our collective security. Congressman Adam Schiff discusses the signal Trump's words send to Russia, and also reacts to the gratuitous swipes at President Biden in this week's report by Special Counsel Robert Hur. Legal analysts Andrew Weissmann and Neal Katyal join Jen to talk about the Hur Report, as well as the 14th Amendment case now before the Supreme Court and Trump's defeat at the DC Circuit on presidential immunity. Following the implosion of the bipartisan border deal in Congress, Jen contrasts the political timidity of Republicans in Congress with the resolve of the Democratic majority in 2009 when they passed the Affordable Care Act despite the political risks. Finally, Jen reacts to Tucker Carlson's embarrassing interview with Vladimir Putin of Russia, who steamrolled the former Fox News anchor with revisionist history and disinformation. As Jen reveals, Carlson wasn't always such a Putin apologist, and she shares the videos that prove it.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Okay, if you felt like this week was a whole year, I'm here to tell you that you are not alone.

0:06.1

On Thursday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Donald Trump's ballot eligibility under the 14th Amendment,

0:11.9

and the ball is going to be back in their court tomorrow as Trump prepares an appeal on presidential immunity.

0:17.6

Safe to say I have about a million questions for the law firm of Weissman and Katiel,

0:21.6

and we're going to get through as many as we possibly can. Plus, Congressman Adam Schiff is here,

0:26.2

and I can't wait to hear what he has to say about one of the most dangerous things we've ever

0:30.9

heard Trump say, basically inviting a Russian attack on our NATO allies. Also today, special counsel Robert Hurd decided not to charge Joe Biden

0:40.2

and instead took it upon himself to editorialize about his age and memory. Let's just say I've got a few

0:46.0

things to get off my chest about that one. And later, we'll break down Tucker Carlson's pep rally

0:51.1

with Vladimir Putin and show you what he used to say about the Russian

0:54.9

dictator. We dug into the archives of Tucker's time here at MSNBC when he was singing a much

0:59.9

different tune.

1:10.1

Well, it was a hell of a news week again.

1:13.8

I have hundreds of pages, literally hundreds, of core rulings and transcripts and special counsel reports.

1:19.6

But some of the most significant things that happened this week seem to have already somehow moved through the news cycle in favor of endless, and I mean endless.

1:28.4

Coverage of whether a man who is four years older than his opponent is simply too old to be president. So we're going to

1:33.9

spend most of our time on the things that actually warrant our focus. On Thursday, for a little over

1:39.9

two hours, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on whether or not former President Donald Trump

1:44.6

can be kicked off the Colorado ballot because, of course, of his role as part of the insurrection

1:49.9

on January 6th. Now, no matter what happens from here and how they rule, that's a thing that

1:55.0

actually happened. And it's historic in and of itself. And tomorrow, after a stinging defeat from the appeals court, the Trump team

2:02.5

is expected to ask the Supreme Court to hear his case about presidential immunity. Now, remember,

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