Jack Smith fires back at Trump's claim that he's immune from prosecution

The 11th Hour with Stephanie Ruhle

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🗓️ 9 April 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Special counsel Jack Smith fires back at Donald Trump’s claim that he holds absolute immunity from criminal prosecution. Then, Trump announces his latest stance on abortion, saying it should be up to states. Why those comments are getting bipartisan backlash. Plus, how an epic NCAA tournament could reshape women's sports. Charles Coleman, Katie Benner, Jon Allen, Dan Pfeiffer, Tara Setmayer, & Nancy Lieberman join.

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0:00.0	Tonight with just days to go until jury selection in the Hush Money case
0:05.1	Donald Trump is working overtime to delay the trial. We'll get into all the days
0:10.3	legal developments in this case and more. Then Donald Trump
0:14.4	dodges on a national abortion ban as the Biden campaign releases a powerful
0:19.7	new ad. Plus President Biden's new student debt relief plan would impact millions of Americans
0:26.4	what it means for student borrowers and the presidential race as the 11th hour gets
0:31.2	underway on this Monday night.
0:33.4	Good Monday evening, I am Stephanie Rule, live from New York City and we are now
0:43.8	211 days away from the election. Tonight special counsel Jack Smith filed his
0:49.8	brief to the Supreme Court as it prepares to hear arguments about Donald Trump's claims of
0:55.0	presidential immunity.
0:56.5	Smith argues that even if the justices decide presidents do have some level of immunity
1:02.3	for certain official acts, the prosecution
1:05.1	should still go ahead with the election interference case. Meanwhile as of
1:09.4	this moment, Donald Trump's first criminal trial, the New York-Hush Money case, is set to begin one week from today.
1:17.0	Can you believe that?
1:18.0	You will believe that Trump's lawyers are pulling out all the stops to try and make sure that that does not happen.
1:24.4	Trump's team argued today that the case should be delayed while they fight for a
1:28.6	change of venue and fight against Trump's partial gag order.
1:32.1	Less than two hours after they made those very arguments,
1:35.0	the judge denied the motion to delay the case.
1:38.0	We have seen this last minute long shot before from his team,
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