Jack Smith STUNS Trump with ULTIMATE Chess Move, EVERYTHING on the Line
The MeidasTouch Podcast
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🗓️ 12 December 2023
⏱️ 91 minutes
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| 0:17.0 | First, as predicted, Donald Trump announced over the weekend that he would not testify on his own behalf under direct examination from his own lawyers in the New York Attorney General civil fraud case. Trump announced Sunday he would be a no show at the trial where he is a civil defendant. Last week, Trump's lawyer |
| 0:26.7 | Alina Habba said Trump was not a coward and he had nothing to hide. |
| 0:33.0 | So of course he was going to testify on Monday. |
| 0:38.0 | Nope. |
| 0:39.0 | Second Special Counsel Jack Smith filed a petition directly with the United States |
| 0:45.8 | Supreme Court to hear Trump's claim for absolute presidential immunity on an expedited basis after Trump's motion to dismiss on that |
| 0:59.2 | ground was rejected by federal judge Tanya Chutkin, who's presiding over the Washington, D.C. federal criminal case. |
| 1:09.0 | And also, Jacksmith filed a petition with the D Circuit Court of Appeals to expedite the briefing |
| 1:18.0 | on Donald Trump's appeal of Judge Chuckkins' denial of Trump's motion to dismiss the indictment based on absolute |
| 1:25.7 | presidential immunity. |
| 1:27.0 | So Jack Smith both in the Supreme Court and the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals moving to expedite things. |
| 1:34.2 | Remember, Judge Chutkin recently ruled |
| 1:37.6 | that former presidents do not have absolute immunity |
| 1:41.9 | from criminal conduct while they are in office. |
| 1:45.9 | So the Supreme Court ruled fairly quickly and they granted an expedited briefing schedule to determine whether or not they should |
| 1:57.0 | hear the case in the first instance and then the DC Circuit Court of Appeals ordered a very tight schedule on |
| 2:06.9 | Jacksmith's request to expedite the appeal, ordering Donald Trump to file his opposition to the request to expedite |
| 2:16.8 | by December 13th, Jack Smith to file a reply by December 14th. |
| 2:23.8 | Now, the DC panel that has been assigned |
| 2:27.3 | to hear the claims by Donald Trump |
| 2:30.2 | that he's entitled to immunity. |
| 2:32.8 | This is a powerhouse panel of pro-democracy judges, |
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