Nine Lives: Supreme Court Takes Up Trump Immunity Claim

The Briefing with Jen Psaki

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🗓️ 3 March 2024

⏱️ 42 minutes

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Jen Psaki breaks down the Supreme Court's explosive decision this week to take up Donald Trump's absurd claim that a former president is immune from criminal prosecution. Rep. Jamie Raskin joins Jen to talk about how Trump’s friends on the court may have played a role in the decision that will inevitably delay his trial in the Federal election case. MSNBC Legal Analysts Neal Katyal and Andrew Weissmann also join to discuss how Trump's claim of immunity amounts to a get out of jail free card, as well as the possibility that Trump's classified documents trial in Florida will also be delayed. Next, Beto O’Rourke shares his reaction to Trump and Biden's dual visits to the southern border and explains how Democrats should push back against right-wing fearmongering. And as Mitch McConnell announces his departure from his leadership post in the Senate, Jen takes a look back into his legacy and the Frankenstein monster he helped create.

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0:00.0	When it comes to the criminal trials facing Donald Trump, timing is everything, specifically more time.
0:07.5	And by taking up his claim of presidential immunity, Trump's friends on the Supreme Court just threw him a major lifeline in the form of a delay.
0:16.0	In these big moments involving the courts and the rule of law, there is no one I like talking to
0:21.3	more than Congressman Jamie Raskin.
0:23.5	Lucky for us, he's here in studio and he's coming up first.
0:26.9	Plus, we'll ask the law firm of Weissman and Katiel how all of this might impact the classified
0:31.3	documents case down in Florida.
0:33.4	Also today, dueling visits of the southern border as the former president fires up the fear machine.
0:38.8	I'm going to ask Beto O'Rourke what Democrats should be doing about it.
0:42.2	And later, Mitch McConnell announces he'll leave his leadership post later this year.
0:46.3	We'll take a deep dive into his legacy and the Frankenstein monster he helped create.
1:05.1	So in the years since Donald Trump's third Supreme Court nominee was confirmed just weeks before the 2020 election, there has been this big question hanging out there.
1:10.1	Will they help him? And if so, when will they help him?
1:13.7	Well, this week, the Supreme Court announced they were taking up Trump's absurd claim of presidential immunity.
1:19.2	And in turn, they granted him the thing he coveted the most more time. Because when you're running for president to stay out of prison, you sure don't want
1:28.5	to stand trial before election day. And by taking up this case, the court has now raised the
1:33.5	real prospect that he may not. I mean, for reasons that remain completely unclear, they will
1:39.4	not even hear oral arguments until a full seven weeks from now. So Trump's election interference trial that at one
1:45.6	point, by the way, was scheduled to start tomorrow, is now being punted months down the calendar.
1:51.5	And yes, I know that the wheels of justice can move slowly. I have made this point myself many
1:55.8	times. But guess what? The Supreme Court can move very quickly when it wants to.
2:02.0	I'm going to give you a few examples. Let's take Bush v. Gore in 2000.
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