Supreme Court denies fast-tracking a decision on Trump’s immunity case

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🗓️ 23 December 2023

⏱️ 85 minutes

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The Supreme Court denies Special Counsel Jack Smith’s request to fast-track a decision on Donald Trump’s immunity for actions he took while challenging his 2020 election loss. Meanwhile, pro-DeSantis super PAC ‘Never Back Down’ has canceled its ad reservations in Iowa and New Hampshire. Then, a special holiday nightcap. Susan Page, Catherine Christian, Mark Joseph Stern, David Jolly, Cornell Belcher, Jon Meacham, Kenny Smith, Ron Insana, Tara Palmeri, Basil Smikle, and John Fugelsang join.

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0:00.0	Good evening to you at home. I am Stephanie Rule right here at MS NBC
0:04.4	headquarters in New York City. Well today the Supreme Court officially
0:08.8	sidesteps what could be a major political minefield for now.
0:14.6	It denied Special Counsel Jack Smith's request
0:17.2	to fast track a decision on whether Donald Trump
0:20.1	has broad immunity for actions
0:22.2	he took his president while challenging
0:24.3	his 2020 election loss. This means justices will allow the case to move
0:29.2	forward through the regular appeals process but it is likely the court will also be soon confronted with another Trump case.
0:36.7	Today, Trump confirmed that his legal team is working on an appeal of the Colorado High Court's ruling that would kick him off the primary
0:44.3	ballot. There are challenges to Trump's ballot eligibility underway in more than a
0:48.5	dozen other states including Michigan. Now that state is also in the spotlight after the Detroit
0:54.7	news reported Trump and RNC chairwoman
0:57.5	R. R. R. R. R. R. N. M. Daniel tried to pressure two Republican canvassers
1:02.0	in Michigan into not certifying the 2020 presidential election
1:06.3	results.
1:07.2	The paper reviewed recordings of Trump and McDaniel on phone calls with two local officials
1:12.2	just days after the election.
1:14.0	NBC has not heard or verified the audio recordings, but in statements to NBC,
1:19.4	spokespeople for Trump and the RNC didn't dispute them.
1:23.0	This afternoon, Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson says she suspected that election
1:28.0	officials were under pressure back in 2020.
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