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The ReidOut with Joy Reid

Supreme Court hears arguments on Trump's immunity claim

The ReidOut with Joy Reid

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🗓️ 26 April 2024

⏱️ 43 minutes

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Summary

Tonight on The ReidOut, Joy Reid leads with a whirlwind 24 hours of legal twists with Donald Trump at the center of three pivotal cases. In New York, a key witness in Trump's criminal trial, former National Enquirer publisher David Pecker, took the stand for a third day. Pecker admitted to helping suppress Playboy model Karen McDougal's story about her affair with Trump to aid his 2016 election bid, acknowledging this violated campaign finance laws. Meanwhile, in Arizona, 18 individuals, including 11 "fake electors," faced indictments for attempts to overturn Trump's 2020 election loss. Among them are Trump allies Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and Boris Epshteyn. Although Trump escaped charges, he was labeled an unindicted co-conspirator. Concurrently, the Supreme Court in Washington, D.C. heard arguments on Trump's claim of absolute presidential immunity, with his lawyer suggesting this could include actions like staging a military coup or ordering political assassinations—an argument widely deemed absurd. Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) joins Joy Reid to discuss the apparent politicization of the Supreme Court. All this and more in this edition of The ReidOut on MSNBC.

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Tonight on the readout an absolutely stunning 24 hours of legal developments, three big cases and

0:09.2

at the center of them all Donald Trump and his unlawful attempts to get in power and stay in power.

0:15.8

First, in the state of New York, one of the star witnesses in Trump's criminal trial was

0:19.8

back on the stand for a third day of testimony.

0:23.4

The prosecutors finished their questioning

0:25.2

of former National Security and

0:27.1

National, former National Inquirer publisher David Becker,

0:31.2

where he acknowledged that the purpose of catching and killing Playboy model

0:34.8

Karen McDougal's story about an affair with Trump was to help Trump during the 2016 election

0:40.8

cycle.

0:41.8

And Becker said that he was aware that he was breaking campaign

0:45.1

finance laws. Pekker also testified that he discussed McDougal with Trump

0:50.5

while he was in the White House. This comes less than a day after 18

0:56.2

people were indicted in Arizona for their roles in an attempt to overturn

1:00.4

Trump's loss in the 2020 election there,

1:03.5

including 11 fake electors who submitted a document

1:06.8

to Congress falsely declaring that Trump won the state,

1:10.5

along with several Trump aides,

1:12.1

including Rudy Giuliani, Mark Meadows, and Boris Epstein.

1:16.4

Trump himself was not charged but was referred to as an unindicted co-conspirator.

1:22.0

And as all of this was happening in Washington DC

1:25.2

today the Supreme Court heard oral arguments on Trump's claim that

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