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Deadline: White House

“The president is now a king”

Deadline: White House

MSNBC

News, Donald Trump, Daily News, The White House, Nicolle Wallace, Politics, Nbc News, Washington Dc, Msnbc, Government

4.66K Ratings

🗓️ 1 July 2024

⏱️ 90 minutes

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Summary

Nicolle Wallace is joined by Andrew Weissmann, Tim Heaphy, Marc Elias, Dahlia Lithwick, Rep. Zoe Lofgren, Claire McCaskill, Ian Bassin, Maya Wiley, Ruth Ben-Ghiat, and J. Michael Luttig.

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0:00.0

Hi everyone it's 4 o'clock in New York in its very last decision of its

0:12.2

term the highest court in the land,

0:14.0

handed future presidents a quote loaded weapon in the words of a dissenting justice

0:20.0

aimed straight at the rule of law in the country.

0:22.0

The conservative 6-3 majority of the court aimed straight at the rule of law in the country.

0:22.5

The conservative six three majority of the court,

0:25.0

half of them appointed by ex-President Donald Trump,

0:28.0

two others having faced calls for their recusal

0:30.5

in this very case.

0:32.3

Delta Potentially fatal blow to Special Council Jack Smith's effort

0:36.4

to hold the ex-president accountable for crimes committed

0:39.2

on January 6 at the insurrection

0:41.7

and his plot to overturn the 2020 election he lost.

0:45.0

They ruled that Donald Trump and all future presidents are entitled to immunity for

0:49.3

official acts that they take during their presidency to the now infamous question of

0:54.8

whether a president can order seal team six to assassinate a political rival the

0:59.4

United States Supreme Court said in effect, yeah, maybe.

1:04.2

Regarding Jack Smith's prosecution of Donald Trump,

1:06.6

the court is sending that case back to Judge Tanya Chutkin

1:09.5

to parse out what is an official act

1:12.1

in which Trump is entitled to complete immunity and what is not an official

1:16.1

act and the majority opinion says this quote in dividing official from unofficial conduct

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