Lawrence O’Donnell Says Ruling Could Backfire Quickly

[Pelican Press 0]

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

Lawrence O’Donnell Says Ruling Could Backfire Quickly

MSNBC’s

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

on Monday predicted that the

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

granting

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

complete immunity for “official” acts while in office could backfire in a matter of weeks.

“The very bad news for Donald Trump in this decision today, and for candidate Trump ― very, very bad ― is that

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

is going to walk into a federal courtroom, raise his right hand, take an oath to tell the truth and testify against Donald Trump in this case in September,” he predicted.

O’Donnell said the court granted Trump absolute immunity on a single paragraph in his indictment in the Jan. 6 case. The court ordered an evidentiary hearing for the rest of the case to determine if those other acts are official or unofficial, and therefore protected by immunity or not.

He said Judge

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

will oversee that hearing, which will be “exactly like a prosecution” as special counsel

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

calls witnesses and lays out his evidence.

“You’re gonna see this incredible Jan. 6 hearing on steroids, possibly for 6-8 weeks, September-October, maybe,” he said.

See the full discussion below:

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

Donald Trump,Lawrence O’Donnell,Mike Pence,evidentiary hearing,Supreme Court
#Lawrence #ODonnell #Ruling #Backfire #Quickly

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up

This is the hidden content, please

• Sign In
• or
• Sign Up