. >>> AS WE HAVE BEEN REPORTING, THE SUPREME COURT WILL DECIDE IF FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS IMMUNE FROM ALLEGATIONLY ACTIONS AND AFTER A STATEWIDE REPUBLICAN NOMINATING CONVENTION IN MICHIGAN AND SUPER TUESDAY, THE LARGEST SINGLE DAY OF THE PRIMARY SEASON. FOR MORE ON THIS, MAJOR GARRET JOINS ME FROM WASHINGTON. MAJOR, I'VE SEEN A LOT IN WASHINGTON AND GIVE ME YOUR TAKE ON THIS DECISION AND WHAT WE HAVE BEFORE US? >> SO YOU MENTION THE WORD EXPEDITED, YES, IT'S EXPEDITED BY THE UNDERSTOOD, CALENDAR OPERATIONS OF THE SUPREME COURT, BUT IT'S NOT EXPEDITED BASED ON THE SPECIAL PROSECUTOR JACK SMITH. THIS IS A DELAY, AND A THEY DEPENDING HOW LONG IT TAKES THE SUPREME COURT TO WRITE THEIR OPINION ON A CONSEQUENCIAL CASE COULD MAKE A TRIAL FOR FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE BEFORE THE 2024 ELECTION, AND IF FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP IS REELECTED AND BECOMES THE HEAD OF THE ADMINISTRATION AND THEREBY AND THE SUPREME COURT IS MOVING A BIT FASTER THAN IT OTHERWISE WOULD, BUT THAT PACE STILL MAKES A TRIAL FOR THE FORMER PRESIDENT ON A VERY CONSEQUENCIAL MATTER THAT MANY BELIEF THERE SHOULD BE A VERDICT BEFORE THE ELECTION IF NOT ENTIRELY POSSIBLE, BUT MUCH MORE COMPLICATED. I MEAN, JUST IMAGINE IT, JOHN A CRIMINAL TRIAL ON EVENTS LEADING UP TO JANUARY 6th, 2021 DURING THE REPUBLICAN NATIONAL CONVENTION IN JULY, THE DEMOCRATIC CONVENTION IN AUGUST OR WHEN THE TRADITIONAL CAMPAIGN HAS BEGUN SOMETIME AROUND LABOR DAY, IT'S ALMOST UNIMAGINABLE, AND THE FORMER PRESIDENT AND THE LEGAL TEAM KNOW THAT, AND THEY GOT MORE FROM THE SUPREME COURT TODAY THAN JACK SMITH. >> EXPLAIN THAT TO PEOPLE WHO MAY NOT BE AS FAMILIAR AS THEY AS A TACTIC OR ARGUABLY THE TACTIC FOR THE TRUMP LEGAL TEAM FOR ALL OF HIS ILLEGAL PROCEEDINGS. EXPLAIN HOW THAT IS NOT JUST A GOOD THING THAT HAPPENED FOR THE FORMER PRESIDENT BUT ONE THING HE'S BEEN BANKING ON? >> ONE OF THE BLESSINGS OF THE COUNTRY IS DUE PROCESS TO EVERY DEFENDANT, AND FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP BY ANY ESTIMATION IS NOT ANY DEFENDANT. HE'S THE FORMER PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE LEADING REPUBLICAN PARTY NOMINATION TO RETURN TO THE PRESIDENCY. THAT DOESN'T CREATE NECESSARILY A LEGALLY IMPORTANT AURA AROUND HIM AND THIS IS IN THE POLITICAL ATMOSPHERE, AND THE ATTORNEYS KNOW SINCE THE CASE WAS BROUGHT THAT THE NUMBER ONE TACTICAL ADVANTAGE WAS EXERCISING EVERY DUE PROCESS RIGHT TO PUSH THIS CLOSER AND CLOSER TO THE ELECTION, TO MAKE THE POSSIBILITY OF THAT TRIAL, SHOULD IT COME, ALMOST IMPOSSIBLE TO CARRY OUT BECAUSE OF THAT ELECTION, AND THERE'S A SCARE COMPONENT TO THIS. THE FORMER PRESIDENT LIKES TO SAY BECAUSE HE'S THE LEADING CANDIDATE FOR THE REPUBLICAN NOMINATION, HE SHOULD NOT BE PROSECUTED UNDER ANY CIRCUMSTANCES, MEANING POLITICAL SUCCESS IMMUNIZES YOU FROM CIVIL OR CRIMINAL PROCEDURES. THAT'S NEVER BEEN ASSERTED IN AMERICAN LIFE, BUT IT'S TAKING HOLD BECAUSE OF THE SPECIAL ATTACHMENT THAT THE TRUMP SUPPORTERS HAVE OF THE FORMER PRESIDENT IN THE HEAT OF THE DAY. >> THE FINAL QUESTION, MAJOR, IS THERE A WAY WHICH THEY MAY NOT BE SO GREAT FOR THE FORMER PRESIDENT, WHICH IS TO SAY, IF IT DOESN'T GETTED A JUDE ADJUDICATED AND THIS QUESTION OF IMMUNITY MIGHT STRIKE SOME VOTERS OTHERWISE THAT MAYBE IT IS A LITTLE BROAD THAT KEEPING JANUARY 6th AT THAT TIME CENTER OF IT, AND THE PRESIDENT'S CONTINUED INSISTENCE, THOUGH, IT'S A LIE THAT HE WON THE LAST ELECTION, THAT MIGHT NOT BE SUCH A GREAT THING TO HAVE CENTER STAGE ALL THE WAY UP TO NOVEMBER? >> THAT'S A VERY GOOD POINT, JOHN, AND LEGAL TACTICS ARE SUPPOSED BY LAWYERS TO KEEP ANY DEFENDANT OUT OF PRISON, BUT THEY'RE NOT NECESSARILY APPLICABLE AND UNIVERSALLY SUCCESSFUL IN THE POLITICAL CONTEXT. ANYONE WHO HAS WATCHED THIS CAMPAIGN KNOWS FORMER PRESIDENT DONALD TRUMP HAS WON MORE THAN HE'S LOST SO FAR IN THESE LEGAL BATTLES IN THE POLITICAL ARENA, BUT TO YOUR POINT, EVERYTHING THAT HE HAS DONE AS PRESIDENT WILL BE ON THE BALLOT IN NOVEMBER IF HE'S THE REPUBLICAN NOMINEE, ESPECIALLY EVERYTHING RELATED TO JANUARY 6th, 2021. WHETHER HE'S BEING PROSECUTED IN A FEDERAL COURTROOM HERE IN WASHINGTON D.C. OR A CANDIDATE WHO DOESN'T HAVE TO FEAR THAT BUT HAS TO ANSWER THE POLITICAL QUESTION TO THE BROADER AMERICAN PUBLIC, IT WILL BE FRONT AND CENTER, SO HE MAY HAVE WON A TACTICAL LEGAL VICTORY, BUT HE CANNOT AVAIL HIMSELF OF COMPLETE IMMUNITY FROM THE POLITICAL CONVERSATION THAT WILL BE AROUND EVERYTHING HE DID AS
