Wednesday, July 3, 2024
On Monday, the high court ruled that presidents enjoy limited immunity for official presidential actions. On Friday, the high court ruled in favor of a Jan. 6 defendant charged with obstruction for his involvement in the 2021 Capitol riot.
Both decisions significantly set back Smith's case against former President Trump and add to an already checkered legal track record.
Smith was appointed in 2022 by Attorney General Merrick Garland to oversee an investigation into whether Trump was involved in the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot and any alleged interference in the 2020 election result.
Sen. Joe Manchin (D-WV) isn’t running for re-election. His time on the Hill is ending, but he reportedly was stunned at the leader of his party against Donald Trump last week. Manchin isn’t a woke Democrat. He’s not liberal, either. The West Virginia lawmaker is part of an old-school breed from rural America who lean conservative. He’s a centrist who is a step to the right. In today’s Democratic Party, he’s a conservative. Regardless, he felt compelled to weigh in on last week's disastrous Biden debate but got muzzled by White House aides and other top Democrats (via Politico):
Sen. Joe Manchin became greatly concerned over Joe Biden’s standing after the president’s debate performance last week — so much so that he considered voicing his worries in a Sunday national TV interview before being convinced otherwise, a person familiar with his thinking confirmed to POLITICO.



