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According to Michigan Secretary of State Jocelyn Benson, her office will cooperate with the office of her state's attorney general on possible charges to be filed against Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel based upon bribery allegations.

Reacting to the bombshell revelation that McDaniel participated in a phone call with Donald Trump attempting to get state election officials to not certify the 2020 presidential election results, Benson said there are already criminal investigations underway and McDaniel could be swept up in them.

Speaking with host Alex Witt, Benson, who noted she was a former dean at Wayne State University Law School, said she was not overly surprised by the phone call that likely will be part of the special counsel Jack Smith's pursuit of Trump for fomenting an insurrection on Jan. 6.

"I'm curious of your thoughts of her [McDaniel], a fellow Michigander, essentially playing the role of an accomplice, saying the RNC would provide those canvassers with legal representation to break election laws. Was this a surprise to you? Do you think that she may be investigated for potential crimes?" the MSNBC host asked.

"I think it is possible," Benson conceded. "We know under Michigan law if you offer someone something of value in order to compel them to not fulfill their legal duty, that constitutes bribery. So, will that be captured in criminal proceedings? We will have to wait and see."

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"Miss McDaniel is no stranger to these conspiracy claims," she added. "She held a press conference a few weeks earlier with a number of lies about our elections in Michigan. It was no surprise to me to hear of her involvement. What it does underscore is how high these are national figures, the president of the United States, just how high this went."

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Complaints by Donald Trump and his allies that he should be allowed to remain on ballots in multiple states contesting his eligibility because he has been denied "due process" was dismantled by a former U.S. attorney on Saturday morning.

Speaking with host Ali Velshi, former prosecutor Barbara McQuade claimed there is a basic misunderstanding about how "due process" is applied and that the former president and his defenders have it all wrong when they complain that he has not been found to be an "insurrectionist."

"There is now this growing record of legal opinions affirming that what happened on January 6th wasn't insurrection," host Velshi prompted. "The Supreme Court, ultimately I think, is going to have to at some point or another address that particular question."

McQuade argued with the conventional wisdom about how the law arrives at a determination of insurrection.

"I think one of the things that was important about the litigation was there was a trial," she reminded the MSNBC host. "There was an actual fact-finding mission. They heard testimony from members of Congress who were there as well as experts, who reached that decision. I think it is very important for both history and for this case."

"There are those complaining that Donald Trump has been denied due process in some way," she began. "But I think they're conflating a finding of a criminal violation of insurrection, it is a crime to engage in insurrection, where you have due process rights like the right to confront your accusers, the right to testify, the right to cross-examine witnesses. But that is when one's liberty is at stake."

During an appearance on MSNBC on Saturday morning, former U.S. Attorney Joyce Vance was asked to lay out the timeline for the Supreme Court to eventually hear and make a ruling on the question of presidential immunity being asserted by Donald Trump.

Speaking with host Jonathan Capehart, the former prosecutor stated that special counsel Jack Smith made a proposal — which she called a "wrinkle" — that could accelerate the process.

Reacting to the court declining to take up the case before a lower court rules on the former president's assertion that he can't be prosecuted by the DOJ for actions related to the Jan. 6 insurrection, Vance explained, "The next stage is the first layer of appeal which is a three judge panel in the appellate court. Trump could even ask for a motion for re-hearing. If he loses with that three-judge panel, it gives him a little bit of extra delay, but it's usually something that does not work out for a defendant to ask for a hearing from the same judges who ruled against him."

"Then he's got 45 days to ask the court to re-hear en banc, which would mean all of the active judges on the D.C. Circuit would participate," she elaborated. "And then he can apply for certiorari with the United States Supreme Court."

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She then explained, "There's one additional wrinkle we should mention. In Jack Smith's motion here, he asked the Supreme Court to consider if they would not hear the case directly, if they wanted to go to the Court of Appeals, he asked them to consider taking the case immediately following the Court of Appeals decision without waiting for en banc and the usual time for certiorari. The Supreme Court has been silent so far on that request so we don't know what they are thinking."

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Former federal prosecutor Harry Litman told CNN on Friday that he thinks Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna McDaniel put herself in real legal jeopardy when she offered to provide legal help to two Michigan canvassers if they refused to certify the results of the 2020 election.

A newly unearthed audio recording shows that both McDaniel and Trump called the two canvassers and pressured them against certifying the results, while promising to set them up with lawyers in exchange.

Appearing on MSNBC on Friday morning, conservative political analyst Susan Del Percio said the newly unearthed recording of a phone call to Michigan election officials from Donald Trump and Republican National Committee Chair Ronna McDaniel will likely come back to haunt McDaniel if she is called as a witness by special counsel Jack Smith, Michigan Attorney General Dana Nessel or Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis.

In the call in which the former president implores Michigan officials Monica Palmer and William Hartmann not to sign the election document certifying the result, the RNC head is heard chiming in with, "If you can go home tonight, do not sign it. ... We will get you attorneys."