Trump will be 'weakened politically and legally' at his Supreme Court appearance: expert

Donald Trump will appear before the United States Supreme Court a weakened man in more ways than one, a legal analyst said on Saturday.

Trump is set to appear before the nation's highest court in February, hoping to get the justices to side with him on the issue of his appearance on the Colorado's ballot as well as the ballots of other states that have ruled him an insurrectionist under the Constitution. But there is a lot happening between now and then, according to attorney and MSNBC expert Lisa Rubin.

Appearing on the network, Rubin said that, while the top court is on what appears to be a "very compressed timeline" by its standards, "you and I also know a lot can happen between then and now."

"Not only politically in that we have Iowa and New Hampshire, prior to that, but legally as well. Between then and now, next week, Donald Trump will face the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals, where he's gonna press his claims of immunity against the federal election interference charges against him," Rubin said. She added that, the following week, "he'll go back to court, here in New York, with E. Jean Carroll on his second defamation case brought by her against him."

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Rubin added that, in this case, magazine writer Carroll is seeking "tens of millions of dollars."

"So the Donald Trump who will appear at the Supreme Court on February 8th could be a Donald Trump who's not only weakened politically, but perhaps legally as well. And much more likely to face trial on the federal charges than he is right now today with that federal election interference case currently stayed."

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