Fox News analyst hits Trump with bad news: Supreme Court immunity case 'favors Jack Smith'

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Fox News analyst hits Trump with bad news: Supreme Court immunity case 'favors Jack Smith'
Jack Smith, Donald Trump (Smith photo by Robin Van Lonkhuijsen for AFP/ Trump by Saul Loeb for AFP)

Fox News judicial contributor Jonathan Turley said special counsel Jack Smith will likely prevail against Donald Trump at the Supreme Court.

During an interview on Tuesday, Fox News host Harris Faulkner asked Turley about Trump's bid to dismiss his election interference case based on presidential immunity.

"The Trump legal team is asking the U.S. Supreme Court to block a recent ruling that denied him blanket immunity for alleged crimes committed as president," Faulkner explained. "And this could delay his trial on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election."

"Well, the court, of course, has already rejected this urgency of special counsel Smith once," Turley noted.

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Turley said the court of appeals had forced Trump to take his case directly to the Supreme Court.

"I think Trump has a good argument procedurally," he remarked. "I think it is unfair that he should not be given that same opportunity."

"Where it's going to have trouble, I think, is on the immunity claim. It's very sweeping," the Fox News contributor continued. "And I expect that there are going to be justices, including some on the right, who are skeptical of those claims."

"And what does that mean ultimately for Trump?" Faulkner wondered.

Turley argued there were two aspects to the appeal.

"One is the merits, where I think that it favors Jack Smith with the Supreme Court," he explained. "The other is schedule. Smith is really sort of unyielding and trying to get this thing tried to get Trump convicted before the election."

"Once you're past the summer, you're going to be running out of runway," he added. "The Department of Justice does not like trials right before an election."

Watch the video below from Fox News.

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'Let me answer!' Mike Johnson takes out frustration on Fox News reporter

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) was exasperated as he lashed out at a Fox News reporter on Friday.

Johnson spoke to reporters and called the DHS funding bill passed by the Senate "a joke" when Fox News chief congressional correspondent Chad Pergram asked Johnson a question. Johnson snapped back at the reporter and was visibly frustrated in front of the press, blaming Democrats and, at one point, his Senate Republican colleagues over the government shutdown and the DHS funding bill, which another reporter had pointed out.

That's when Johnson got heated.

"I wouldn't call John Thune, the engineer of this," Johnson said. "Chuck Schumer and the Democrats in the Senate have forced this upon the Senate. I have to protect the House. Let me answer the question, Chad. I have to protect the House, and I have to protect the American people. That's our responsibility. Our colleagues on this side understand this is not a game. We are not playing their games."

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French Senator doesn't hold back in denouncing Trump and his administration

French Senator Claude Malhuret, described by the New York Times as "Trump's European nemesis," delivered a scathing indictment of President Donald Trump's second-term administration on Wednesday.

Malhuret criticized Trump's cabinet appointments, characterizing them as unqualified and serving personal interests.

He linked the Iran war to Trump's appearance in the Epstein files and condemned Congress for failing to impeach Trump for alleged constitutional violations. Malhuret invoked a Turkish proverb stating that when a clown enters a palace, the palace becomes a circus.

He documented Trump's alleged pattern of self-dealing across multiple countries, referencing Qatar investments and market manipulation benefiting select insiders. Malhuret argued such conflicts of interest would trigger immediate impeachment proceedings in France but remain unaddressed in the United States.

He expressed dismay that Congress has not pursued removal despite what he characterized as clear violations of law and constitutional duty.

Watch the video below.


Mike Johnson melts down at Senate Republicans over TSA deal: 'This gambit is a joke!'

House Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) addressed reporters following the House GOP's move to vote down Friday's bipartisan Senate legislation funding all of the Department of Homeland Security aside from Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Border Patrol — an agreement made as both parties want to get stalled functions like the TSA back to normal while the debate over immigration enforcement reforms continues.

"The Republicans are not going to be any part of any effort to reopen our borders or to stop immigration enforcement," said Johnson. "We are going to deport dangerous criminal illegal aliens because it is a basic function of the government. The Democrats fundamentally disagree. The Senate Democrats have foisted upon this appropriations process their radical, crazy agenda."

Johnson didn't stop at blaming Democrats, however — also lashing out at the Senate Republicans who voted to advance the compromise.

"This gambit that was done last night is a joke," said Johnson. "I'm quite convinced that it can't be that every Senate Republican read the language of this bill, and I'm going to just read you one excerpt of it, because it's pretty alarming. And it says everything that you need to know in Section 4. This is on page two of the bill. This is an actual copy of the bill that excerpt, it says, quote, 'The contents printed under the headings of this bill, U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement and border security operations, under the heading of U.S. Customs and Border Patrol and Protection, shall have no force or effect."

Later, as reporters questioned a visibly agitated Johnson, he appeared to walk back his comments, lashing out at Senate Republicans somewhat, emphasizing Democrats "forced this upon the Senate" and "I have to protect the House."

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