>>> DONALD J. TRUMP IS CALLING FOR A TOTAL AND COMPLETE
SHUTDOWN OF MUSLIMS ENTERING THE UNITED STATES UNTIL OUR
COUNTRY'S REPRESENTATIVES CAN FIGURE OUT WHAT THE HELL IS
GOING ON. >> WHEN HE FIRST ANNOUNCED IT,
HE SAID MUSLIM BAN. HE CALLED ME UP.
HE SAID PUT A COMMISSION TOGETHER, SHOW ME THE RIGHT WAY
TO DO IT LEGALLY. >> THE FIRST TIME PRESIDENT
TRUMP'S TRAVEL BAN WENT TO COURT, THOSE WORDS YOU JUST
HEARD WERE USED IN THE ARGUED TO BLOCK THAT BAN FROM BEING
ENACTED. LAWYERS ARGUED THEY SHOWED TRUMP
INTENDED TO TARGET MUSLIMS. AND NOW, MANY EXPERTS SAY WHAT
WE SAW FROM THE PRESIDENT ON TWITTER COULD BECOME EXHIBIT A
IN THE NEXT POTENTIAL LEGAL BATTLE AT THE SUPREME COURT FOR
THE REVAMPED BAN. HERE THEY ARE AGAIN.
TONIGHT HE WROTE, THAT'S RIGHT, WE NEED A TRAVEL BAN FOR CERTAIN
DANGEROUS COUNTRIES NOT SOME POLITICALLY CORRECT TERM THAT
WON'T HELP US BROKE OUR PEOPLE. IT CAME AFTER THIS MESSAGE THIS
MORNING. PEOPLE, THE LAWYERS AND THE
COURTS CAN CALL IT WHATEVER THEY WANT.
BUT I AM CALLING IT WHAT WE NEED, AND WHAT IT IS A TRAVEL
BAN. THEN THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT
SHOULD HAVE STAYED WITH THE ORIGINAL TRAVEL BAN, NOT THE
WATERED DOWN POLITICALLY CORRECT VERSION THEY SUBMITTED TO THE
SUPREME COURT. AND THIS, THE JUSTICECE DEPARTMT
SHOULD ASK FOR AN EXPEDITED HEARING ON THE WATERED DOWN
TRAVEL BAN BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT AND SEEK A MUCH TOUGHER
VERSION. WE HAVE A PAIR OF PROMINENT
ATTORNEYS JOINING US, FORMER FEDERAL PROSECUTOR AND AN
ASSISTANT WATERGATE PROSECUTOR, NICKER ACKERMAN IS HERE WITH US.
AND THE CHIEF ETHICS LAWYER IN THE BUSH 43 WHITE HOUSE, RICHARD
PAINTER IS BACK WITH US ON THE BROADCAST.
GENTLEMEN, WELCOME TO BOTH OF YOU.
NICK, IF YOU WERE APPOINTED SOLICITOR GENERAL THE
GOVERNMENT'S LAWYER BEFORE THE SUPREME COURT, AND I ASKED YOU
TO MAKE THE CASE FOR A TRAVEL BAN, HOW WOULD THESE TWEETS HURT
YOUR CASE? >> THEY WOULD DESTROY MY CASE.
>> HOW SO? >> THIS IS NOT ONLY EXHIBIT A
AGAINST ME, BUT IT'S EXHIBIT A, B, C, AND D.
FIRST OF ALL, THE GOVERNMENT HAS BEEN MAKING THE ARGUMENT FROM
THE BEGINNING THAT TRUMP WAS SIMPLY TALKING ON THE CAMPAIGN
TRAIL THAT THESE WERE DISCUSSIONS THAT HE DID IN TERMS
THE CAMPAIGN. AND IT'S DIFFERENT WHEN HE'S
PRESIDENT. WHAT THIS SHOWS IS THAT IT IS
NOT DIFFERENT WHEN HE'S PRESIDENT.
HE IS STILL DOING THE SAME THING.
WHEN HE TALKS ABOUT POLITICAL CORRECTNESS, IT IS REALLY JUST A
DOG WHISTLE FOR TRYING TO KEEP MUSLIM OUT OF THE UNITED STATES.
HE'S REALLY GOING BACK TO THE EXACT SAME THING THAT HE HAS
SAID ON THE CAMPAIGN TRAIL. AND IF I WERE THE SOLICITOR
GENERAL AND I HAD TO ARGUE THIS, I WOULD BE ABSOLUTELY BESIDE
MYSELF. HE HAS TOTALLY UNDERCUT IT.
AND ON TOO MUCH IT ALL THEY CLAIMED IN THE BEGINNING IT
WOULD TAKE 90 TO 120 DAYS TO REALLY DETERMINE WHAT KIND OF
ACTION THEY COULD TAKE TO REALLY TAKE TO HAVE REALLYLLY EXTREME
INVESTIGATE. THAT 120 DAYS HAS PASSED.
PRESUMABLY THEY HAVE DONE EVERYTHING THEY SHOULD HAVE DONE
IN THE 120 DAYS TO THIS POINT. SO WHAT WAS THE WHOLE POINT OF
THE TRAVEL BAN IN THE FIRST PLACE IF THIS WAS THE
JUSTIFICATION? AGAIN I WOULD SUGGEST THIS IS
ANOTHER PRETEXT BY THIS PRESIDENT TO COVER UP WHO HE IS
REALLY TRYING THE DO, DISCRIMINATE AGAINST MUSLIMS
COMING INTO THE UNITED STATES. >> RICHARD, WHAT'S YOUR TAKE ON
THE ETHICS OF WHAT YOU SEE COMING FROM THE PRESIDENT?
>> WELL, I CERTAINLY THINK THE TRAVEL BAN MAKES NO SENSE.
THE UNITED KINGDOM HAS HAD EXPERIENCE WITH THIS BEFORE,
WITH THE IRISH REPUBLICAN ARMY TERRORIST ATTACKS.
YOU HAD PROTESTANT GROUPS WHICH WERE ALSO LAUNCHING TERRORIST
ATTACKS. BUT THEY DIDN'T IMPOSE A TRAVEL
BAN ON CATHOLICS OR PEOPLE OF IRISH DECENT.
NOBODY CONSIDERED THAT. THIS IS AN ABSURD APPROACH.
PEOPLE WHO ARE VIOLENT TENDENCIES NEED TO BE PRECLUDED
FROM COMING INTO THE UNITED STATES REGARDLESS OF THEIR
RELIGION. THE REAL PROBLEM FOR THE LAWYERS
IN THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS THEY HAVE SUBMITTED PAPERS TO
THE SUPREME COURT THAT MAY VERY WELL BE DESCRIBING THE TRAVEL
BAN VERY DIFFERENTLY THAN THE PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES.
AND THE QUESTION IS HOW MUCH THOSE LAWYERS KNEW ABOUT THE
PRESIDENT'S INTENTIONS AND HIS VIEWS, BECAUSE HE IS THE MAN WHO
SET THIS POLICY INTO MOTION, AND WHETHER THE PAPERS SUBMITTED TO
THE SUPREME COURT ARE ACCURATE FACTUALLYUAL.
IF THE THEY ARE NOT, THE JUSTICE GOING TO BE VERY UPSET,
RIGHTFULLY SO W THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OF IT'S CRITICALLY
IMPORTANT THAT THE PRESIDENT'S LAWYERS, WHEN THEY APPEAR BEFORE
THE COURTS, ACCURATELY DESCRIBE THE POLICIES BEING IMPLEMENTED
BY THE PRESIDENT. SOME OF PRESIDENT OBAMA'S
LAWYERS GOT IN TROUBLE A LITTLE OVER A YEAR AGO NOW WITH A
FEDERAL JUDGE IN TEXAS FOR MISREPRESENTING SOME ASPECTS OF
HIS IMMIGRATION POLICIES. AND WERE SANCTIONED BY THE JUDGE
BECAUSE OF THAT. WE HAVE YET TO SEE HOW THE
SUPREME COURT IS GOING THE RESPOND TO THIS, WHETHER THE
JUSTICE DEPARTMENT IS GOING TO AMEND ITS PAPERS TO ACCURATELY
REFLECT WHAT THE PRESIDENT IS TRULY INTENDING WITH THIS TRAVEL
BAN. BECAUSE THE JUSTICE HAVE A RIGHT
TO KNOW WHAT'S REALLY GOING ON WHEN THEY MAKE A CRITICALLY
IMPORTANT DECISION IN A CASE SUCH AS THIS IN A HAS VERY, VERY
IMPORTANT IMPLICATIONS UNDER
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