Carol Leonnig

And during this time, Garland calls him and says, would you take the job if I offer it to you tomorrow?

Not realizing how damaged, how devastated really physically Jack Smith is.

And there's a question about whether or not Jack can take the oath of office.

under all these painkillers he's taking.

And he decides on his own to dismiss himself from the hospital against medical advice and stops taking the medication so he can properly take the oath without any question about his faculties.

He goes on to push his team with incredible rigor to bring these cases.

But back to your other point about this isn't a good look,

It ends up being really terrible because even though Jack Smith and his team are sprinting to make decisions and to bring the cases they think are justified, Donald Trump is falsely claiming that the only reason he's being prosecuted now in 2023 with a trial in 2024 is because a left-wing radical DOJ wants to help Biden block him from winning reelection.

You know, it's such a critical moment.

And I think I'd like to take you into a couple of the rooms where it happened here.

Because the Supreme Court, first off, immediately accelerates one case and postpones another.

They accelerate a case in this junction immediately.

in 2024 to hear an argument about whether or not Donald Trump should be disqualified and struck from the Colorado state ballot for reelection because he's been accused of being engaged in an insurrection.

And that insurrectionists can't run for president.

The Supreme Court accelerates on an emergency basis hearing that case.

But they decide at the same time not to rush on hearing the immunity case.

And this causes consternation inside the Department of Justice, inside Jack Smith, the special counsel's office, and inside the chambers of trial, Judge Tanya Chutkin, who's supposed to hear this case.

She and her chief judge have been planning security for the event.

But when they see the Supreme Court is slow walking a decision on immunity, she knows that there's going to have to be an appeal again of whatever decision they have.

And they stop worrying about having a trial at that moment.