Jack Smith placing 'backstops' to prevent SCOTUS from tossing Jan. 6 case: expert

Special counsel Jack Smith's team filed a U.S. brief urging the justices to reject Donald Trump's immunity claim in his federal election subversion case. The former president has a District of Columbia Circuit Court ruling against his claim, which will be heard by the high court on April 25, and MSNBC legal analyst Lisa Rubin highlighted the special counsel's effort to dissuade conservative justices from tossing the criminal case. "This is Jack Smith's one chance to respond in writing to the Supreme Court on these issues," Rubin told "Morning Joe."...