Joe on SHOCKING NYT report: Trump admin. debated Habeas Corpus, invoking Insurrection Act

Maggie Haberman and Jonathan Swan of The New York Times have new reporting on the debates inside the White House last year over suspending habeas corpus for undocumented immigrants. Suspending habeas corpus was one of two radical ideas Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller had been pushing, the other was invoking the Insurrection Act to deploy the military to enforce the law on American streets as protests grew against deportation sweeps. According to the Times, Vice President JD Vance said the administration needed to invoke the Insurrection Act, swiftly, to crush the unrest in Minnesota. The Morning Joe panel breaks down the shocking details of the New York Times reporting.

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