any moment now donald trump will be arriving at the courthouse where a three judge panel will hear arguments, can the former president be held criminally responsible for his efforts to overturn his 2020 loss or does he have immunity from prosecution. this is special coverage, i m layer ar laura coates. and i m kaitlan collins. this could ultimately change the landscape of what presidents are allowed do. trump is foregoing the campaign trail to be at these oral arguments as he claim that s has absolute immunity, that his actions constitute official acts that he took while in office. of course i was entitled as president of the united states and commander in chief to immunity. i m entitled to immunity. every president has immunity. especially one that did the job i did. i did a great job. and i wasn t working for myself, i was working for the country. i wasn t campaigning. election was long over. wasn t campaigning. i was looking for voter fraud, something that i have to
and this is a al could you lated decision that trump making. the judges know won t be interested in the political aspect of this. they will be interested in asking questions of both sides of what the actual arts are from the prosecutors on jack smith s team but also trump s legal team. not the political points trump is trying to make. people have to understand that federal court is a somber place. and especially true in the d.c. circuit wildly considered the second most powerful court after the supreme court. i think the danger trump s lawyers have here, if they start performing for that audience of one, that is going to not be received well at all. this is not a place where you engage in theatrics, not a place where you engage in that kind of boisterous trump way of argument at all.