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fox news alert. supreme court court, majority ruled that presidents have limited immunity from prosecution and they can be criminally prosecuted for unofficial acts. trump claiming he had presidential immunity from four felony charges in his efforts to overturn the 2020 election. im sandra smith in for harris faulkner. a big news day. the supreme court has thrown the case back to a federal judge to decide if trumps felony january 6th charges meet the criteria for prosecution. a trump c...

Well, thats what it says. To faithfully execute the law. Is there anybody here i dont care what comes out of your mouth today is there anybody here who believes that this president has faithfully executed the law . And faithfully executed the duties, the sacred trust that has been put in his hands and on his shoulders. Hes supposed to faithfully execute the law, not ignore it. Not abuse it. And not forget it. President is supposed to be motivated by public interest. Public interest. The interest...

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The most unique legal cases ever and suggested hes going to bring up issues that, quote, never touched a court before, potentially involving things like executive immunity. do you agree with him on that? do you think the fact that this is unique, that some of these things have never been talked about before in a courtroom necessarily means that the 4-6 weeks might actually be longer? >> well, what were talking about and what john lauro is talking about is pretrial motions when you say immunity i...

That former presidents are entitled to claim the privilege. now, whether it applies or not is a separate issue. >> exactly. but youre being clever. >> theyre entitled to claim it -- no, im not, im reading the supreme court case. >> but youre not reading it in context. does a sitting president have the privilege of executive immunity? yes. in all cases? no. which is why the primary holding of nixon versus gsa was seizing and examining records related to a former president that was still in contro...

It -- no, im not, im reading the supreme court case. >> but youre not reading it in context. does a sitting president have the privilege of executive immunity? yes. in all cases? no. which is why the primary holding of nixon versus gsa was seizing and examining records related to a former president that was still in control of the executive branch does not violate the separation of powers. the privilege is not with the president -- excuse me -- is not for the benefit of the president as an indiv...

Going to go on a bit longer because the two inflection points she will need before she can hand over the impeachment articles are either a retraction from mitch mcconnell about his impartiality when he said he will not be impartial, or two she could hold them into the spring until the court finally disposes of the challenge on executive immunity he wont let anybody testify. she could make the case, look, were not going to transmit these until the issue of mulvaney and others testify and is settl...