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We will hear argument this morning in case 23939. Trump versus the United States. Reporter tonight, new testimony of the alleged criminal conspiracy to help elect donald trump. Trump turned to the business at hand and asked david pecker how is our girl. As his argument for absolute immunity finally goes before the Supreme Court. This court has never recognized absolute criminal immunity for any public official. A private attorney to spearhead his challenges to the election results. What was up with the pardon for president nixon . If everybody thought that president s couldnt be prosecuted what was that about . If it fails completely it is because we have destroyed our democracy on our own, isnt it . Tonight, Rachel Maddow, nicole wallace, joy reed, chris liz. Lawrence odonnell, lisa ruben all here as msnbcs special Coverage Of Trump On Trial begins now. Who has the time . Who has the time . You are telling me that simultaneously, we have nearly three hours of Oral Argument at the Unit
New testimony of the alleged criminal conspiracy to help elect donald trump. Trump turned to the business at hand and asked david pecker, how is our girl . Argument for absolute immunity goes before the Supreme Court. This court never recognized criminal immunity for any public official. A private attorney who was willingly to spearhead his challenges to the election results. What was up for the party with president nixon . If everybody thought president s couldnt be prosecuted, then what was that about. If it feels completely,s because we destroyed our own democracy. Rachel maddow, Nicolle Wallace troy reed, lawrence odonnell, ari melber, all here as Msnbc Special Coverage Of Trump On Trial begins. Who has the time . Who has the time . You are telling me that simultaneously we have nearly three hours of Oral Argument at the United States Supreme Court of the former president claiming he is immune from prosecution for any crime he did while president and debt the exact same time he is
No other president has been indicted like this. Trumps lawyers arguing he should be immune, basically totally immune because he was president during those efforts. That is a new relatively made up claim which they lost unanimously before the respected d. C. Court of appeals. Keep that in mind. That is the recent precedent and context for today, and you may remember that was the now infamous hearing where the trump lawyer openly claimed that as President Trump could have a license to kill american opponents. That was the kind of chilling talk that many, many people across the spectrum rebuked then. That kind of talk was back today with grave questions about murder and coups and trumps lawyer saying its okay or it all depends. Lets say this president , who ordered the military to stage a coup. Orders the military or orders someone to assassinate him, is that within his official acts. I think it would depend on the circumstances. It would depend on the hypothetical. It raises questions. O
There is a possibility they may see some opportunity for some immunity for some president ial decisions. If they decide it that way, it may have to go back down to the District Court which could cause further delay. I appreciate you not being sidetracked by somebody who apparently wants to scream louder than anybody else. Catherine, the lower courts have been unanimous that trump cannot claim immunity. Does that tell you something . I cant imagine theyre going to say a former president has absolute immunity for criminal acts. What will be a win for donald trump is if theyre saying were sending it back to judge chutkan to determine which, if any he would have immunity for and which he would not. Thats a win because that would delay the trial, which is already delayed. So what of course obviously jack smith and Special Counsel is hoping for, a majority of the court will just say, no, absolute immunity from Criminal Prosecution for a former president and clearly jack smith would say this