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president has, with private individuals and using the levers of power, sought to fundamentally subvert the democratic republic and the electoral system. >> and argued that impeachment and conviction through a political process should not be required through a criminal prosecution. >> i think it would be awfully scary if there weren't a mechanism by which to reach that criminally. >> so what happens next? >> well, anderson, it appears unlikely that trump is going to prevail here. but even if he loses, he can still ask the entire circuit to hear his case. now, that would require a majority of the judges in this circuit to agree to hear the case. unclear if they will do that. this strategy is as much about delay as it is about the constitutional questions. if that doesn't work, he can still appeal to the supreme court. but it is unclear if they're going to want to weigh in here. remember, they're already weighing his other question related to trump about valid

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said in court. >> there is a quote in the congressional record in which your counsel -- your client said through counsel no former office holder is immune from investigation and prosecution. >> investigation is no issue. that may be true of subordinate officers, but as to the president, he is immune unless he is impeached. >> he was president at the time, and his position was that no former office holder is immune. and, in fact, the argument was there is no need to vote for impeachment because we have this backstop, which is criminal prosecution. and it seems that many senators relied on that, voting to acquit. >> don't. >> yeah, look. so when i was arnold inspector's chief of staff 100 years ago. during the clinton impeachment, my former boss had an op-ed that said we don't need to impeach him. he could be tried when he's out of office.

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courts want to think about seriously. the special counsel said, look, you don't have to agree with the judge that there is no such thing as presidential immunity from criminal prosecution in all circumstances, full stop. you could just say that in the circumstances presented here, it is very clear there is no immunity. and we will leave open for another day the possibility there is a narrow set of exceptional circumstances. he gave the example of a president on short notice has to decide whether to order a drone strike. he said that might be a situation where it is a national military interest at stake and there is very little time where a court would say we are reluctant to say there could never be presidential immunity. if you are inclined to reach this, just leave it open for another day and decide here there is just no question. >> there were attorneys for trump that argued something different during the second impeachment after the instruction. i want to play some of what was

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that's been the line, you don't have to have impeachment. obviously the trump people argued that as well. we don't need to impeach him. there is a backstop here, the court system here. you're on the record, you're on the record. >> what are you hearing from trump's team? >> i don't think today went the way they expected it to go. they went into this thinking a lot of the arguments would be what trump is arguing, what they articulated in their written brief, which is the actions he took after the election between then and january 6th were duties as president, that he was doing this to make sure that the laws of the land, the election laws, were faithfully carried out. that is their argument. obviously people disagree with that, but that is the argument they had been making, that it wasn't election nearing, that he had said, which he is not saying at the time, he knew the election was over and he was doing his official duties. they ran into a brick wall with these arguments, not only with bruce's quote. the judge, i think, providing a difficult time for trump's attorneys. and i don't also think it went the way trump thought it was

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prosecution. >> i asked a yes or no question. >> there is a political process that would have to occur under the structure of our constitution, which would require impeachment and prosecution by the senate in these exceptional cases. >> trump's lawyers argued that when trying to overturn the 2020 election trump was acting in his official capacity. >> to authorization the prosecution of a president would open a pandora's box for which this nation may never recover. >> trump's lawyer also warned that if this mere absolute immunity is not recognized, there could be a possibility of vindictive prosecutions against political rivals. >> it would authorize, for example, the indictment of president biden and the western district of texas for mismanaging the border allegedly. >> the special counsel rejected these arguments, noting that charges were brought in this case because of what they describe as extraordinary conduct. >> never before has there been allegations that a sitting

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impeach, he could be tried when he is out of office. that's been the, that's been the line. you don't have to impeachment, obviously the trump people argued that as well, we don't need to impeach him, there's a backstop here, it's the court system. and you're on the record, you're on the record. >> caitlin, what are you hearing from trump's team about? >> i don't think today went the way they expected it to go. i mean, i thought that they would go into this thinking that a lot of the arguments would be what trump has been arguing, and what they articulated in their written brief, which was that the actions that he took after the election between then and january six were duties as president, that he was doing this to make sure that the laws of the land, the election laws were faithfully carried. that is their argument, obviously people disagree with that. but that is the argument they had been making, that it wasn't electioneering, that he, as he now said when she was not saying at the time, he knew the election was, over and that's what he was doing in his official duties. it went into a completely different way, they essentially ran into a brick wall with these arguments. not only would -- bruce right there that the judge was referencing, judge pan providing a really

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for another day, and decide here there's just no question. >> the attorneys for trump argued something different after the, during the second impeachment after the insurrection. i want to play youou some of w t was said in court. >> there is a quote in the congressional record, in which your council, i'm sorry your client said through council, no former officeholder is immune from the destination and prosecution. >> investigation is what -- well, that may be true -- but as to the principal officer, the president, he is immune unless he is impeached and convicted. and again it comes back to. -- >> but he was the president at the time, and his position was that no former officeholder is immune. and in fact, the argument was there is no need to vote for an impeachment, because we have this backstop, this criminal prosecution, and it seems that many senators relied on that, to voting to acquit. >> it -- i mean look, it, i was -- chief of staff 100 years ago, right. in the clinton administration, during the clinton impeachment, my former boss had an op-ed that ran in the new york times that said, we don't need to

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president has, with private individuals, and using the levers of power, sought to fundamentally subvert the democratic republic and the electoral system. >> and argued that impeachment and conviction through a political process should not be required, before a criminal prosecution. >> i think it would be awfully scary if there weren't some sort of mechanism by which to reach that, criminally. >> paula, so what happens next? >> well anderson, it appears unlikely that trump is going to prevail here. but even if he loses, he can still ask the entire circuit to hear his case. now, that would require a majority of the judges in the circuit to agree to hear the case. it's unclear if they will do that. but remember, the strategy is as much about delay as it is about the constitutional questions. and if that doesn't work, he can still appeal to the supreme court. but it's unclear if they are going to want to weigh in here. remember, they are already weighing this other question related to trump about ballot eligibility.

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>> but i asked you a yes or no question. >> there is a political process that would have to occur under the structure of the constitution, which would require impeachment and conviction by the senate. and in these exceptional cases -- >> trump's lawyers argue that when trying to overturn the 2020 election, trump was acting in his official capacity. >> to authorize the prosecution of a president for his official acts would open a pandora's box, from which this nation may never recover. >> trump's lawyer also warned that if this near absolute immunity was not recognized, there could be a possibility of vindictive prosecutions against political rivals. >> it would authorize, for example, the indictment of president biden in the western district of texas after he leaves office, for him it's mismanaging the border, allegedly. >> the special counsel rejected the arguments, noting that charges brought in this case because of what they described as extraordinarily conduct. >> never before has there been allegations that a sitting

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