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citizen trump. the idea that an american president returns to being an ordinary citizen just like everyone else after they leave office is as fundamental to the concept of america as the bill of rights. we're a nation with no king. and therefore, even the president of the united states is just a citizen. no more, nor less. and as such, they are held to the same laws and provided with the same defenses that you and i get. that is what the three-judge panel on the d.c. circuit court of appeals unanimously ruled today in its crushing legal takedown that counter to trump's stated argumen...

change from what's now known as the lockdown generation takes us off the air tonight. and on that note, i wish you all a very good and a safe night. from all our colleagues across the networks of nbc news, thanks for staying up late. i will see you at the end of tomorrow. ♪ ♪ ♪ >> tonight on all in. >> coould a president order seal team six to assassinate a political rival? >> history inside a d. c. courtroom. >> i asked you a yes or no question. could a president who ordered seal team six to assassinate a political rival who was not impeached, could he be subject to criminal p...

all in with chris hayes starts right now. >> tonight on all in. >> good present order seal team six to assassinate a political rival? >> history inside a d.c. courtroom. >> i asked you yesterday question. could a president who ordered seal team six to assassinate a political rival who was not impeached, could he be subject to criminal prosecution? >> the united ex president claims complete immunity. >> i think qualified, yes if he's impeached and convicted. first >> trump's criminal attorney is confronted with trump's impeachment defense. >> after he's out of office, they're gonna ...

Argument that his lawyer made today before these judges. >> yes. and one of the reasons it's also specious is because this impeachment judgment clause doesn't just apply to presidents. it applies to anyone who could be impeached by the house and senate. former federal judges, four cabinet secretaries, some of those people have been prosecuted without impeachment. hello henry cisneros, the former hud secretary. there are a litany of federal judges who've been prosecuted and convicted, either without impeachment or before they're impeached. so trump's lawyers had to have known that during the im...

>> welcome back to justice. traditionally in the holiday shows we stopped for a few minutes to play one of my favorite opens of the past year. this one is from a few weeks ago but it captures perfectly exactly what i and much of the country are feeling right now as recent and the middle of this impeachment debacle. take a look ♪ ♪ >> extra extra read all about it. the printing press has started in the assembly line is warming up to manufacturers or trump hats, truck t-shirts, sweatshirts, bumper stickers and dog leashes. the democrats have just wasted themselves on their own petard.