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>> 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 off...

Cameras available to be there. >> he made good time. if you look at this brief, it is by and large a very substantive brief. there is a little hyperbole that sneaks in there. this is all a joe biden setup. but by and large they are taking on the issues that they will be asked about today. >> and it is so important to walk through the charge. the actual substance of what they are being asked to decide today. it is not just the idea of was there presidential immunity. trump's team trying to suggest that he had double jeopardy that is attached here. and that is an important point we'll hear a lot...

Him when it comes to what this could mean for him legally. incredibly significant. but also we're less than a week now away from the iowa caucuses. and the former president making the choice to be in the court instead of on the campaign trail. what have you heard from your sources so why? >>. >> reporter: absolutely he does not have to here. he could be in iowa, but he has chosen to go to court. as you noted, this is not mandatory, but this doesn't go -- this goes to his narrative that all of this is election interference, that this is political prosecution. and in fact he sent out a text mess...

This is one week before the iowa caucuses. >> he posted that if he can be prosecuted, even though that he is arguing that he can't, then joe biden can as well. this is what he said. >> joe would be right for indictment. so you are saying that trump shouldn't get immunity but joe biden would? i didn't do anything like he did. i ran a great country. >> and so it is important because is that political calculation. his right to make that choice to go to court as he is going today. but it is a political calculation that he is making here and it also seems to undercut his argument that he has presid...