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Donald Trump and his lawyers are making an extraordinary demand in the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals: They want Trump granted immunity from criminal charges related to his subversion of the 2020 election, because the actions were undertaken while he still occupied the White House.This has been widely depicted as a Hail Mary effort to scuttle special counsel Jack Smith’s prosecution of Trump for conspiracy to obstruct the official proceeding of Congress’s count of presidential electors—otherwise

Employment as a sole member of the executive branch, it's for acting on the outer perimeter. decisions that he has to have discretion to make. if you have no discretion, why are you elected as president of the united states? that's the bottom line. the president should be afforded immunity. if the d.c. court does not make that decision, that would be mind boggling to me, to be honest. >> martha: so how long -- tell me about the time frame. obviously this is layered in an election year. this will likely go to the supreme court. their decision is likely to have bearing on a number of these cases...

States, and prevent the peaceful transfer of power to pridt biden. it was not long after he pled but not guilty that his lawyers began citing presidential immunity, presidential immunity in hopes of getting the entire case dismissed. they first filed claims back in october, arguing that trump has absolute immunity from crimin prosecution for actions that were performed within the, quote, outer perimeter of his official duties as president. in december, judge tanya chutkan rejected the claims, saying that quote, former presidents don't possess absolute criminal immunity for any of the acts comm...

In federal court, trump's lawyers will try to convince a three judge panel that trump is immune from prosecution. now, this trial was supposed to kick off on march 4th, but is temporarily on hold. there is a ton to follow regarding trump's legal peril, and you know there's a lot coming up. but before we go there, let's remind ourselves how we got there. in august, special counsel jack smith brought a four count indictment against trump, including charges he conspired to defraud the united states and prevented the peaceful transfer of power to present biden. and it wasn't long after he pled not...

Trump's attempt to have the courts immunize him from criminal liability poses a threat to democracy. The appeals court should quickly reject such dangerous theories and the Supreme Court must follow suit.