you are live in the cnn newsroom, i m jim acosta in washington. we begin this hour with donald trump arguing that lobbying owe election officials to overturn the 2020 election was within his official responsibilities as president. that argument was part of a brief filed last night in which attorneys for the former president asked an appeals court to dismiss his criminal election subversion case, one day after the supreme court refused to decide for now whether he is protected from prosecution. in the filing trump s attorneys argue that, quote, president trump has absolute immunity, the judicial branch cannot sit in judgment over a president s official acts. the legal wrangling could push a verdict into the heat of the 2024 campaign or even after the election if trump is elected he will try to pardon himself. politico argues trump s legal argument seems to be as much about prevailing in the appeals court as a bid to slow down the case against him. let s discuss that and mo
Politicsnation. Tonights lead destination, georgia. All political roads are leading the states controversialeek. Congresswoman Marjorie Taylor greene made good on her threat to challenge Mike Johnsons speakership yet begun. While Many Democrats followed through on their vow to join republicans in defeating that effort, but not every democrat was on board with saving the speakers skin. Atlanta congress wam Williams Joins me shortly. Meantime in atlanta, georgia governor mike kemp signed three new Voter Repression Bills into law ahead of the 2024 election, making it even harder for black and brown voters to exercise their right to vote. And theres anticipation mixed with controversy on the campus of Morehouse College where President Biden is due to deliver the Commencement Address this weekend. Hell be speaking to the student body deeply divided over to war in gaza as mass protests continue in colleges and universities across the country. All of that tonight plus were 100 days away from
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