Imal prosecution, there can be no presidency as we know. For 234 years ofmecan history, no president was ever prosecuted for h oicial act. The framers of our constitution viedn energetic executive as essential to securing liberty. If a president can be charged, put on trial and in prison f his most controversial decision as soon as he leaves office, that looming threat will distort the president s decisionmaking precisely when bold and fearless action is mo nded. Every currt esident will face de facto blackmail and tortion by his political rivals while he is still i office. E implications of the courts decision here extend fareyd the facts of this case. Could president george w. Bush have been sent to prison for obstructing an official proceedi oallegedly lying to congress to induce war in iraq . Could president obama be charged with murder for killinu. Citizens abroad by drone strike . Could President Biden someday be charged with unlawfully inducing immigran tenter the country illega
The Us Supreme Court or historic arguments are about to unfold testing former president Donald Trumps unprecedented claim of absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for his attempts to overturn his 2020 election defeat. The hub couldnt determine if the Presumptive Republican president ial nominees federal election subversion trial happens before this year is 2024. Election or at all . Im Kaitlan Collins outside of the high court and im Anderson Cooper over looking at Manhattan Criminal Courthouse while the Supreme Court hears trumps Immunity Case the former president is here in New York City in the midst of His First Criminal Trial For Hush Money Scheme allegedly aimed at helping his 2016 president ial campaign the leadoff witness, former National Enquirer executive david pecker resumes his testimony soon, recovering. Both of these monumental cases in the hours ahead. Im jake tapper in washington and this is cnn Special Coverage, the trump Immunity Battle at the Us Supreme Court ab
To have said all i need you to do is to find me 11,000 votes unchanged. I think if you look at that context it is pretty clear that petitioner is acting in the capacity of office seeker, not as president i am focus on the legal test. I am not hearing any objections to it. Other than i think the d. C. Circuit place more Content Consideration off limit then i went. I want to understand on the court immunity, or whatever word we use, it seems to me that we are narrowing the ground of dispute here considerably. Do we look at motives . The president s motives for his actions . For example, he has lots of power as weve discussed, but he might use them to enhance his election in his personal interest. It is not a relevant consideration when we look at core powers . I think of this more as looking at the objectives of the activity as opposed to the subjective motives in the sense that you are i think there is concern about seeing a electoral motive to be reelected as such. Every firstterm pres
Content, its clear that petitioner is acting in the capacity as office seeker, not as president. We would look at that content. Okay. The test im focused on the legal test. Im not hearing any objections to it. Other than, i think that the d. C. Circuit placed more Content Consideration off limits than i would. All right. I wanted to understand, on the Core Immunity or whatever word we use, that it seems to me we are narrowing the ground of dispute here considerably, do we look at motives, the president s motives for his actions . For example, he has more power as we discussed, but he might use them to enhance his election, his personal interests. Is that a relevant consideration when were looking at core powers . I am thinking of this more as looking at the objective of the activity as opposed to the subjective motive in the sense that your honor is talking about. I think theres a lot of concern about saying an electoral motive to be reelected. Right. Every firstterm president everythi
Well, good evening everyone, im laura coast. A week that began with merrick garland, one of the most powerful democrats in washington, d. C. Now being charged with corruption. Conspiracy to commit bribery, conspiracy to commit extortion under color of official right. Essentially using his official position to force someone to give him something of value. Tonight we are taking a deep dive into all of it from the investigation to the indictment and of course the political fallout and here are the Big Questions ive been asking all day after seeing all the reports thats cut through all of it. Here are the real yes, sir, number one, did he do it . Did he do it . Could a senator who left a hung jury in his last trial, led to personal favors really have been so imraizenbrabrazen a a second sometime around . Is corruption at its very finest, could the rules force him to step down there his position as chairman oar from the senate or maybe will the better question is will he actually do that .