judge panel that did not include a single right wing white man appointed by donald trump. dom trump s best hope on that bench today was 79 year old karen henderson, who was appointed a federal district court judge by president ronald reagan and then elevated to the circuit court of appeals in washington, d.c., by president george h. w. bush, 34 years ago. judge henderson had this reaction to donald trump s lawyers claim that donald trump cannot now be prosecuted for any crimes committed while president. i think it s paradoxical to say that his constitutional duty to take care of the laws to be faithfully .
president. i think it s paradoxical to say that his constitutional duty to take care of the laws to be faithfully excecuted allows him to violate criminal laws. and that was not the worst of what donald trump had to hear from the three judge panel today. judge michelle childs was first appointed as a federal district judge in south carolina by president obama, president biden updated her to the d.c. court of appeals. of south carolina urged president biden to appoint judge michelle childs to the united states supreme court, but she came in second in the biden s election process for the now supreme court seat occupied by justice ketanji brown jackson. donald trump s lawyer, john
. . for the now supreme court snow by justice ketanji brown jackson. trump s lawyer, john tower, was the first to speak in the proceeding as is customary in a peel and judge child interrupted him almost immediately to point out that there is nothing in the constitution that supports the trump argument that a president can only be prosecuted after being impeached by the house of representatives and convicted in a trial in the senate. you re not giving me
and a white woman two years older than donald trump. donald trump has expressed himself clearly as a racist, a misogynist over the course of his public life. and so we can be close to certain on how he must have been seething at a three-judge panel of those women, a three-judge panel that did not include a single right-wing white man appointed by donald trump. trump s best hope on that bench today was 79-year old karen henderson, who was appointed a federal district court judge by president ronald reagan and then elevated to the circuit court of appeals in washington, d. c., by president george h. w. bush, 34 years ago. judge henderson had this reaction to donald trump s lawyer
and so, she is unlikely it appears to sentence trump or his codefendants to any form of confinement, even if they are found guilty in her courtroom. just about everything that really matters to criminal defendant donald trump is at stake in tomorrow s hearing which will be, again, at 9:30 a. m.. you can hear every word of the hearing right here on msnbc. donald trump has said he will attend the hearing. but the defendant has absolutely no role in an appeals court proceeding. if donald trump does attend that hearing, it will likely be so that he can try to cloud out the coverage of what was actually said during the hearing by making trump style irrelevant proclamations and lying proclamations outside of the courthouse after the hearing. the three judges, the three judge panel the appeals court hearing the case tomorrow, includes two judges appointed by president biden and one judge appointed by president