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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
hannity and tonight, a dire,o new warning from a prominent democrat. joe bidee n n is deep trouble as very, very dark news for his campaign. o take we have a full report tonight. plus, we re going to take you inside. inside jiden sjoe biden s very y christmas celebration at the whit te house that you ve got to see to believe. but first, fear loathing at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. a nevania avw political report w claiming that biden is frustrated and anxious, mad about his son s legal woes, even lashing out at white a house aides blasting even his own ag, merrick garland, for allowing his son to be charged with a crime. with o deep panic surrounding the president s looming impeachment inquiresiden and iran, purportedly written by joe biden, the president attc is accusing republicans of, quote, attacking me with instead of doing their job on the urgent work that need s to be done. they are choosing to waste time on this baseless ns political stunt. well, apparently house repub
tonight a dire new warning from a prominent democrat, joe biden is in deep trouble after very, very dark news for his campaign. we have a full report tonight. plus we re going to take you inside joe biden s very creepy christmas celebration at the white house that you ve got to see to believe. but first, fear and loathing at 1600 pennsylvania avenue. a new political report now claiming that biden is frustrated and anxious and mad about his son s legal woes even lashing out at white house aides blasting even his own ag merrick garland for allowing his son to be charged with a crime. also deep panic surrounding the president s looming impeachment inquiry and in a rant reportedly written by joe biden, the president is accusing republicans of, quote, attacking me with lies instead of doing their job on the urgent work that needs to be done. they are choosing to waste time on this baseless political stunt. apparently house republicans struck a nerve, including right here on this p