the 2020 federal election interference case. emphasis on voluntary. good morning to our viewers in the united states and around the world. i m kasie hunt. it s wednesday, january 10th. it s 5:00 a.m. in washington. it s 4:00 a.m. in des moines, where ron desantis and nikki haley will be one-on-one for the first time a at tonight s cnn debate. that debate is the candidate s last chance to face-off before the iowa caucuses in just five days. it remains part of the race for second place, and we ll be missing the front runner, donald trump, who is skipping the event to be part of a fox news town hall. trump also skipped a day on the campaign trail yesterday choosing, his choice to appear in a d.c. courtroom to hear arguments in his federal election subversion case over the claim he has presidential immunity barring him from criminal prosecution for his role leading up to the january 6th capitol attack. trump, who again was not required to be there, had this to say after the hea
tonight on three 60, can the president get away with murder? that question in the chilling answer got a court today is the former president makes a case for presidential immunity and raises the specter of criminal impunity. also tonight, the grandmother who bought the election lie, does she still believe it going into her first night of a five year sentence? and later, meet the man who has found a airliners missing door plug in his own back yard. his find could help find experts find out what severely damaged airlines flight. that nothing a president doesn t office can be criminally prosecuted unless he or she is first impeached by the house and convicted by the senate that s what his attorney, john sauer told a three judge panel of the d. c. circuit court of appeals today. and what s more, in a remarkable exchange with one of them, judge florence pan he conceded that the principle would apply even if a president ordered a hit on a political opponent. i asked you, yes or
ac 360 starts now. tonight on 360, can a president get away with murder? that question and the chilling answer in court today as the former president makes a case for presidential immunity and raises the spector of criminal impunity. also tonight the grandmother that bought the election lie. does she still believe it going into her first night? and the man that found an airliner s missing door plug in his own backyard. his find could help investigators find out what severely damaged the flight. thanks for joining us. we begin with the former president s striking claim in court today that nothing a president does in office can be criminally prosecuted unless he or she is first impeached by the house and convicted by the senate. that s what his attorney said to the d.c. court of appeals today. the judge conceded that the principal would apply even if a president ordered a hit on a political opponent. yes or no question, could a president that ordered seal team six to
there is no magic to these formulations. we re in new ground here legally. it is not like there is some code hidden in the constitutions. what the judges and maybe some day the justices will be asking is is this workable? does this lead to an outrageous outcome? if it does, i think you are out of luck. i don t think trump lawyers are going to win this off this argument. after this immune argument, if the president committed crimes while in office and wasn t impeached, there would be no mechanism for accountability. exactly. think of the worst outcome possible. and their position is unless he s not only impeached but impeached and convicted by the senate, he s scot-free. the better answer would be of course he could be prosecuted. could the president kill his vailly and if it wasn t done on the white house lawn and there was some question about who did it. exactly. by the argument that donald trump s team made today, he would be scot-free. but the better argument would be
probably did, too, of being told if a police officer tells you to do something, you should probably do it. that didn t happen that day. of course, the police were telling you guys to go away. they never actually told us to go away. i never had an officer look at me and say, you need to leave or i m going to arrest you. footage like this of rachel seen here in the fur hooded coat pushing against a police line and messages she posted on social media condoning violence ahead of january 6th were used by prosecutors to argue that rachel wasn t just a peaceful protester who got caught up in the chaos of the day. do you regret that day? i regret and have a lot of remorse for ruining my family s life. i mean, in one day, i destroyed everything. really for nothing. i don t have remorse for attending protests. i don t have remorse for speaking out and saying that i