anything he did while president, which would tackle a couple of the cases that he is involved in. it would not deal with everything. the other is that with respect to the election, he was tried by congress, and he was not convicted by the senate. you will recall after donald trump s acquittal by the senate, mitch mcconnell himself said that this is a matter of the courts to handle. apparently not for donald trump. yeah, on the first point, immunity from prosecution for crimes committed during the course of your presidency would be a standing invitation to do what donald trump did to try to overthrow the government. you can never be prosecuted after trying to do that. trump will be setting the tempo for people getting into office and doing whatever they could, like she could, in order to convert our constitutional democracy to a dictatorship. it s ridiculous and directly contradicted but the language that the constitution, which
great to be with you, ali. what do you make of all the posturing about donald trump about immunity? he makes two separate cases. one, he s immune from anything he did while president, which would tackle a couple of the cases he s involved in. it wouldn t deal with everything. but the other is with respect to the election he was tried by congress and he was not convicted by the senate. you ll recall after donald trump s acquittal by the senate, mitch mcconnell himself said this is a battle for the courts to handle. apparently not for donald trump. yeah, well, on the first point, immunity from prosecution for crimes comitted during the course of your presidency would be a standing invitation to do what trump did to try to overthrow the government because you can never be prosecuted for trying to do that. so trump would be setting the template for people getting into office and then doing whatever they could, lie, cheat, and steal in order to convert our
for the trump campaign, asking the court to weigh in on the filing. it could come in at any moment as. well joining us now is a member of the january six committee, jamie raskin, congressman from maryland. congressman, good to see you, thank you for being with us. great to be with you, ali. congressman, what do you make of all of the posturing by donald trump about immunity? he makes two separate cases. one is that he is immune from anything he did while president, which would tackle a couple of the cases that he is involved in. it would not deal with everything. the other is that with respect to the election, he was tried by congress, and he was not convicted by the senate. you will recall after donald trump s acquittal by the senate, mitch mcconnell himself said that this is a matter for the courts to handle. apparently not for donald trump. yeah, on the first point, immunity from prosecution for crimes committed during the course of your presidency would be a standing invitati
thing justice thomas appears to have been comped for was a standing invitation to this place. and members only golf club it also used to be long to billionaire wayne huizenga and, he didn t charge admission. all of its 200 plus members were just invited by huizenga to eat and play and relax for free. the club has since been sold and now charges $150,000 just as the initiation fee. justice thomas has been spotted there multiple times. now, the supreme court effectively polices itself nondisclosure for stuff like this and propublica s up front that not all of the hospitality they report on here may have required disclosure. all the wealthy benefactors involve say that this hospitality should not be judged so harshly because they are thomas s friends. propublica has not identified any legal cases these wealthy
also had the honor of flying on this custom private 737 jumbo jet that has been retrofitted with recliner seats and mahogany dining tables and also the miami dolphins logo. they got that privilege thanks to their friend wayne, another billionaire who used toown both the miami dolphins and florida panthers and apparently used the jet to shuttle the thomases to and from games because he was a really nice guy, especially if you were a supreme court justice. but maybe the most exclusive thing justice thomas appears to have been comped for was a standing invitation to this place, the members-only golf club, the floridian. it also used to belong to billionaire wayne and he didn t charge admission to it. all the 200 plus members were invited by him to eat and play and relax for free. the club has since been sold and now charges $150,000 just as the