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washington. glad to have you. here right now in south carolina, there are major developments in alex murdaugh s double murder trial. the prosecution now respond ing after the defense presented its closing arguments yesterday. defense attorney jim griffin made an emotional plea when wrapping up his presentation. there are two words that justice demands this thises case and those two words are not guilty. the oath you have taken in this case it requires a verdict not dwlt. on behalf of alex, of buster, on behalf of maggie and on behalf of my friend paul, i respectfully request that you do not compound a family tragedy with another thank you. just before closing arguments began, the judge remove d a jurr for discussing the case outside of the trial. diane gallagher is outside of the court in south carolina. diane, what more did the defense say today as they were presenting to the jury in these final hours of this trial? reporter: jim griffin spoke for about 2 hours a ....
Violence on january. i ll read you what says. no part of an official responsibility includes the incite mment of imminent violen. what this means is the justice department is telling the appeals court here in washington that is considering these cases that the president doesn t have absolute immunity against these lawsuits. a more narrow ruling that the president is taking that he should have some immunity for things having to do with his political speech. stay on top of that. appreciate your time. thank you. i m abbi phillip in ....