Dont go anywhere. I will be back with Rachel Maddow and the whole gang for special Coverage Of Trump On Trial that starts right now. The expresident of the United States. Two american courtrooms. Facing Criminal Trial in one. I will go in now and sit. And making a desperate case to avoid justice in the other. We will hear arguments this morning in trump versus the United States. Tonight, new testimony of the alleged criminal conspiracy to help elect donald trump. Reporter trump turned to the business at hand and asked david pecker, how is our girl . As his argument for absolute immunity finally goes before the Supreme Court. This court has never recognized absolute criminal immunity for any public official. A private attorney who was willing to spread false claims of Election Fraud what was up with the pardon for president nixon . If everybody thought president s couldnt be prosecuted, what was that about . If it fails completely it is because we have destroyed our democracy. Tonight,
There is a possibility they may see some opportunity for some immunity for some president ial decisions. If they decide it that way, it may have to go back down to the District Court which could cause further delay. I appreciate you not being sidetracked by somebody who apparently wants to scream louder than anybody else. Catherine, the lower courts have been unanimous that trump cannot claim immunity. Does that tell you something . I cant imagine theyre going to say a former president has absolute immunity for criminal acts. What will be a win for donald trump is if theyre saying were sending it back to judge chutkan to determine which, if any he would have immunity for and which he would not. Thats a win because that would delay the trial, which is already delayed. So what of course obviously jack smith and Special Counsel is hoping for, a majority of the court will just say, no, absolute immunity from Criminal Prosecution for a former president and clearly jack smith would say this
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