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the country, including a former president, was the subject of a hearing today in a federal courthouse in washington, d.c. attorneys for donald trump and federal prosecutors argued over trump s claim that the federal election case against him should be dismissed because everything he did in the postelection period was in his official capacity as president. the three-judge panel that is hearing the case appeared spectacle of that claim. the ex-president and jack smith were in the courtroom today. trump has been claiming that president joe biden has been forcing him to appear in court, which is not true, he did have no obligation to appear at today s hearing. trump s attorney argued that allowing the prosecution of donald trump would, quote, open a pandora s box, but the judge has pushed back on that and many of the arguments he was making. trump s lawyer also argued that the president could only be prosecuted if he was impeached and convicted by the senate first, no matte ....
Prosecuted if he was impeached and convicted by the senate first, no matter what he did. no matter how criminal his conduct was. listen to this exchange with judgelorence pan who mes a reference to s.e.a.l. team 6. a president who ordered s.e.a.l. team 6 to assassinate a political rivho was not impeached, would he be subject to criminal prosecution your answer is no. my answer is qualified yes. i asked you a series of hypotheticals about criminal actions that could be taken by a president could be considered official acts and have asked you, would such a president be subject to criminal prosecution if he s not and your yes-or-no answer is no. i believe i said qualified yes if hs impeached or convicted so he s not impeached or convicte let s put that aside. ....