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welcome to inside politics. i m manu roaju in for dana bash. is donald trump immune from actions he took in office. that crucial question now in the hands of three judges on the d.c. court of appeal. trump says he cannot be prosecuted for trying to overturn the election because they were, quote, official actions he took while president. moments ago, we heard from trump himself. i think it s very unfair when an opponent, a political opponent, is prosecuted by the doj by biden s doj, so they re losing in every poll. and they re losing in almost every demographic. numbers came out today that are really very mind boggling if you happen to be joe biden. and i think they feel this is the way they re going to try to win. that was outside the courtroom, inside the court, with his d.c. criminal trial looming, trump s lawyer and the special counsel s office made their cases in the high stakes hearing today. if a president has to look over his shoulder or her shoulder ever ....
[gunfire] [explosions] ainsley this is a Fox News Alert. On day five of the war in israel, the real threat of a twofront conflict. Gaza and lebanon. Brian here would go. Last two hours idf striking targets in lebanon after launching antitank fire into Northern Israel second straight day. Steve the attack by the iranian backed Terror Group HezbollahPresident Biden warned israels adversaries to stay out of this conflict. Watch this. Let me say again to any country, any organization, anyone thinking of taking advantage of the situation, i have one word, dont. Dont. Lawrence so here at home we are still without a speaker of the house as israel looks to washington for its full support. This morning republican lawmakers are set to vote to select their nominee w ....
Country. it s a sad thing that s happened with this whole situation. we have more now from chief legal affairs correspondent paula reid. reporter: former president trump traveled to washington tuesday to wash arguments in a federal appeals court hearing over whether he should be shielded from criminal prosecution. i feel that as a the president, you have to have immunity. reporter: trump was not required to be in attendance, but he was in court to website the three-judge panel express skepticism of his legal team s claim he cannot be prosecuted for his actions unless he s first impeached and convicted by congress. that s an official act in order to seal team 6. he would have to be and would speededly be impeached and convicted before the criminal prosecution. i asked a yes or no question. ....
trump s team took a surprising position that land them in the spot where they were arguing it could be that the president orders murder and c cannot be prosecuted. they invented this argument that first you have to be impeached by the house and convicted by the senate, and only then can you be prosecuted. and i want people the to understand, there s no magic to these formulations. we re in new ground here legally. it s not like there s some code had hidden in the constitution. what the judges are going to be asking is is this workable? if it does, you re out of luck. i don t think trump s lawyers are going to win this. the countdown is on to the iowa caucuses. now just five days away, republicans nikki haley and ron desantis will face-off at a cnn debateonight. while donald trump takes part in a fox ne town . a n c poll shows haley has closed the gap significantly she s now just 7 pois f the ....
Rival? that s an official act in order to seal team 6. he would have to be and would speedily be impeached and convicted. but if he weren t, there would be more criminal prosecution, no criminal liability for that? the opinion of our constitution and the plain language of the impeachment judgment clause, all three suppose what the founders were concerned about i asked you a yes or no question. could a president who ordered seal team 6 to assassinate a political rival, who was not impeached, could he be subject to criminal prosecution? yes. and that s where you hear the former president s legal team being cornered really on this idea that, well, if he was impeached and he was convicted, then only then could the justice ....