court might soon decide an issue that could mean criminal charges against the former president simply vanished. so why is he telling the court, hey, not so fast when it comes to taking up the case? also tonight, was the colorado supreme court right to boot him off the ballot under the 14th amendment? we can ask the voters. plus, just in time for christmas, a judge rules that the women rudy giuliani defamed with his election lies can start trying to collect that nearly 100 and $50 million he owes them, right now. good evening. i m pamela brown in for anderson tonight. first up, why the former president s legal team asked the supreme court not to bypass an appeals court and quickly take up the question of whether he enjoys legal immunity for his actions as president. a decision you think any defendant facing charges the white be invalidated would want asap, except perhaps this defended, who is running for president. we re going to talk in a moment with our legal panel about tha
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