because the court of appeals heard a major concession, see what i did there, from the lawyer from a former president who has refused to concede that he lost the election, and he did lose that election. before today trump s lawyers were absolutely, what s the word, adamant, totally convinced that the president has absolute immunity from trump s conduct while of course he was in office. they wouldn t even budge on this point. well, first they wouldn t budge. right out of the gate with question from one of the judges in the federal court, they were forced to make a powerful concession, that of course there is not absolute immunity meaning, you can never charge a former president for action taken while in office, if it was criminal or otherwise? they could see that you can prosecute under certain circumstances. and they only admitted that after the judge gave them a whole string of hypotheticals, there s only one legitimate truthful answer could a president who ordered sealed
president that refuses to concede that he lost the election. and he did lose that election. before today, trump s lawyers were absolutely what s the word -e eadamant. that the president had immunity for his conduct while in office. they wouldn t budge on this point. at first they wouldn t budge. right out of the gate, from questioning of one of the judges, they were forced to make a powerful confession, that of course, there is not absolute immunity, meaning you can never charge a former president for action taken while in office, if it was criminal or otherwise. they could you can. you can prosecute under certain circumstances. and they only admitted that, after the judge gave him a whole string of hypotheticals that can really only have one legitimate, truthful answer. could a president who ordered s.e.a.l. team 6, be subject to prosecution? if he were impeached and convicted first. the answer is no? my answer is qualified yes. a qualified what? a qualified y
Trump team, what caught it to be. the government is distorting the we ll establish roofs the united states supreme court s articulate in the case of naked nixon v fitzgerald, it s already the lawyer honor. that a president is not immune for these wild hypotheticals we ve been hearing, the united states supreme court has that a president s immune for their official acts, if there was an assassination, or all these things. that is not an official act, that is beyond the bounds. we simply want to take this well-established rule that works, it is in civil cases, it should apply in criminal cases, the danger to the normal function of our country is greater. we don t want bush prosecuted, we don t want biden prosecuted, we don t want to bomb a prosecuted for ordinary activities. we don t want president trump prosecuted either. but, let s just apply the rule,
Nixon v. fitzgerald. it s already the law, your honor, that a president is not immune for these wild hypotheticals we ve been hearing today. no. the united states supreme court has said that a president is immune for their official acts. well, if there was an assassination or all these things, that s not an official act. that s what we call beyond the bounds. we want to take this well-establish rule that works, your honor. it s in civil cases. it should apply more in criminal cases. the danger to the normal functioning of our country is greater. we don t want bush prosecuted. we don t want biden prosecuted. we don t want president trump prosecuted, either. let s not apply the rule the district court even refused to
Governor, the dog catcher, you have to keep it separated out. the presidency, i think should be easier to do. you have staffs around the campaigns and the presidential office. to help you draw those lines to make sure you don t cross them. in the case of president trump, i think he wanted to cross those lines and didn t think about them in any instances. that s why he s in the deep trouble he s in. you mentioned the former president. there s the current president, biden, and a member of his cab innocent, that can think of impeachment. you have impeachment inquiry, when it comes to biden. you have impeachment over secretary mayorcas, as well. they think that democrats opened up two impeachments in trump. in an area we never had them for longer periods of time.