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We just finished recording the Newsagents USA when some pretty big breaking news happened.

And so we thought we should start by bringing you up to date on what this means.

It is a decision by the Appeals Court, a federal appeals court, which has stated

that Donald Trump cannot use presidential immunity as a shield against criminal charges over

alleged interference. And just to explain, it was a unanimous decision, it's a three-judge panel,

it can still be overturned by the Supreme Court, which could intervene

on Donald Trump's behalf, but there is a potential likelihood that they will let this pass

because the language the appeals court has used is so completely strident. It has made it so clear that it is

unacceptable for him to be given presidential immunity. It almost begs a question as what argument

they would use to overcome it. It is, just to clarify, a huge win for Jack Smith, who's the special prosecutor

in the election interference case. That court trial was meant to be happening at the beginning

of March. It then got delayed, pushed back whilst they were waiting for this. It could

still happen towards the end of March now, or maybe April. But in very, very forceful language, the appeals

court rejected the notion of blanket immunity. So this is quite a critical moment because on

Thursday of this week, we will be hearing what the Supreme Court rules over the Colorado

question.

This is whether the former president should be taken off the ballot because he engaged in

insurrection.

This was something that the Colorado Supreme Court decided.

That got sent up to the overall US Supreme Court. They will be deciding on that

question on Thursday. But right now, in this news, it's just reaching us, which we're going to

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