Appeals court rules that Donald Trump isn't immune to charges he tried to overturn the 2020 election
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🗓️ 7 February 2024
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| 0:08.0 | Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson Wilson and today is Wednesday, February 7th, 2024. This is the |
| 0:17.9 | excerpt. Today how Trump's immunity argument fell flat in appeals court. |
| 0:27.0 | Plus we have the results from Nevada's primaries and we look ahead to this year's |
| 0:31.4 | Super Bowl commercials. |
| 0:33.0 | Former President Donald Trump's claims of presidential immunity in his federal election interference case |
| 0:40.0 | were rejected yesterday by a DC appeals court. |
| 0:43.3 | The decision sets the stage for another potential showdown |
| 0:46.4 | at the Supreme Court. |
| 0:47.8 | I spoke with USA Today Justice Department correspondent |
| 0:50.7 | Aisha Bogchi for more. |
| 0:52.8 | Hello, Aisha? |
| 0:53.6 | Hi Taylor. |
| 0:54.8 | So Aisha, let's start here. |
| 0:56.7 | What happened in DC Appeals Court yesterday |
| 0:59.7 | surrounding former President Donald Trump's claims of presidential immunity. |
| 1:04.1 | The DC Federal Appeals Court issued a ruling saying Donald Trump is not immune from |
| 1:09.6 | prosecution in his federal election interference case by virtue of the fact that he was president. |
| 1:15.7 | So this is an issue that has kept his federal election interference case on hold in case the |
| 1:20.8 | trial could impact people's votes or what happens to former |
| 1:24.8 | President Trump before the election. It's been on hold finally this appeals court |
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