Arizona Fake Electors, Trump Immunity Arguments, Steve's In China

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🗓️ 25 April 2024

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Arizona is now the fourth state to bring "fake elector" charges against allies of Donald Trump. The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments today about whether Trump is immune from criminal prosecution for his official acts as president. And Up First's Steve Inskeep is on a reporting trip in China, where economic pessimism is rising amid frayed U.S. ties.

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0:00.0	I was also going to host from Beijing today, but it felt far.
0:04.0	Oh, you should have come over, you would have been welcome.
0:07.0	Yeah, I just felt like the commute might be a bit much.
0:10.0	Arizona became the fourth state to bring fake elector charges against
0:17.0	allies of Donald Trump. But this grand jury goes further than other states it
0:20.9	indicts the organizers too.
0:23.0	I'm Steve Insky in Beijing.
0:24.8	Leila Foddle is in Washington and this is up first from NPR News.
0:28.2	Donald Trump says he's immune from criminal prosecution for his official acts as
0:36.3	president.
0:37.3	Today the Supreme Court hears the arguments.
0:40.1	Presidents will be paralyzed by the fear of post-election criminal prosecutions.
0:44.5	You don't protect the presidency by immunizing somebody who tries to steal it.
0:49.5	Also, the U.S. Secretary of State is here in China today.
0:53.0	Nobody expects Anthony Blinking to mend relations,
0:56.1	but the U.S hopes to manage them.
0:57.8	We have some of the context here in China's capital.
1:00.2	Stay with us.
1:00.8	We've got the news you need to end your day.
1:06.0	Steve, don't you mean start your day?
1:08.0	Well, we're 12 hours ahead of you here in Beijing, so it's, you know, it's late.
1:12.0	Happy Hour. in Beijing so it's it's you know it's late happy hour.
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