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CAFE Insider 2/6: No Immunity for Citizen Trump

Stay Tuned with Preet

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🗓️ 6 February 2024

⏱️ 15 minutes

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Summary

In this excerpt from the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance break down the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals ruling that former presidents, including Donald Trump, are not absolutely immune from criminal prosecution. In the full episode, Preet and Joyce further discuss the court’s decision, including the rationale for why Trump’s double jeopardy arguments fail and whether Trump will appeal the ruling to the Supreme Court.  Stay informed. For analysis of the most important legal and political issues of our time, become a member of CAFE Insider: www.cafe.com/insider. You’ll get access to full episodes of the podcast and other exclusive content. This podcast is brought to you by CAFE Studios and the Vox Media Podcast Network. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Hey folks, Preet here.

0:03.3

Big news today, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals has ruled that former President

0:08.1

Donald Trump is not absolutely immune from criminal prosecution, writing,

0:12.8

quote,

0:13.6

former President Trump has become citizen Trump

0:16.6

with all of the defenses of any other criminal defendant,

0:19.3

end quote.

0:20.4

Joyce Vance and I discuss this important case on the Cafe Insider Podcast.

0:24.4

To hear our full conversation and access all other Cafe Insider content,

0:28.4

try the membership for just $1 for one month.

0:31.4

You can do that at cafe.com slash insider.

0:35.0

That's cafe.com slash insider.

0:38.0

We look forward to having you as a part of the insider community. Let's spend a few minutes on the substance and we'll talk more about this as warranted

0:50.7

next week when we've had a chance to dive in a little more deeply.

0:54.0

It may come as a surprise to folks that this question, you know, 200 some odd years

1:00.8

into the republic's existence with you know 45 some odd

1:04.8

presidents we've had and all sorts of swirling legal issues surrounding many of

1:09.1

them over the course of our long history that the question and this is in the executive immunity section of the

1:15.9

opinion quote the question of whether a former president enjoys absolute

1:20.1

immunity from federal criminal liability is one of first impression

1:23.9

end quote meaning it's never come up before at this level in a court how can that be

1:30.1

uh... because trump is sort of uh... as lawyers say sui generis right he's the first one to do this

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