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Today, Explained

Florida man wants immunity

Today, Explained

Vox

Daily News, Politics, News

4.4 • 9.5K Ratings

🗓️ 23 April 2024

⏱️ 29 minutes

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Summary

You can beat the heat if you beat the charges too. Vox’s Ian Millhiser previews the Donald Trump immunity case going before the Supreme Court this week, and lawyer Jeffrey Green explains Trump’s role in a related case involving January 6 defendants. This episode was produced by Avishay Artsy, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Anouck Dussaud, engineered by Patrick Boyd, and hosted by Noel King. Transcript at vox.com/todayexplained Support Today, Explained by making a financial contribution to Vox! vox.com/givepodcasts Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0

Donald Trump is in court in New York City again today. He's charged with falsifying

0:06.3

his business records, but believe it or not, defendant Trump also has a case

0:10.7

before the Supreme Court this week.

0:13.0

This one involves his actions after the 2020 election.

0:16.0

Charges include conspiracy to defraud the United States,

0:19.5

which had popularly voted for his opponent,

0:22.0

and conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding related to his actions on January 6th 2021.

0:28.0

Trump's argument is simple. He was president at the time so he should be immune from prosecution and that is

0:34.2

what his lawyers will argue on Thursday. Could George W Bush be prosecuted

0:38.6

for obstruction of an official proceeding for allegedly giving false

0:42.2

information to Congress to induce the nation

0:44.8

to go to war in Iraq under false pretenses?

0:47.6

Could President Obama be potentially charged with murder for allegedly authorizing drone strikes targeting U.S. citizens located abroad.

0:55.0

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