Immunity
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The Washington Post
4.1 • 4.6K Ratings
🗓️ 1 July 2024
⏱️ 32 minutes
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Summary
On this special bonus episode, The Washington Post's Rhonda Colvin sits down with senior video journalist JM Rieger, columnist James Hohmann, video journalist Blair Guild and law enforcement reporter Tom Jackman to discuss the historic Supreme Court ruling that gives former president Trump – and every president – broad immunity from prosecution for official acts.
The crew breaks down what the court's ruling means for Trump and his ongoing legal cases, what actually constitutes an official act, and how it might affect some of the charges filed against him. Plus, how does all of this affect the presidential campaign?
And don't forget, the sentencing hearing for Trump's New York case – in which he was convicted of 34 felony counts of falsifying documents – is set for next week.
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| 0:00.0 | I don't know too many journalists who signed up for to work in this field and thought that they would have to cover this. |
| 0:06.0 | Right, I didn't think I'd ever say the word sitting in the slammer while campaigning for president. |
| 0:10.0 | We will never give up, we will never give up, we will never conceive that doesn't have... |
| 0:14.0 | The mother, Theresa, could not be discharges. |
| 0:17.0 | And now if you don't mind, I'm going to go into the icebox and sit for a long time. |
| 0:21.0 | Thank you very much. |
| 0:26.0 | Welcome to Trump trials sidebar from the Washington Post. |
| 0:30.0 | On this historic day, the Supreme Court has ruled U.S. Presidents have absolute immunity for official acts, |
| 0:36.3 | a ruling that has massive implications for the former President Donald Trump and his legal cases, |
| 0:42.2 | and for the power of the American presidency. |
| 0:45.0 | I'm your host, Ronda Colvin. I'm joined with J.M. Reiger and also James Holman, who joins us from New York. |
| 0:52.0 | Welcome, guys. |
| 0:53.1 | We are, of course, this is a special podcast |
| 0:55.4 | because of the magnitude of this case. |
| 0:57.7 | So we're going to try to break it down, |
| 0:59.4 | as we've just read, a bit of the decision. |
| 1:02.2 | And remember, you can watch our show each week at YouTube.com |
| 1:06.7 | slash Washington Post or listen to the audio version wherever you get your podcast. But back to the big news. |
| 1:13.6 | James, I'm going to start with you. |
| 1:14.6 | I remember we sat next to each other |
| 1:16.0 | when we covered the oral arguments for this case. |
| 1:19.7 | And I'm just wondering, what's on your mind |
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