Jack Smith Seeks Review of Trump's Immunity Claim in Two Courts at Once
Justice Matters with Glenn Kirschner
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🗓️ 20 December 2023
⏱️ 9 minutes
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Summary
Judge Tanya Chutkan has ruled that presidents are not kings, presidents are not above the law, and Donald Trump CAN be prosecuted for the crimes he committed while in office. Special Counsel Jack Smith has filed motions seeking an expedited review of Judge Chutkan's ruling in two courts simultaneously: the D.C. federal circuit court of appeals AND the US Supreme Court. Glenn says this podcast is a explainer, in layman's terms, of why Jack Smith is going with this legal belt-and-suspenders approach to litigating Trump's presidential immunity issue.
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| 0:00.0 | It's time for Justice Matters with former federal prosecutor and MS NBC analyst Glenn Kirchner. After Donald Trump appealed Judge Chutkin's ruling that he has no presidential |
| 0:19.9 | immunity from trying to overturn the 2020 election, Jack Smith filed two motions to speed |
| 0:25.8 | things up. Here's Glenn with new reporting on the case. |
| 0:29.2 | So friends, let's do a short explainer on the multiple appeals that are kicking around on this claim by Donald Trump that he should be absolutely immune from prosecution. In other words, Donald Trump is claiming |
| 0:45.7 | that presidents can commit any crime they want while in office and he maintains they can never be prosecuted for those crimes. |
| 0:56.2 | I know. It's absurd. It's the stuff of Banana Republic's. |
| 1:03.0 | Still, let's do a short recap. |
| 1:07.0 | Judge Tanya Chutkin, who is presiding over Donald Trump's federal case in Washington, D.C. |
| 1:13.7 | His prosecution for trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election. |
| 1:19.5 | She held a hearing on this issue, and she ruled that presidents are not kings. |
| 1:26.0 | Donald Trump doesn't have immunity from being prosecuted for his crimes. |
| 1:32.0 | There's no statute, no law, there's no precedent, no appellate |
| 1:36.7 | court opinion, there is no constitutional provision that says |
| 1:40.9 | presidents are kings and can't be prosecuted. |
| 1:44.5 | So she denied his motion to just throw the case out, |
| 1:48.9 | you know, based on his claim that he was absolutely immune against prosecution. |
| 1:54.4 | Not surprisingly, Donald Trump appealed Judge Chutkins ruling. |
| 1:59.8 | And when Donald Trump appealed, |
| 2:02.4 | Special Counsel Jack Smith did two things. |
| 2:07.0 | One, he asked that appellate court, the DC Federal Circuit Court of Appeals, to put the appeal on a fast track. |
| 2:14.4 | Expadite it. |
| 2:15.9 | You know, let's move through this litigation rapidly and get a quick decision because we have |
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