Judges Crush Arguments by Trump lawyer in Appellate Hearing on Presidential Immunity
Justice Matters with Glenn Kirschner
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🗓️ 11 January 2024
⏱️ 17 minutes
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Summary
The appellate court judges that heard Donald Trump's arguments that he should have absolute immunity against being prosecuted for his democracy-busting crimes on and around January 6th, 2021, were not buying what Trump lawyer, John Sauer, was selling. Glenn attended the appellate court arguments on Trump's absolute presidential immunity claim. He reviews the arguments of counsel and the many questions from the judges. He also addresses Trump's demeanor and behaviors in court, and how he presents as the antithesis of a political candidate.
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| 0:00.0 | It's time for Justice Matters with former federal prosecutor and MS NBC analyst Glenn Kirchner. Donald Trump was in Washington, D.C. to attend his federal appellate court |
| 0:19.6 | hearing on whether he has immunity in the election interference case. |
| 0:23.2 | Glenn was there to watch it live as it happened. |
| 0:26.9 | So friends again today I had the pleasure of going back to my old stomping |
| 0:30.9 | grounds, the courts of Washington, D.C. specifically federal |
| 0:36.1 | district court where I attended the appellate argument in Donald Trump's case in which he's claiming that he has absolute |
| 0:47.5 | immunity from being prosecuted for any and all crimes he committed while in office. |
| 0:54.0 | Let me give you my top line takeaway after listening to the arguments of counsel, |
| 1:00.0 | both counsel for Donald Trump and counsel for Jack Smith's team and listening |
| 1:05.8 | to the many questions that came from the three judges on the appellate court |
| 1:12.4 | panel the panel that heard this case top line takeaway. |
| 1:17.2 | It did not go well for Donald Trump and his criminal defense attorneys, |
| 1:22.3 | but it did go well for the rule of law and for we the people and for our democracy. |
| 1:30.7 | You know, the judges were dropping all kinds of rhetorical bombs on Donald Trump's |
| 1:39.9 | criminal defense team, truth bombs, consistency bombs, logic bombs, I mean |
| 1:48.4 | figuratively destroying Donald Trump's arguments at every turn. |
| 1:55.1 | Now what I want to try to do in today's Justice Matters video |
| 1:59.1 | is talk about what I saw unfold in that courtroom, |
| 2:03.8 | try to translate it from legalese |
| 2:06.4 | because it can be a pretty dense subject matter, |
| 2:10.9 | translate it from legalese into English, into laymen's speak. |
| 2:14.7 | And I want to go through some of the highlights of the arguments. |
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