SCOTUS hears Trump's immunity case.
Tangle
Isaac Saul
4.8 • 672 Ratings
🗓️ 29 April 2024
⏱️ 29 minutes
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Summary
Trump's immunity case. On Thursday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Trump v. United States. During arguments, the court appeared ready to side at least partially with former President Donald Trump's lawyers, who argued he has absolute immunity from criminal charges for acts taken in his official capacity as president.
Reminder: The case stems from Special Counsel Jack Smith's investigation into Trump for alleged attempts to overturn the 2020 election. As part of his defense against those federal charges, Trump has argued that he cannot be prosecuted for actions that were part of his responsibilities as president nor for actions he was already impeached for but not convicted of. A federal appeals court rejected those arguments, and Trump appealed the case to the Supreme Court.
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We just released the next episode of our new podcast series, The Undecideds. In episode 2, our undecided voters primarily talk about Trump’s legal troubles. How do they feel about his alleged crimes? How would him being convicted - or exonerated - change the way they vote? What about his claims he should have immunity as president? You’ll hear how they consider these major themes of the race, and also what they made of Haley dropping out and Biden’s State of the Union Address. You can listen to Episode 2 here.
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| 0:35.2 | From executive producer Isaac Saul, this is Tangle. |
| 0:44.8 | Good morning, good afternoon and good evening and welcome to the Tangle, the place we get views from across the political spectrum, some independent thinking, and a little bit of my take. |
| 1:00.3 | I'm your host, Isaac Saul, recording here from Colorado, out in the Midwest, southwest, enjoying some nice snow, good cold weather. |
| 1:12.9 | I'm here for a little family gathering |
| 1:15.2 | and in my brother's room |
| 1:19.6 | where we're staying at this rental property, |
| 1:22.8 | recording the Tangle podcast on the road, |
| 1:25.0 | which is always fun. |
| 1:26.0 | It's nice to get out of Philadelphia, New York, |
| 1:29.2 | Northeast area, see some of the things going on all across the country. And funny enough, |
| 1:34.4 | Colorado was kind of the, you know, I guess the location, the center of one of the last really |
| 1:40.6 | controversial Trump Supreme Court cases, which was the kind of ballot 14th Amendment |
| 1:47.1 | challenge to remove him from the state ballot in Colorado that the Supreme Court quickly dismissed. |
| 1:52.3 | And today we're going to be talking about the other big Trump Supreme Court case, which is |
| 1:55.4 | the immunity case. |
| 1:56.9 | And we got oral arguments in that case last week. |
| 2:00.0 | So we're going to talk a little bit about |
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