Trump asks Supreme Court for absolute immunity on election charges

Anderson Cooper 360

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🗓️ 20 March 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Former President Trump has urged the Supreme Court to rule that he has absolute immunity from prosecution in the special counsel’s 2020 election subversion case. Trump’s legal team said in a brief, that future presidents could be vulnerable to "de facto blackmail and extortion while in office" if the justices don’t rule in his favor. The high court is scheduled to hear oral arguments on April 25. New York Times senior political correspondent Maggie Haberman, former Republican Congressman Adam Kinzinger and former federal prosecutor Jennifer Rodgers discuss the case with Anderson. Plus, controversy continues to build after new video of Kate, the Princess of Wales, surfaces showing her and Prince William at a farmer's market. Max Foster joins AC360 to discuss the lack of information coming from the Palace, and the rumors spiraling out of control online. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:28.0	Tonight on 360, breaking news in a stunning brief to the Supreme Court the former
0:34.7	president asked to be put beyond the reach of the law for January 6 and his actions
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0:57.8	thanks for joining us today the former president of the United States asked
1:01.2	the Supreme Court for absolute immunity from charges connected to
1:04.6	his attempt to overturn the election he lost. Not granting him that he warned
1:08.7	would be quote the end of the presidency as we know it.
1:12.7	Continuing from his brief, quote,
1:14.4	as the recent history of impeachment demonstrates
1:16.5	once our nation crosses this Rubicon,
1:19.0	every future president will face de facto blackmail
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