Trump asks Supreme Court to weigh in on scathing immunity ruling

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🗓️ 13 February 2024

⏱️ 45 minutes

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Former President Trump asked the Supreme Court to temporarily block a unanimous decision from the DC Circuit that rejects his immunity claims in the election subversion case that was brought by special counsel Jack Smith. Democratic Congresswoman and former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi joins AC360 to discuss Trump’s request and reveals if she thinks he will actually stand trial before the November election. Plus, a woman walked into a Texas megachurch and opened fire over the weekend before two off-duty officers engaged the shooter and killed her. CNN Senior National Correspondent Ed Lavandera gives an update on the investigation. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:00.0	Tonight on 360 breaking news the former president tries to keep his sweeping immunity
0:06.2	claims alive and a new filing to the Supreme Court hoping to further delay his federal
0:10.8	trial on election interference.
0:13.0	Also tonight, Congresswoman, a former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi joins us to discuss
0:16.6	Trump's legal issues, his threats to NATO allies, and the race ahead.
0:21.1	And later new details on the woman killed after authorities say she opened fire at
0:24.6	Joel Osteen's mega church in Texas.
0:27.6	Good evening, thanks for joining us.
0:28.9	Major developments tonight in both of the Special Counsel's prosecutions against the former president.
0:33.7	Hours ago, the former president's legal team
0:36.0	filed its appeal of a scathing decision
0:38.4	by a three-judge panel on the DC appeals court
0:41.0	last week that roundly and unanimously rejected his claims of
0:45.1	absolute immunity. In his appeal he asked the Supreme Court for a stay while
0:49.7	his immunity claims wind their way through the full appeals court and then
0:53.4	possibly land before the nine justices themselves. Now that could
0:56.9	potentially push the already delayed trial by months. In fact the delay appears
1:01.1	to be the point. The former president's attorney said a trial before the election would, quote,
1:05.9	radically disrupt President Trump's ability to campaign against President Biden.
1:10.8	Also today, the former president and his legal team appeared in a Florida courtroom
1:14.8	behind closed doors with the federal judge overseeing the classified documents
1:18.8	case. The judge met with special counsel Jack Smith's team separately at issue how much access the
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