Trump lawyer makes immunity appeal in court
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🗓️ 10 January 2024
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Donald Trump's lawyer makes an immunity appeal in court. USA TODAY Justice Department Correspondent Bart Jansen has the latest.
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| 0:08.0 | Good morning, I'm Taylor Wilson and today is Wednesday January 10th, 2024. This is the |
| 0:19.3 | excerpt. Today I look at Trump's immunity claims in Appeals Court. |
| 0:28.0 | Plus we're learning more about Defense Secretary Lloyd Austin's health and can |
| 0:32.4 | Nicky Haley close the gap in New Hampshire? |
| 0:35.3 | We have new polling numbers. |
| 0:38.6 | Former President Donald Trump and his lawyer John Sower were in federal appeals court yesterday. |
| 0:44.0 | Trump's legal team argues that he is immune to federal charges of conspiring to interfere in the |
| 0:49.5 | 2020 election because his actions took place while he was president. |
| 0:54.0 | I caught up with USA Today, Justice Department correspondent, Bart Chanson, for the latest. |
| 0:59.2 | Bart, as always, thanks for making the time. |
| 1:01.1 | Thanks for having me. |
| 1:02.0 | So Bart, Donald Trump's lawyer was in federal appeals court yesterday. |
| 1:06.0 | Can you remind us what this appeal centers on? |
| 1:08.0 | What's that issue here? |
| 1:09.0 | Well, and it wasn't just his lawyer, Trump himself showed up at the courthouse because the case is pretty |
| 1:14.8 | important to him. This was an appeal of a decision involving the federal charges |
| 1:21.2 | that he conspired to interfere with the results of the |
| 1:25.7 | 2020 election. So he faces these federal charges, the trial is scheduled for March |
| 1:30.3 | 4th. He thinks the charges should be dismissed because as president |
| 1:36.4 | when the events took place he deserves immunity for anything he might have done. |
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