Trump wants Georgia election subversion case dismissed, arguing he has presidential immunity

Anderson Cooper 360

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🗓️ 9 January 2024

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Former President Trump is arguing that he is protected from prosecution under presidential immunity in the criminal conspiracy case against him in Georgia. Trump wants the case “dismissed with prejudice” and his attorneys argue that the specific acts in the indictment “lie squarely within the ‘outer perimeter’ of the president’s official duties.” Conservative lawyer George Conway tells Anderson Cooper why he doesn't think this argument will play out very well for the former president. Plus, a group of House Democrats are calling for Supreme Court Justice Clarence Thomas to recuse himself from deciding whether Trump is eligible for Colorado's primary ballot. The lawmakers say Thomas’ wife’s role in the January 6, 2021, “Stop the Steal” rally that she attended makes it “unthinkable” the conservative justice could be impartial in deciding whether the event constituted an insurrection. Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez signed that letter and joins AC360 to discuss if she thinks Justice Thomas will recuse himself. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit podcastchoices.com/adchoices

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0:27.0	Tonight on 360, the latest moves in the former president's attempt to avoid any
0:34.4	criminal accountability for January 6 and two cases that could make any
0:38.2	president immune for anything they do in office. Also tonight, Congresswoman
0:42.4	Alexandria Ocasio Cortez on her calls for
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1:03.0	Good evening, thanks for joining us.
1:05.0	We begin tonight with new developments in the former president's push to make any criminal charges against him disappear.
1:10.0	He'll be in Washington tomorrow in court by choice we should add as a federal
1:14.8	appeals panel hears oral arguments on his claim of presidential immunity in the
1:19.2	January 6th case. Today he filed a similar immunity claim on similar state charges in Georgia.
1:25.0	Now if they go his way, especially in the federal case, it could make him and any former president legally
1:31.0	unaccountable for any crime they might commit while in office.
1:34.0	It's the same notion another former president once drew scorn for embracing.
1:39.0	Well, when the president does it, that means that it is not illegal by definition.
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