Trump’s Case for Total Immunity

特朗普要求完全豁免权的理由

The Daily

2024-01-10

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Donald Trump has consistently argued that as a former president, he is immune from being charged with a crime for things he did while he was in office. Adam Liptak, who covers the Supreme Court for The Times, explains what happened when Trump’s lawyers made that case in federal court, whether the claim has any chance of being accepted — and why Trump may win something valuable either way. Guest: Adam Liptak, a Supreme Court correspondent for The New York Times.
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  • From the New York Times, this is the daily I'm Natalie Kitrowev.

  • Donald Trump has consistently argued that as former president, he's immune from being charged with a crime for what he did in office.

  • Today, my colleague Adam Liptak on what happened when his lawyers made that case in federal court, whether the extraordinary claim has any chance of being accepted, and why Trump may win something valuable either way.

  • It's Wednesday, January 10.

  • Adam, hi.

  • Welcome back to the show.

  • Hello.

  • So Trump and his lawyers appeared in a federal appeals court Tuesday to make their case that as a former president, Trump is immune from criminal prosecution.

  • Basically that the Justice Department cannot charge him for a criminal act, which, if Trump wins, seems like it would make a lot of his legal troubles go away.

  • Is that right?

  • Yeah.

  • It's an extraordinary ask.

  • He says he has absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for anything resembling an official act while he was president, even after he's no longer president.

  • Adam, can you take us back?

  • Just explain how we got here.