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are something so fundamentally
evil they have to be protected
against.
i think, and your answer below i
will give you a chance to say if
you stay by it.
if the president decides his
rival is a corrupt person and he
orders the military, or order
someone to assassinate him, is
that within his official acts
for which he can get immunity?
>> it would defend on the
hypothetical.
it could well be an official
act.
>> why?
he is doing it for personal
reasons.
he is not doing it like
president obama is alleged to
have done it to protect the
country from a terrorist.
he is doing it for personal
gain.
isn't that the nature of the
allegations here?
that he is not doing them, doing
these acts in furtherance of an
official responsibility.
he is doing it for personal
gain.
>> i agree with the
characterization of the
indictment and that confirms
immunity.
the characterization is that
there were a series of official
acts --
>> immunity says even if you did
it for personal gain we won't
hold you...
are something so fundamentally
evil they have to be protected
against.
i think, and your answer below i
will give you a chance to say if
you stay by it.
if the president decides his
rival is a corrupt person and he
orders the military, or order
someone to assassinate him, is
that within his official acts
for which he can get immunity?
>> it would defend on the
hypothetical.
it could well be an official
act.
>> why?
he is doing it for personal
reasons.
he is not doing it...
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the law again.
that is referencing the supreme
court oral arguments around
trump immunity.
here is a portion of trump's
attorney delivering opening
arguments in the immunity claim
case before the supreme court on
thursday.
[video clip]
>> mr. chief justice, and may it
please the court, without
immunity from presidential
prosecution there can be no
presidency as we know it.
for 234 years of american
history, no president was ever
prosecuted for his official
acts.
the framers of our constitution
viewed an energetic executive as
essential to securing liberty.
if a president can be charged,
put on trial, and imprisoned for
his most controversial decisions
as soon as he leaves office,
that looming threat will distort
the president's decision making
precisely when bold and fearless
action is most needed.
every current president will
face to fecteau blackmail and
extortion by his political
rivals while he is still in
office.
the implications of the court's
decision here extend far beyond
the...
the law again.
that is referencing the supreme
court oral arguments around
trump immunity.
here is a portion of trump's
attorney delivering opening
arguments in the immunity claim
case before the supreme court on
thursday.
[video clip]
>> mr. chief justice, and may it
please the court, without
immunity from presidential
prosecution there can be no
presidency as we know it.
for 234 years of american
history, no president was ever
prosecuted for his official
acts.
the framers of our...
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watch the trials.
i am so sick of --
host: i want to talk about the
hush money trial in new york.
here is coverage in "the
washington post."
secrets, lies, chaos laid bare
in week one of the trump
testimony.
trump fought mightily before and
after elected president to keep
secret the embarrassing details
of his private life but often
failed despite having a fat
checkbook and well-connected
template editor in his pocket,
according to the first week of
evidence at his trial.
warmer presidents typically
spend -- former presidents
typically spend their time
writing memoirs making speeches
.
trump is sitting in court
watching someone else try to
define his legacy even after he
campaigned for a second term in
the oval office.
over four days of testimony, the
former national enquirer
executive david pecker told the
jury not just how deeply
involved trump's team was to use
the supermarket tabloids to fuel
his 2016 campaign, but how
watch the trials.
i am so sick of --
host: i want to talk about the
hush money trial in new york.
here is coverage in "the
washington post."
secrets, lies, chaos laid bare
in week one of the trump
testimony.
trump fought mightily before and
after elected president to keep
secret the embarrassing details
of his private life but often
failed despite having a fat
checkbook and well-connected
template editor in his pocket,
according to the first week of
evidence at his trial.
warmer...