looming over democracy, can
presidents be held accountable
for crimes committed in office.
a unanimous ruling by the d.c.
court of appeals rejected donald
trump's claims of immunitity in
the federal election case.
the decision by the judges is a
stinging rebuke of the
ex-president in what has become
a months' long push to get the
charges against him dismissed.
in their ruling, the judges make
the point that while donald
trump is a former president of
the united states, he is in the
eyes of the law, just another
criminal defendant.
for the purposes of this
criminal case, frp has become
citizen trump with all the --
any executive immunity that may
have protected him while he
served as president no longer
protects him in this
prosecution.
prosecuting presidents for
things they did in office would
have a chilling effect, finding,
in fact, the possibility of
legal legal accountability
would, in fact, be a boost to
the rule of law.
quote, the risk of criminal
liability chilling...