And I feel that as a president,
you have to have immunity.
Very simple. Former President Donald Trump is taking a legal
battle to have federal criminal charges thrown out all the
way to the Supreme Court.
The charges allege Trump tried to interfere with the results
of the 2020 election.
Here's what we know now.
What is Trump's legal argument.
Trump is relying in part on a previous Supreme Court
decision that said Richard Nixon couldn't be sued by a
fired federal employee for actions he took as president.
The court said civil suits would be too distracting for
a president and make presidents too cautious when carrying out
the responsibilities.
Trump wants that same standard applied to criminal cases.
Well, the Supreme Court case delay the federal trial further,
We don't know how much of A delay it will
be.
It depends first of all on when the Supreme Court
issues its its opinion.
And then it also depends on what they say in
that opinion.
They could of course say that Trump has immunity and
then there's no trial.
They could also find that there is potential for some
immunity,
but that is a fact based situation and then they
would have to determine if if that applies to Trump,
if the federal case, you know,
gets delayed until after the election and Trump wins.
Can he grant himself immunity?
Most congressional scholars, but not all of them,
think that a president cannot pardon himself.
If Trump would try to do that,
that would be challenged. But if he becomes president again,
he could also order the Justice Department to drop the
case.