I want to go to our Vaughn Hilliard who is
standing by,
who is covering the Trump campaign.
Vaughn, what more are we learning about this ruling and
how Trump and his team may be reacting?
I'm digesting this in real time with you as well.
I know we're just beginning to look through this 57
page filing here.
This was a three judge panel from the DC Circuit
Court of Appeals.
This was a stay that was issued after Judge Chuckin
ordered the Donald Trump did not have presidential immunity and
that the federal charges of election interference would go forward
against him. Than three weeks ago his team after appealing
that ruling from Judge Chuckin went before that 3 judge
panel
the peels court and laid out their case as to
why the
charges against him should be dismissed 3 weeks later.
Now, just in the last literally 3 minutes here we
have that decision from the appeals court in which they
affirm Judge Hutkins decision and say that Donald Trump does
not have presidential immunity. Now,
we should note that the Trump team has already indicated
that they intend to appeal this decision to the US
Supreme Court.
You'll recall that Special Counsel Jack Smith had intended and
requested that the Supreme Court be the initial ones to
hear Donald Trump's appeal and bypass the appeals court.
That did not happen, that it's all but effectively slowed
down this case.
You said that Judge Chuck can acknowledge that the March
4th trial start date would be pushed back.
We are looking at that anywhere from as late as
April or May now,
even beginning here. But when we're talking about what has
actually been determined by the court here now,
Anna, this is notable not only just in this case,
but also for future presidents who serve in the Oval
Office.
You'll recall that Donald Trump's attorney had made the case
to the appeals court that
a president can only be charged with crimes if he
were to be been impeached and convicted by the US
Congress.
Making the case that Donald Trump.
That did not happen when the Senate voted to not
convict him after the House voted to impeach him on
those January 6th charges.
It's now. Donald Trump, over the last several days on
social media as well as from the campaign stage,
has continued to make the case that a president should
have full presidential immunity.
So they do not fear that any actions that they
take in office could ultimately lead to charges once they
leave the Oval Office.
Now Donald Trump's attorneys were asked by one of the
judges on that panel
3 weeks ago about a particular situation in which let's
say a President of the United States were to order
sealed team to assassinate a political rival.
Would he be ultimately able to be charged after leaving
the White House?
And Donald Trump's attorney made the case that he should
be protected unless the Congress was
impeached and convicted him of course.
Now as we are beginning to work through this here,
this actual 57 page ruling and decision here from the
appeals court,
clearly these three judges decided that a president is not
immune from being charged.
And at least until we hear from the Supreme Court
on this and whether they actually take up the appeal
for not or not,
at this point in time Donald Trump in the federal
election interference case against him will be moving forward.
OK. So Vaughn, please stay with me as we.