The judges flatly rejected that. And I’m going to read you a quote from their ruling today. They wrote — quote — “It would be a striking paradox if the president, who alone is vested with the constitutional duty to take care that the laws be faithfully executed, were the sole officer capable of defying those laws with impunity.”
This ruling is right in line with a poll that we are about to release tomorrow, NPR, “NewsHour,” and Marist poll that’s coming out tomorrow. It showed that 65 percent of Americans polled said that Donald Trump should not have immunity from prosecution. Strong majorities of Democrats and independents believe that way. Interestingly, the partisan flip on that is nearly the reverse.
Republicans, 68 percent of them think Donald Trump should be immune.
“For the purpose of this criminal case, former President Trump has become citizen Trump, with all of the defenses of any other criminal defendant. But any executive immunity that may have protected him while he served as President no longer protects him against this prosecution.”
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Host Phil Mattingly got the conversation going by stating that the events of the last day were seemingly part “of the Republican agenda of finding rakes and stepping on them,” and Cupp couldn’t find much fault for that analysis.
“Congress isn’t solving most problems and Republicans are playing politics,” she said. “They decided politics, i.e. trying to impeach Mayorkas, is more important than a policy win they asked for and got and are now refusing.”
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