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Is Donald Trump Required to Show Up to Appeals Court?
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January 10, 2024
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1:00Now PlayingDonald Trump’s claim that he is immune from prosecution was met with skepticism by a US appeals court panel, suggesting an uphill battle in his effort to avoid a criminal trial over his attempt to overturn the 2020 election in his final days as president.
At a packed hearing in Washington on Tuesday, judges peppered Trump’s lawyer with questions testing how far such a theory could go, with one judge asking if a president could order the killing of a political rival and get away with it because it’s an “official act.”
“Could a president order Seal Team Six to assassinate a political rival?” Judge Florence Pan asked Trump’s lawyer D. John Sauer, referring to the elite US Navy strike force. “That’s an official act, an order to Seal Team Six.”
Sauer said that such a president would “speedily be impeached and convicted” by the US Senate, paving the way for criminal charges. But Sauer repeatedly declined to give a direct answer when Pan, who was nominated by President Joe Biden, asked whether criminal charges could be filed in the absence of an impeachment and conviction.
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