Appeals Court Weighs Trump's Presidential Immunity Claims

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

77% : President Trump confirmed on Jan. 8 that he would attend, stating, "Of course, I was entitled, as President of the United States and Commander in Chief, to Immunity.
76% : Follow here for live updates.--Trump spoke after the hearing, describing it as a "momentous day."
60% : "--Judge Florence Pan asked about balancing the need for presidential protection and public interest.
54% : That situation was "tailor-made," he said, to produce "cycles of recrimination.
53% : President Trump appealed that decision to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit while Special Counsel Jack Smith sought the U.S. Supreme Court's intervention to fast-track the appeal.
49% : Regardless of the outcome, the decision will likely be appealed to the U.S. Supreme Court by either DOJ or President Trump.
47% : According to Mr. Sauer, the "frightening" future Mr. Pearce referenced is the one America has lived under for the last 235 years.--Judge Pan asked whether this case boil down to whether Trump was correct in interpretation of the impeachment judgment clause in Constitution?
45% : ""We can't have a country where every four years there's a cycle of political recrimination.
44% : President Trump has argued that because the Constitution vests executive power in the president, his conduct isn't reviewable by courts in the same way as conduct by other executive officers.
43% : Scheduled for Jan. 9, it's the second major appeal of the Justice Department's (DOJ) prosecution of President Trump in D.C.
32% : --President Trump has entered courtroom at the E. Barrett Prettyman federal courthouse in Washington just before oral argument is set to comment.
31% : If the judges rule in favor of President Trump, it would undermine the DOJ's case against him.
27% : The appellate court has already ruled that President Trump isn't immune from all civil liability and allowed a lawsuit by U.S. Capitol police officers to proceed against him.
21% : "Trump also defended himself, saying he "did nothing wrong," and emphasized the need to combat voter fraud.
19% : "D.C. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, whom President Trump has accused of bias, ruled in December that he wasn't immune from prosecution.

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