Appeals panel to hear oral arguments on Trump immunity - Roll Call

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

46% : Attorney General Merrick B. Garland appointed Smith after Trump announced his 2024 campaign.
41% : The Justice Department was investigating Trump prior to his reelection bid.
36% : Whether Trump succeeds in the merits of the case or not, he could find victory in crowding out the 2024 calendar, according to Ty Cobb, an attorney who previously represented Trump.
35% : Smith, in briefs at the D.C. Circuit, said Trump is essentially arguing the president stands above the law.
34% : Trump has made the prosecution a major part of his reelection bid and has promised retribution on his perceived enemies.
33% : If the trial schedule for the Washington federal prosecution slips, Trump could still end up before a jury in March.
28% : Trump also argued that "communicating his concerns" about possible fraud in the election fell within his duties as president -- and he could not be tried for a crime that the Senate acquitted him of in a February 2021 impeachment trial.
26% : Prosecutors in Georgia, where Trump and more than a dozen codefendants face state charges tied to the effort to overturn the 2020 result in the state, have proposed an Aug. 5 trial for Trump, but no date has been set.
21% : Cobb said that an appeal at the D.C. Circuit and possibly the Supreme Court could force the planned March trial to slip, even if Trump loses on that appeal.
21% : Trump's election year could soon fill up with courtroom litigation, even as he has fought to delay the Washington federal case.Smith also serves as a prosecutor in the other federal criminal case against Trump in Florida, which was initially scheduled for a May trial on charges he retained sensitive documents after the end of his presidency.
18% : Trump has argued for months to dismiss the case on the basis that his broad effort to overturn his 2020 election loss were "quintessential Presidential acts," as laid out in a brief to the appellate court.
15% : Throughout the litigation, Trump sought to delay the trial until after the 2024 election, accusing Smith and the Biden administration of "election interference" for bringing the case.
3% : The charges allege Trump led a broad push to overturn his loss in the 2020 election, including efforts to stop vote counting, putting forth false slates of presidential electors and encouraging then-Vice President Mike Pence to throw out the electoral college votes of states Trump lost.

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