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'Presidents are not immune': Appeals court corners Trump lawyers using GOP senators' words

  • Bias Rating

    -94% Very Liberal

  • Reliability

    55% ReliableFair

  • Policy Leaning

    10% Center

  • Politician Portrayal

    -54% Negative

Bias Score Analysis

The A.I. bias rating includes policy and politician portrayal leanings based on the author’s tone found in the article using machine learning. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral.

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Overall Sentiment

-23% Negative

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Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : POLL: Should Trump be allowed to hold office again?
43% : But good thing we have tape," and proceeded to play a clip from Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-Kentucky) explaining his vote to acquit Trump was based on the assumption that the former president would have to defend himself in court.
18% : 'Presidents are not immune': Judges back Trump lawyers into corner by quoting GOP senatorsFormer President Donald Trump may have backed himself into a corner with the legal arguments he made on Tuesday, according to two prominent legal experts.
17% : The judges reminded Sauer that at the time of Trump's second impeachment related to the January 6 insurrection, virtually no Republican senators believed Trump could escape accountability in the courts.
12% : Legal expert: SCOTUS punting immunity question to lower court is actually 'bad news' for Trump"This underscores that impeachment was never meant to be the final forum for American justice," McConnell said in February of 2021.

*Our bias meter rating uses data science including sentiment analysis, machine learning and our proprietary algorithm for determining biases in news articles. Bias scores are on a scale of -100% to 100% with higher negative scores being more liberal and higher positive scores being more conservative, and 0% being neutral. The rating is an independent analysis and is not affiliated nor sponsored by the news source or any other organization.

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