Trump lawyer Alina Habba insists ex-president 'didn't kill anyone'

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82% : Hannity said the hearing went 'off the rails' when a judge asked Trump lawyer John Sauer about the extent of immunity Trump enjoys from his time as president'The presentation in the D.C. Circuit Court of appeals before the three-judge panel was astounding,' said Raskin. '
53% : Trump won't be asked any questions or interact with the judge directly before he returns to the campaign trail with just six days until the Iowa caucusesThe case is set to go to the Supreme Court, but if the judges side with him, it could derail Special Counsel Jack Smith's federal caseThe Appeals Court is considering a ruling by U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan (L) against Trump's claim of absolute presidential immunity from prosecutionSpecial counsel James Pearce, arguing for the government, went back to the analogy in his own time speaking to the judicial panel.
52% : U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan has set a trial date of March 4, the day before Super Tuesday, and an appeal by Trump to the entire circuit or the Supreme Court could stall the case.
51% : And I feel that as a president you have to have immunity,' Trump said.
50% : Earlier, Trump arrived at the federal appeals court in Washington D.C. for the hearing, which will have major implications for his 2024 campaign.
50% : Trump won't be asked any questions or interact with the judge directly before he returns to the campaign trail with just six days until the Iowa caucuses.
49% : Trump has a commanding lead over his Republican rivals heading into the primary season that will be interrupted by court appearances.
47% : (Trump sold the lease at an estimated $100 million profit).
46% : As Trump looked on in court appeals court judge Florence Pan asked his lawyer: 'A yes or no question.
44% : As we said it's the opening of a Pandora's Box,' Trump said.
41% : Trump spoke after a three-judge U.S. Appeals Court heard oral arguments inside the E. Barrett Prettyman Courthouse, located steps away from the Capitol where his supporters rioted on January 6 and from the former D.C. hotel that was a hub of activity during his presidency.
40% : Trump tore into President Biden and warned of 'bedlam' if his prosecution is allowed to go forward, in an angry statement just minutes after his lawyer argued in court he enjoys absolute immunity from his time as president.
39% : A reporter shouted a question to Trump after he had completed his remarks about his 'bedlam' comment, and whether he would tell them 'no matter what, no violence.'
39% : 'Whatever immunities a sitting President may enjoy, the United States has only one Chief Executive at a time, and that position does not confer a lifelong 'get-out-of-jail-free' pass,' Chutkan wrote.'Former Presidents enjoy no special conditions on their federal criminal liability.'Trump then challenged the decision with the appeals court.
38% : Donald Trump and his lawyers essentially asserted that the president has the right to assassinate people, to kill people without any prospect of prosecution unless they're first impeached by the House and convicted in the Senate.'Then he took the argument to its extreme. 'Say there's a narrow margin in the Senate of a two or three vote in the opposition party, what's to keep him from murdering members of the Senate to make sure that he doesn't get convicted there in order to deny a two-thirds majority?''He could kill them and then he can't be impeached or convicted because he's murdered his opposition and can't be prosecuted for it because he hasn't been impeached or convicted.'He called the argument 'utterly ludicrous,' he said, as reported by Mediaite.
38% : So they're losing in every poll, losing in almost every demographic...numbers came out today that are really very mind-boggling if you happen to be Joe Biden,' Trump said at a Washington, D.C. hotel.
37% : Sauer said to allow prosecution of a president for official acts 'would open a Pandora's box from which this government may never recover.'Pearce said in the event of a drone strike that killed civilians, 'The court would properly recognize some kind of immunity,' but argued, 'That is nothing like what we've got here.'If the panel rules against Trump, he could try to appeal his case to the entire D.C. Court of Appeals, and then go to the Supreme Court.
36% : The most piercing query came when appeals court judge Florence Pan asked Sauer whether Trump could order SEAL team 6 to assassinate a political rival and still be prosecuted for the act.
34% : His lawyer said he was facing a 'political prosecution'He was picking up on a phrase his lawyer John Sauer used in court, and one his lawyer John Lauro made alongside Trump,'If we adopt what the Special Counsel wants, if we adopt what President Biden wants, then we open the Pandora's box to political prosecution after political prosecution after political prosecution,' said Lauro.
31% : Trump has argued he has presidential immunity in multiple cases and is already facing challenges to kick him off the ballot from states including Colorado and Maine.
29% : Habba, the Bedminister New Jersey-based lawyer who defends Trump in courtrooms and on television, called Trump's case a 'slam dunk,' in an appearance on Sean Hannity's program on Fox News hours after a three-judge panel grilled Trump lawyer John Sauer about the immunity issue.
28% : Trump walked away without responding.
26% : A lower court has already ruled that Trump is not immune, and District Judge Tanya Chutkan has refused to dismiss the case.
25% : It came as a new CBS News poll shows 64 percent of Americans do not think Trump should be immune from prosecution for actions he took as president, while 34 percent think he should be.
24% : That prompted on-air ridicule from Trump rivals and prompted predictions of an adverse ruling for Trump even from some of his allies.
20% : Donald Trump lawyer Alina Habba pushed back on 'hypotheticals' after a judge asked another Trump lawyer whether his theory of immunity would allow Trump to have the military assassinate and avoid prosecution for it'He didn't cause an insurrection.
18% : Trump is trying to toss his criminal indictment over January 6 in Washington, D.C. in part on his immunity claims.
16% : Former House impeachment manager Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-Md.) argued on CNN that the position could even allow Trump to hypothetically order the assassination of senators to avoid impeachment, thereby remaining ineligible for criminal prosecution for the initial hypothetical extrajudicial killing.
16% : Trump claims he should be shielded from prosecution because he was carrying out his official duties as president when he investigated fraud claims from Joe Biden's 2020 election win.
11% : Then Trump brought out President Obama's ordering of drone strikes, 'which were bad.
10% : Trump made the comments as he called the Biden administration a 'threat to democracy' and once again claimed to have uncovered 'tremendous voter fraud' despite multiple court findings rulings against his and his allies' claims.
1% : Trump was present inside the courtroom and spoke afterwardTrump warned of 'bedlam' if the prosecution against him continuesTrump then said Biden could be prosecuted for the chaotic U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan, which came after a delayed departure date negotiated during the Trump administration, before saying immunity was necessary.

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