Three-judge federal panel grills Trump lawyer on claim of presidential immunity

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

49% : "When they talk about threat to democracy, that's your real threat to democracy and I feel that as a president, you have to have immunity," Trump added.
45% : Trump in a brief press conference later suggested a ruling against his immunity claim would spur "bedlam" from his supporters.
40% : Trump calls for immunity, warns of 'bedlam'In brief remarks following the hearing at the Waldorf Astoria hotel in Washington, which was a Trump-branded property until his business sold the lease in 2022, Trump said presidents should have legal immunity, proclaimed his innocence and hinted his supporters would create more unrest if he were prosecuted.
36% : A federal grand jury indicted Trump in August for interfering in election results following the November 2020 presidential contest.
35% : Trump, who is leading polls in the 2024 Republican presidential primary field, watched while his attorney D. John Sauer was grilled by a panel of judges as he argued that the former president is shielded from criminal prosecution because he acted in an official capacity.
31% : Trump could be seen shaking his head in disagreement at the comment, according to reporters in the room.
31% : "Trump spoke for just more than seven minutes and did not take questions.
29% : The official four charges against Trump include conspiracy to defraud the United States; conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding; obstruction of, and attempt to obstruct, an official proceeding; and conspiracy against rights.
28% : "Sauer said the criminal charges against Trump are now creating "a situation where we have the prosecution of the political opponent who's leading in every poll in the presidential election next year and is being prosecuted by the administration that he's seeking to replace.
24% : The remarks drew on a strategy the Trump campaign has employed for months to use the former president's myriad legal troubles to boost his electoral standing by framing him as a victim of political persecution.
21% : Leading up to that date, the indictment recounts, Trump knowingly fed a stream of lies to his supporters that he had won the election, igniting a rally during which he spoke on Jan. 6, 2021, and culminating in a violent attack on the U.S. Capitol.
20% : Trump was impeached by the U.S. House for inciting an insurrection on Jan. 6.
18% : Biden was using federal prosecutions to damage his chief rival politically, Trump said.
18% : Trump suggested that he was being prosecuted for official acts related to curbing voter fraud and repeated debunked claims that the 2020 election was decided by fraudulent votes.
18% : Trump indictmentU.S. District Court Judge Tanya Chutkan in December denied Trump's motion to dismiss his case based on presidential immunity.
1% : The indictment accuses Trump of conspiring with attorneys, a U.S. Department of Justice official and a political consultant, all unnamed, to organize fake electors for Trump from seven key states that Biden in fact won.

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