Trump's Trials

Jack Smith's big gamble

12.16.2023 - By NPRPlay

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This week on Trump's Trials, host Scott Detrow and Domenico Montanaro are joined by former Deputy Assistant Attorney General Harry Litman.

This week's focus: the January 6th federal election interference case. Prosecutor, Special Counsel Jack Smith, made an unusual move, and sidestepped the appeals court and went straight to the Supreme Court to answer a fundamental question at the heart of the case:. Can presidents be criminally prosecuted for crimes they are allegedly committed while in office?

Topics include:

- Presidential immunity

- Does presidential immunity apply to Trump's actions on January 6th

- Predictions on how the Supreme Court may respond

- New case timeline

- An update on the New York Civil Fraud trial

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