Immune or not immune, that is the question

This week on Trump's Trials, host Scott Detrow and Domenico Montanaro are joined by New York University law professor Melissa Murray.

This week's focus: The DC Circuit Court of Appeals heard oral arguments on former president Donald Trump's expansive view of presidential immunity. The three-judge panel seemed skeptical at times with the extensive scope of Trump's legal team argument — that the president could even order a political assassination and be immune from criminal prosecution so long as he wasn't convicted in an impeachment hearing. Plus we heard closing arguments in the New York civil fraud case.

Topics include: - Scope of presidential immunity - Strength of Trump team's arguments - Possible appeals and timelines - New York civil fraud case - Georgia election interference case

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