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Feb 2024
27m 30s

Citizen Trump

Robert Scavone Jr.
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On Tuesday, February 6th, the DC Circuit Court of Appeals issued its opinion in United States v. Trump and held that the former president is not immune from criminal prosecution for alleged crimes he committed while in office. 

Robert discussed the opinion with constitutional law Professor Harold Krent of the Chicago-Kent College of Law. 

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