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Live from Highlands, NC: Back to Manhattan

2024/7/23
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Prosecuting Donald Trump

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Mary McCord: 拜登退出竞选不会改变特朗普在11月赢得大选后,两起联邦案件将结束这一结果。但大选结果将对这些刑事案件以及其他许多事情产生重大影响。如果特朗普再次当选,他可以指示司法部驳回这些联邦案件,这是他作为总统的核心宪法权力之一,即使在豁免裁决之前也是如此。总统可以通过司法部对案件的调查和起诉做出决定,这被认为是总统的核心权力。然而,总统不能干预州一级的起诉或民事案件。 Andrew Weissmann: 总统能否自我赦免是一个尚未由最高法院决定的问题,但总统可以通过指示司法部停止调查来避免这个问题。总统拥有巨大的权力,尤其是在豁免决定下,可以与司法部进行沟通。最高法院在豁免决定中指出,总统与司法部长之间的沟通,尤其是在关于发起虚假调查的背景下,是绝对豁免的。最高法院以6-3的裁决最终驳回了对特朗普在1月6日案件中的指控。拜登在豁免决定出台当天发表声明,认为该决定赋予总统过多的权力是错误的,这体现了一种自我克制和对权力制衡体系的理解。如果哈里斯成为候选人,她和特朗普在法治方面的对比将非常突出,因为哈里斯是前检察官,而特朗普是被判有罪的重罪犯。如果特朗普获胜,他可以驳回针对他的案件,但这假设到那时还存在马阿拉歌案件。 Mary McCord: 最高法院关于豁免的裁决对曼哈顿案件具有重要意义,特朗普的律师已提出动议,要求撤销曼哈顿案件中的定罪判决。特朗普的律师认为,根据最高法院的豁免裁决,曼哈顿案件中引入了官方行为证据,这些证据不应该被采纳。法官梅森将于9月6日就特朗普的动议做出裁决,9月18日将决定是否继续进行量刑。

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Discusses the legal implications of President Biden's decision not to run for re-election and its potential impact on Trump's criminal cases, including the question of presidential self-pardon and the power of a new president to dismiss ongoing investigations.

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On Monday, July 22nd, MSNBC legal analysts Andrew Weissmann and Mary McCord spoke at a live event at the Center for Life Enrichment in Highlands, North Carolina. They touched on President Biden’s historic decision to exit the race, and the legal ramifications it could hold for Trump’s continuing criminal cases. Mary and Andrew also address the question of whether a president can pardon himself, and to what extent. And they detail the reasoning laid out in Trump’s motion to vacate his New York conviction based on the Supreme Court’s decision on presidential immunity, and if any of the arguments hold water. 

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