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The Truman Precedent

2024/1/23
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Andrew Weissmann: 在E. Jean Carroll的第二次诽谤案中,特朗普试图将自己与杜鲁门总统类比,声称总统需要完全的刑事豁免权才能有效履行职务。他将自己与杜鲁门在广岛长崎投原子弹的决定进行类比,试图证明总统需要完全的豁免权,这是一种错误的类比。特朗普的论点忽略了战争时期法律与普通刑事法律之间的区别,以及总统不需要犯罪来履行职责的事实。 Mary McCord: 特朗普的“杜鲁门辩护”缺乏法律依据,其主要目的是为了避免刑事指控。他的论点是试图为自己争取豁免权,而不是真正关切总统职权。这在战略上是一个糟糕的举动,因为它暴露了他对刑事豁免权的极端追求。 Mary McCord: E. Jean Carroll对特朗普的第二次诽谤诉讼,是关于特朗普在担任总统之前做出的诽谤性言论。第二次诽谤案的审理顺序与第一次不同,是因为第一次案涉及特朗普卸任后的言论,而第二次案涉及其在任期间的言论。由于第一次诽谤案已经裁决特朗普对E. Jean Carroll进行了性侵犯和诽谤,所以第二次案的焦点在于赔偿金额,主要关注的是对E. Jean Carroll的额外赔偿,包括补偿性赔偿和惩罚性赔偿。特朗普持续对E. Jean Carroll进行诽谤,这与惩罚性赔偿的判决相关。特朗普持续的诽谤行为以及对E. Jean Carroll造成的威胁,是决定惩罚性赔偿金额的重要因素。特朗普持续的诽谤行为可能无法被金钱所阻止,因为他认为这对他继续竞选总统至关重要。特朗普的律师要求驳回案件的动议缺乏依据,因为E. Jean Carroll没有义务保存所有收到的死亡威胁。特朗普表示他这次想出庭作证,但法官可能会限制他的证词内容。法官卡普兰在之前的案件中展现了严格公正的审判风格,这将影响特朗普的证词。

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The podcast discusses the ongoing E. Jean Carroll defamation trial against Donald Trump, including firsthand accounts from the courtroom and the significance of the case.

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The second defamation trial brought by writer E. Jean Carroll began last week and brought with it outbursts inside and outside the courtroom from the former president. MSNBC legal analyst Andrew Weissmann was in the courtroom last Thursday. He and co-host, veteran prosecutor Mary McCord, break down this case and what they’re watching for as they await a decision on the presidential immunity claim from the DC Circuit. Also on deck: Andrew and Mary’s take on Trump’s rhetoric that President Truman needed total immunity from prosecution to use the A-bomb, and so does he.