'A national disgrace': Ex-DOJ prosecutor goes off on the Supreme Court's immunity hearing

During an appearance on MSNBC's "The Weekend," former Department of Justice white-collar crime prosecutor Ankush Khardori went on a furious rant about the conduct of the conservative Supreme Court justices who took part in Donald Trump's presidential immunity hearing.

Khardori, who now provids legal commentary for Politico, wasted no time when asked about the line of questioning of the jurists , several of whom seem to have no problems with letting Trump get away with fomenting a coup on Jan. 6.

After co-host Symone Sanders-Townsend called what she heard on Thursday "insane," the former prosecutor agreed and piled on.

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"The way I think about what happened on Thursday, the oral argument, it was a national disgrace," he charged.

" A national historic disgrace," he reemphasized. "It's going to go down as one of the worst days in the Supreme Court. I cannot believe — well, I can believe that it unfolded how it did as [Politico's] Eugene [Daniels] and I spoke heading into it. But, I wish we were wrong, those of us who are cynical about the court."

"But you know, I want to talk about the American people very briefly here," he continued. "At Politico we polled people's opinions on this question. headed into the argument. 70 percent of Americans said that they reject the position that U.S. presidents should be criminally immune for conduct while in office. 70 percent. That's like Beyoncé levels of approval."

"We also asked people whether or not they trusted this court to issue fair and impartial rulings. Less than a quarter of people agreed with it and, unfortunately, the people are correct," he added.

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