Former President Donald Trump has regularly used his frequent courtroom appearances to grandstand and rail against prosecutors, judges, and politicians that he claims are unfairly prosecuting him for committing an alleged 91 felony offenses.
However, CBS News' Scott MacFarlane reports that Trump may find it harder to make a spectacle during his planned appearance at a federal appeals court.
"If Trump wants a photo-op today, he’s gonna have some complications," he writes on Twitter. "Cameras are prohibited inside court and a horizontal rain is expected through the day outside."
The appeals court on Tuesday will hear Trump lawyers' arguments that the former president has immunity from being prosecuted for dozens of the crimes he is alleged to have committed on the grounds that they were actions taken as part of his official duties as president.
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Many legal experts have predicted that both the appeals court and the United States Supreme Court are likely to reject such arguments on the grounds that they would essentially render it impossible to prosecute presidents for any criminal actions taken.
While Department of Justice policy has long stated that a sitting president cannot be criminally prosecuted, that protection does not extend to a president after they have left office.
