CNN's Paula Reid on Tuesday said that the United States Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia's ruling against former President Donald Trump's claims of presidential immunity left him with very little wiggle room for getting out of criminal prosecution.
In particular, she said that the ruling was crafted in such a way that it made it very unlikely that the Supreme Court would even take up the case.
"The Court of Appeals, while they have been knocked for taking so long to come out with this decision, they really are setting it up for the Supreme Court to make it easy as possible for them to not hear this case," she said. "They are giving them a timeline that overlaps with this question, these oral arguments about ballot eligibility."
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She then proceeded to quote passages from the ruling that she said showed it appeared ironclad.
"Former President Trump's alleged efforts to remain in power despite losing the 2020 election were, if proven, an unprecedented assault on the structure of our government," the ruling stated. "He allegedly injected himself into a process in which the president has no role -- the counting and certifying of electoral college votes -- thereby undermining constitutionally established procedures and the will of Congress."
Reid then commented that this is "an incredibly strong opinion" that "really sets it up for the Supreme Court to perhaps not take up this question."
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