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When Donald Trump's lawyers make an appearance before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to claim their client is protected by presidential immunity against any and all crimes he allegedly committed, they can expect a rapid-fire flurry of questions from the jurists.

That is the prediction of conservative attorney George Conway who put his name on an amicus brief presented to the court contesting the former president's claim that was booted back to the lower court by the Supreme Court.

Appearing on MSNBC with host Katie Phang, Conway provided the tip that whichever legal team gets the majority of questions directed at them will likely be the loser in the end.

Asked what to expect at the Tuesday hearing, Conway stated, "Well, I think you're gonna see some intense questioning from the panel. It's a very smart panel, a very able panel. This is basically what many people consider to be the second most important court in the country."

"My way of judging how appellate arguments go is: who gets the most questions? T here is a 60 or 70 percent chance that person is going to lose, or that their clients is going to lose," he explained. "I'm pretty sure the questions are going to be coming fast and furious for the lawyer representing Donald Trump."

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"I just don't see — for the reasons we set out in our brief — I just don't see how he could possibly prevail in this case," he added. "I wouldn't be surprised to see a quick decision, a decision I think the judges may well be already writing, because I don't think this question is close. I think a decision within a matter of days will be in order. And the interesting question will be maybe the Supreme Court doesn't even have to weigh in if the Court of Appeals opinion is sufficiently compelling."

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Appearing on MSNBC on the anniversary of the Jan. 6 riot, former federal prosecutor Glenn Kirschner explained that the Supreme Court will be hard-pressed to ignore a lower court ruling that Donald Trump did in fact engage in an act of insurrection.

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Speaking with host Katie Phang, Kirschner noted that the Colorado Supreme Court affirmed a lower court finding that Trump took part in an insurrection, which should box in the Supreme Court.

"There's a mantra," he began, "The mantra is that the appellate courts will defer, they give great deference, to factual findings by the trial court and they will only disregard them if they are clearly erroneous or without record support."

"In other words, the trial court judge just made it up," he elaborated. "Judge Sarah Wallace did not make it up; she heard from fact witnesses, expert witnesses, as you say, she conducted a full and fair trial, at which Donald Trump's lawyers represented Donald Trump's interests. So, he certainly enjoyed a healthy dose of the due process."

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"Let's hope the Supreme Court recognizes that they owe great deference to the trial court's determination, and of course, the trial court determined Donald Trump engaged in insurrection and the Colorado Supreme Court affirmed those factual findings," he added. "I would argue that the Supreme Court is stuck with those factual findings."

"It doesn't mean they won't find other ways around it," he cautioned, "but you know, let's follow the rules of appellate practice that way we always have."

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Reacting to Donald Trump's increasingly vocal support for pardoning all of the Jan. 6 rioters who took part in the insurrection, one Democratic lawmaker raised the prospect that the former president will unleash a new wave of violence on America.

As the country observes the third anniversary of the Capitol riot, Trump has promised that "we’ll be looking very, very seriously at full pardons” which is casting a dark cloud over what could happen if he is re-elected in November.

Bundled against the winter cold, a dozen people outside Washington's jail pray, sing and shout their support for inmates held over the violent attack on the US Capitol three years ago that sought to overturn Donald Trump's election defeat.

Family members and supporters -- plus a few pet dogs -- meet nearly every night at a spot they dub "Freedom Corner," just beyond the jail's barbed wire fence in a quiet residential neighborhood.

New York's attorney general is seeking $370 million from former president Donald Trump in a fraud case which has seen the real estate mogul accused of inflating the value of his properties, court documents showed Friday.

"Record evidence... supports disgorgement of $370 million, plus pre-judgment interest," said the filing, significantly more than the $250 million that New York Attorney General Letitia James previously said she would seek.

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