Former President Donald Trump shared a positive note following last week’s U.S. Supreme Court hearing, in which justices heard arguments from his legal team about “presidential immunity” stemming from charges brought against him by Special Counsel Jack Smith.
Trump reacted to the “monumental” hearing Thursday, saying he thinks it was “made clear” that a president “has to have immunity.”
The real estate mogul made his remarks to reporters after sitting for hours in a Manhattan courtroom where he is defending himself against 34 felony counts of allegedly falsifying business records to hide hush money payments to adult film star Stormy Daniels and former Playboy Playmate Karen McDougal.
Trump had requested to attend arguments in Washington, D.C., but New York Judge Juan Merchan denied the request after mandating that the former president be present in his Manhattan courtroom for each day of his criminal trial.
