Ex-Trump Lawyer Tells CNN’s Kaitlan Collins Trump Will Lose At Supreme Court If He Appeals Immunity Ruling

Former Trump attorney Tim Parlatore told CNN anchor Kaitlan Collins that former President Donald Trump is likely to lose if he appeals the bombshell ruling on his presidential immunity claims.

The DC Circuit Court of Appeals struck down Trump’s appeal in a 57-page opinion Tuesday in a blistering opinion that stunned many analysts with its force and clarity.

On Tuesday night’s edition of CNN’s The Source with Kaitlan Collins, Collins asked Parlatore about the prospect of a Supreme Court appeal, namely, “What argument does his legal team have left?”

Parlatore had no good news for Trump:

COLLINS: I mean, yes, they spent a lot of this ruling, on the jurisdiction, if anyone’s reading that.

But on the merits itself, I mean, Trump is responding to this today, by saying the presidency is going to lose power and prestige, when the court says it’s actually an important check on the presidency, if they’re not immune.

He says a president must have full immunity to properly function.

They say that’s not supported by history or logic that he was just carrying out his official acts. They say what’s alleged is not an official act. That it was, instead, they say, if proven, an unprecedented assault on the structure of our government.

If it does go to the Supreme Court, let me ask you what I asked George Conway, which is what argument does his legal team have left?

PARLATORE: The big thing that I thought that this decision was kind of missing was a more detailed discussion, of what the left and right limits would be of immunity. I think that it kind of gave a little bit short shrift to the idea of when you’re out of office that it doesn’t apply anymore. So, I think that the Supreme Court could clarify those points.

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And one thing to understand is that the Supreme Court doesn’t just take cases to overturn them. And there was a case, several years ago, in the Clinton administration that the Circuit decided an issue of privilege. And the Supreme Court decided not to take it.

But Justice Ginsburg gave a very strong dissent, where she said, issues like this that affect, the privileges and immunities, related to the presidency, is something that should be coming from the Supreme Court, not just from the Circuit.

And so, even if the Supreme Court were to take it, and affirm it entirely, it is something because it affects the President, that there is a belief that it should come from the Supreme Court, not just the Circuit.

COLLINS: Do you believe that? Do you think it should go to the Supreme Court after reading this opinion, or this ruling, today?

PARLATORE: I do see a value, in the Supreme Court weighing in, and potentially clarifying what type of conduct would or wouldn’t be, under the immunity. I don’t think that it’s going to affect the outcome. I don’t think it’s going to change what’s going to happen, in this trial.

I think that the Supreme Court would have to make that decision, really based on, on the law and the precedent, whereas a lot of people want to make the decision, based on the schedule, of getting the trial done, before the election.

COLLINS: But you’re saying you do think the case will ultimately go to trial, even if it does go to the Supreme Court?

PARLATORE: I believe that the Supreme Court is not going to overturn it, and find the blanket immunity that the former President is asking for.

COLLINS: OK. That’s — I just wanted to make sure that’s what you were saying.

Watch above via CNN’s The Source with Kaitlan Collins.