Donald Trump does not have presidential immunity and can be prosecuted on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election, a US court has ruled.
Trump had claimed in the landmark legal case that he was immune from criminal charges for acts he said fell within his duties as president.
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But Tuesday’s unanimous ruling in Washington DC struck down that claim.
It is a setback for Trump, who has for years cited presidential immunity while battling multiple court cases.
US Special Counsel Jack Smith has charged Donald Trump with conspiring to overturn Joe Biden’s victory in the 2020 election and committing fraud to stay in office.
The trial in that case was initially scheduled for 4 March, but was postponed pending a ruling on the immunity claim.
Last month, a panel of three judges heard the case at the US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit.
The argument from Trump’s lawyer hinged on the idea that a president who is not convicted for impeachment by Congress cannot be subject to criminal proceedings.
Trump, they noted, was impeached by the House of Representatives but never convicted by the Senate.
The judge presiding over the trial had already rejected this argument in December.
Judge Tanya Chutkan wrote at the time that the presidency “does not confer a lifelong ‘get-out-of-jail-free’ pass”.
At the hearing, the judges – two Democratic appointees and one Republican appointee – were sceptical of the former president’s argument.
One, Judge Florence Pan, suggested that immunity would allow a president to sell state secrets or order the assassination of a political rival without being concerned about criminal prosecution.
Steven Cheung, Trump’s campaign spokesman, has just given a statement on the court’s decision.
“If immunity is not granted to a President, every future President who leaves office will be immediately indicted by the opposing party. Without complete immunity, a President of the United States would not be able to properly function!” he says.
“Prosecuting a President for official acts violates the Constitution and threatens the bedrock of our Republic. President Trump respectfully disagrees with the DC Circuit’s decision and will appeal it in order to safeguard the Presidency and the Constitution.”
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One response to “US court rules Trump has no presidential immunity”
Well I guess he can’t really, “shoot someone on Fifth Avenue and get away with it!” Confering that type of “Immunity,” would be tantamount to making a President more powerful than the laws of his Country — above the Constitution, even — which is the Supreme Law of the Land! Glad that these Justices realized that what he was asking of them, would have been tantamount to a permanent “Get-Out-Of-Jail-Free card!!🤨