The Second Circuit U.S. Court of Appeals rejects a request by lawyers for former President Donald Trump for the full court to review whether federal immunity protects him from being sued for defamation by columnist E. Jean Carroll. In Georgia, meanwhile, Trump’s lawyers submit a court filing Monday in Fulton County asking Judge Scott McAfee […]
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Trump moves to dismiss Georgia election case on presidential immunity grounds
Former President Donald Trump is moving to have the election interference charges against him in Georgia thrown out, arguing he’s protected by presidential immunity. Trump has made the same argument in the federal election interference case against him, which has been paused until an appeals court hears arguments on Trump’s claim on Tuesday. “The indictment […]
Trump Threatens to Indict Biden if Immunity Bid Fails
This week, the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals will hear oral arguments regarding Donald Trump’s bid to secure presidential immunity from prosecution on charges related to his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. The Supreme Court will likely review the decision, but Trump is already pushing for indictments against President Joe Biden […]
Trump to attend appeals court arguments over immunity in 2020 election case
Washington — Former President Donald Trump announced that he will attend arguments Tuesday before a three-judge panel in Washington that is considering whether he is shielded from federal criminal prosecution. Oral arguments before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit will focus on Trump’s legal theory that the charges — namely […]
In Georgia, Trump again bets presidential immunity will spare him from prosecution
Lawyers for former President Donald Trump submit a court filing Monday in Fulton County, Georgia, asking Judge Scott McAfee dismiss the election interference and racketeering charges filed against him by District Attorney Fani Willis on the grounds that he is protected from prosecution because he was president at the time he sought to overturn the […]
Trump seeks dismissal of Georgia case, citing immunity, double jeopardy
In a trio of motions filed Monday, former President Donald Trump asked a Georgia judge to throw out felony racketeering charges against him, saying the criminal election subversion case violated presidential immunity, double jeopardy and due process protections. Trump has frequently cited presidential immunity in his efforts to thwart criminal and civil cases against him. […]
Trump threatens to indict Biden if the courts don’t give him blanket immunity
Former President Donald Trump says federal courts better give him total immunity from criminal prosecution — or he’ll go after Joe Biden if he wins this year. “If I don’t get Immunity, then Crooked Joe Biden doesn’t get Immunity,” Trump wrote in an early-morning post on his social media site. Trump — the GOP frontrunner […]
What to know as appeals court hears Trump’s immunity claim in election interference case
WASHINGTON — Donald Trump’s latest legal battle will take place in a Washington courtroom on Tuesday as the former president attempts to quash his prosecution over efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election that culminated in the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for […]
Trump says he will attend federal appeals court arguments on presidential immunity
Donald Trump said he will be attending an appeals court hearing regarding the scope of his presidential immunity in Washington DC on Tuesday, in comments in a Truth Social post on Monday. “Of course I was entitled, as President of the United States and Commander in Chief, to Immunity,” Mr Trump said in the post. […]
Do presidents have immunity from the law? Trump case to separate ‘official acts’ from crimes
There’s a beloved American axiom as old as the nation that “no one is above the law — not even the president.” Every generation or so, that gets tested in the courts, and it’s about to happen again. This week, former President Trump will ask a D.C. appellate court — and soon after, likely the […]
Trump says he will attend federal appeals court arguments on presidential immunity
(Reuters) –Donald Trump said he will be attending an appeals court hearing regarding the scope of his presidential immunity in Washington D.C. on Tuesday, in comments in a Truth Social post on Monday. “Of course I was entitled, as President of the United States and Commander in Chief, to Immunity,” Trump said in the post. […]
Belarus president gives himself immunity from prosecution
President Alexander Lukashenko of Belarus signed a new law on Thursday that gives him lifelong immunity from criminal prosecution and prevents opposition leaders living abroad from running in future presidential elections. The law theoretically applies to any former president and members of his or her family. In reality, it is only relevant to Mr Lukashenko, […]