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NO IMMUNITY: Appeals Court Says Trump Not Immune from Prosecution in 2020 Election Case

By Eric Bolling Staff

(Photo by Eduardo Munoz-Pool/Getty Images)

A federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday that former President and 2024 GOP frontrunner Donald Trump does not have presidential immunity when it comes to the case of the 2020 election.

A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected Trump’s claim that he could not be prosecuted.

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“For the purpose of this criminal case, former President Trump has become citizen Trump, with all of the defenses of any other criminal defendant,” the unanimous panel wrote. “But any executive immunity that may have protected him while he served as President no longer protects him against this prosecution.”

From NEWSMAX:

The ruling, which Trump is almost certain to appeal, rebuffs his attempt to avoid a trial on charges that he undermined American democracy and the transfer of power, even as he consolidates his position as the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination.

The case will remain paused until at least Feb. 12 to give Trump time to appeal to the U.S. Supreme Court.

Trump’s lawyers argued that former presidents were entitled to sweeping legal protections and could not be criminally prosecuted for official actions unless first impeached by the House of Representatives and removed from office by the Senate.

This story is developing…



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