The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit has unanimously ruled that Donald Trump does not have “presidential immunity” from criminal prosecution that would prevent him from being put on trial for attempting to stay in power after losing the 2020 election. https://twitter.com/washingtonpost/status/1754886357128761636 From the Washington Post:
“We cannot accept former President Trump’s claim that a President has unbounded authority to commit crimes that would neutralize the most fundamental check on executive power — the recognition and implementation of election results,” the panel of three judges wrote.
“Nor can we sanction his apparent contention that the Executive has carte blanche to violate the rights of individual citizens to vote and to have their votes count.”
The ruling comes days before the Supreme Court considers another untested question raised by Trump’s candidacy — whether the former president is an insurrectionist barred by the Constitution from returning to the White House because of his actions around Jan. 6.
Trump has already indicated he plans to ask the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and the Supreme Court to review the immunity ruling. CNN legal analyst Elie Honing says the Supreme Court may not take up an appeal given the points raised in the D.C. Circuit’s ruling. https://twitter.com/jeffstorobinsky/status/1754888210658791859
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