FINALLY! Federal Appeals Court Rejects Trump’s Claim Of Absolute Immunity
Don’t know what took them so long. However:
A federal appeals court has unanimously ruled that Donald Trump can be put on trial for trying to stay in power after losing the 2020 election, rejecting Trump’s sweeping claim of presidential immunity and moving the case one step closer to a jury.
“For the purpose of this criminal case, former President Trump has become citizen Trump, with all of the defenses of any other criminal defendant. But any executive immunity that may have protected him while he served as President no longer protects him against this prosecution,” the panel of three judges wrote. “The interest in criminal accountability, held by both the public and the Executive Branch, outweighs the potential risks of chilling Presidential action and permitting vexatious litigation.”
Trump has already indicated that he plans to ask the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit and the U.S. Supreme Court to review the ruling. While his legal arguments keep failing in court, even rulings against him aid his goal of delaying any federal trial in D.C. until after the presidential election.
The court said it would put the ruling on hold until Feb. 12 for Trump to appeal to the Supreme Court but would not wait for the full D.C. Circuit to weigh in.
The Supreme Court can, and should, reject consideration of Trump’s appeal as it is absurd on its face. Whether it will…
While I saw this as inevitable it is welcome news regardless, admittedly an absurd claim from a desperate man it is a very good thing to see it struck down.
Is is possible to feels sorry for Trump? He sees the polls where he is beating Biden, but knows a conviction could blow that up. The two trains running on the same track must be making him very tense and angry these days.
More tense and more angry, anyway.
The polls are bullshit
Polls are bs but Trump is going to win. Concerning the White House, we should be looking forward to 2028.
If Trump wins there is no election in 2028. For all of his lying, he has been honest about that.
If Trump wins, there’ll be no 2028 election.
There is always a Delaware angle – Alina hannabarberra graduated from Weidner
She was at the Harrisburg campus but point taken
Yikes, you’re right. Was sure she had gotten her JD from I Can’t Believe It’s A Law School.
Has a five-person firm in, wait for it, Bedminster, NJ, home of one of Trump’s golf courses. Don’t need to spell that cause/effect out for you…