Citing a unanimous1989 Supreme Court decisionauthored by Justice Antonin Scalia, the group said an order denying immunity in a criminal case can only be appealed when the immunity claim "rests upon an explicit statutory or constitutional guarantee that trial will not occur." The high court has i...
Appeals court rejects Trump's immunity claim in federal election interference case A three-judge panel in the U.S. Court of Appeals has rejected former President Trump's claim of presidential immunity in his federal election interference case....
A New York appeals court judge rejected Donald Trump’s latest attempt to delay his hush money criminal trial.
The decision marks the second time in as many months that judges have spurned Trump’s immunity arguments and held that he can be prosecuted for actions undertaken while in the White House and in the run-up to Jan. 6, 2021, when a mob of his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. But ...
Appeals court rejects Trump immunity claimAn appeals court has ruled former President Trump does not have immunity from charges related to his alleged attempts to overturn the results of the 2020 election. Jan Crawford has the latest.Feb 7, 2024...
will challenge U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan's decision rejecting Trump's bid toderail the case headed to trial in Washington, D.C., in March. The one-page filing was accompanied by a request from the Trump team to put the case on pause so the appeals c...
Chutkan earlier rejected the immunity arguments, asserting that the office of the presidency does not confer a “’get-out-of-jail free card.” Trump’s lawyers then appealed that decision, prompting Smith to seek to bypass the court and request an expedited decisio...
Supreme Court decision last month that conferred broad immunity on Trump and narrowed the scope of the case. Defense lawyers in the classified documents case had argued that Smith’s appointment violated the Constitution’s Appointments Clause, a motion that prompted Cannon to...
how much longer the trial might be delayed. If the court grants Trump’s request without speeding up the appeals process, Trump would likely have until early May before he would need to file his full appeal. But the justices could set much quicker deadline...
The Supreme Court's decision to not weigh in for now was a blow to special counsel Jack Smith and his prosecution team. Trump first filed a motion to dismiss the indictment on grounds of "presidential immunity" on Oct. 5. Federal judge warns of Jan. 6 case backlog as Supreme Court ...