Trump firstraised his claimof presidential immunity in October, when he asked U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who is overseeing his criminal case in D.C., to dismiss the charges brought against him. The former president's lawyers said he cannot be charged for actions he performed within...
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...
Circuit or the Supreme Court to pause the case while the higher courts consider his prosecutorial immunity claim. However, the rejection last week by a three-judge panel of the appeals court of Trump’s sweeping claims of immunity in civil cases accusing him of incitin...
Appeals court rejects Trump's immunity claim in federal election interference case The U.S. Court of Appeals has rejected former President Donald Trump's claim of presidential immunity as it pertains to his federal election interference case.
A New York appeals court judge rejected Donald Trump’s latest attempt to delay his hush money criminal trial.
“Rather than vindicating our constitutional framework, the defendant’s sweeping immunity claim threatens to license Presidents to commit crimes to remain in office,” they wrote. “The Founders did not intend and would never have countenanced such a result.” ...
The unanimous ruling, which had been expected given the skepticism with which the three judges on the panel greeted the Trump team’s arguments, was unsparing in its repudiation of the claim that a former president could be shielded from prosecution for actions taken while in office. ...
Judge Juan Merchan “exceeded his authority” in refusing to postpone the case until the Supreme Court rules on an immunity claim Trump raised in another of his criminal cases. Trump's lawyers argue some evidence in the hush-money case could be excluded if the Supr...
Former President Trump’s lawyers asked a federal appeals court to toss his 2020 election subversion case in Washington, D.C., just one day after the Supreme Court declined special counsel Jack Smith’s request to take up Trump’s argument that his actio
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...