Washington — A federal appeals court in Washington found former President Donald Trump is not entitled to broad immunity from federal prosecution, delivering a landmark decision that would allow the criminal c
Washington— A federal appeals court questioned the limits of a broad claim of presidential immunity put forward by former President Donald Trump, peppering his attorney with extreme hypothetical scenarios during contentious oral arguments on Tuesday. Trump's attorney argued that presidents are immune ...
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.
President and Republican presidential candidate Donald Trump holds a rally in advance of the New Hampshire presidential primary election in Rochester, New Hampshire, U.S., January 21, 2024. REUTERS/Mike Segar By Andrew Goudsward WASHINGTON (Reuters) - A federal appeals ...
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
"I don't find that hypothetical very helpful," Gesmer said, asking Blanche to focus on his arguments related to presidential immunity. Gesmer asked a lawyer for Manhattan District Attorney Alvin Bragg's office, which brought the case, to address Trump's argument that...
E. Jean Carroll, right, walks out of Manhattan federal court, May 9, 2023, in New York.Seth Wenig/AP The appeals court Wednesday ordered both sides to submit written briefs in the next 15 days to argue whether Trump should be able to invoke presidential immunity to shield himself from...
Cheryl Bader, a former federal prosecutor, said she believes the immunity argument will be a losing battle for Trump, even before the conservative-majority Supreme Court. “I think based on the law and there being no constitutional provision giving former presidents immun...
Merchan last week rejected his request todelay the trial until the U.S. Supreme Court rules on presidential immunity claimshe raised in another of his criminal cases. Trump alsofiled an eve-of-trial lawsuitagainst the judge in his New York civil fraud case, accusing the jurist ...
A New York appeals court judge rejected Donald Trump’s latest attempt to delay his hush money criminal trial.