In December, Smith and his team had urged the justices to take up and decide the immunity issue, even before the appeals court weighed in. “It is of imperative public importance that Respondent’s claim of immunity be resolved by this Court and that Respondent’s trial proceed as promptly ...
He cited former President Harry Truman’s decision to drop an atomic bomb on the Japanese city of Hiroshima in his argument for presidential immunity, saying that it was "not exactly a nice act, but it did end the Second World War."...
If successful, Trump's claim of "temporary presidential immunity" could provide the president an additional layer of legal protection, having already entered office with newly broadened presidential power and protection from criminal liability following theSupreme Court's rulinglast year...
The former president hasraised a claimof presidential immunity in a second case Smith brought against him, that one involving hisalleged mishandling of documentsmarked classified and obstruction. The federal judge overseeing the documents case in South Florida is set to consider Friday when it will ...
The former president first raised his claim of presidential immunity in October, when he asked U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who is overseeing the criminal case in D.C., to dismiss the charges. Chutkan denied the request and Trump later appealed the ruling to the D.C. Circuit. ...
Trump focuses on presidential immunity after Supreme Court Colorado decision Share this - Copied Former President Donald Trump thanked the Supreme Court for its decision to allow him to remain on the Colorado ballot and focused on the court’s upcoming decision on presiden...
Trump lawyer warns 'floodgates will be opened' if court rejects his immunity claim WASHINGTON, DC - JULY 2: D. John Sauer, Special Assistant to the Louisiana Attorney General listens during a hearing with the House Judiciary Subcommittee on the Weaponization of the Federal Government on Capitol ...
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...
Legal challenge:The case was put on hold while Trump appealed aclaim of "presidential immunity"to the Supreme Court. The nation's highest court ruled in July thatTrump is entitled to immunityfrom federal prosecution for official actions he took while in office, a landmark decision that let to...
noted in her concurring opinion in that case that criminal investigations could reach further into the bubble around the presidency because of grand jury’s needs, and that lawsuits against sitting presidents for their unofficial acts couldn’t be dodged with a temporary presidential immunity ...