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- A federal appeals court in Washington, D.C., ruled that Donald Trump does not have immunity from prosecution in his election case as a result of having been president at the time of the alleged crimes.
- Trump is expected to ask the Supreme Court to overturn the appeals court ruling.
- The case is related to Trump’s attempt to reverse his 2020 election loss to President Joe Biden.
“We cannot accept that the office of the Presidency places its former occupants above the law for all time thereafter,” said the panel in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit.
“For the purpose of this criminal case, former President Trump has become citizen Trump, with all of the defenses of any other criminal defendant,” the panel wrote in a 57-page opinion. “But any executive immunity that may have protected him while he served as President no longer protects him against this prosecution.”
The ruling is the latest major legal loss for Trump, the front-runner for the Republican presidential nomination.
He is expected to quickly ask the Supreme Court to overturn the decision or ask the appeals court’s entire judicial lineup to rehear the case.
But the new ruling, which upheld a decision by the district court judge overseeing the case, increases the chances that Trump will stand trial before November’s election.
Appeals court denies Trump immunity in 2020 criminal election case
Donald Trump is charged with crimes related to trying to overturn his 2020 election loss to President Joe Biden.
www.cnbc.com
