2020 ELECTION/IMMUNITY: “Donald Trump does not have presidential immunity and can be prosecuted on charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election, a US court has ruled.
Mr Trump had claimed in the landmark legal case that he was immune from criminal charges for acts he said fell within his duties as president.
But Tuesday’s unanimous ruling in Washington DC struck down that claim.
It is a setback for Mr Trump who has for years cited presidential immunity while battling multiple cases.
‘We cannot accept former President Trump’s claim that a president has unbounded authority to commit crimes that would neutralise the most fundamental check on executive power – the recognition and implementation of election results,’ the three-judge appeals court panel wrote in its opinion.”
-Sam Cabral, “Donald Trump does not have presidential immunity, US court rules,” bbc.com, February 6, 2024