Posted on 02/06/2024 2:15:14 PM PST by Dr. Franklin
WASHINGTON, Feb 6 (Reuters) - Donald Trump does not have immunity from charges he plotted to overturn his 2020 election defeat, a federal appeals court ruled on Tuesday, bringing the former U.S. president a step closer to an unprecedented criminal trial. A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected Trump’s claim that he cannot be prosecuted because the allegations relate to his official responsibilities as president.
"We cannot accept that the office of the Presidency places its former occupants above the law for all time thereafter," the unanimous panel wrote. The court concluded that any executive immunity that may have shielded Trump from criminal charges while he served as president "no longer protects him against this prosecution." The ruling, which Trump vowed to appeal, rebuffs his attempt to avoid a trial on charges that he undermined American democracy and the transfer of power, even as he consolidates his position as the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination.
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Three stooge panel Karen L. Henderson, J. Michelle Childs and Florence Y. Pan.
Karen L. Henderson - Grabby Poppy stooge
J. Michelle Childs - Biden stooge
Florence Y. Pan - Biden stooge
This is the DC Circuit, which is a vipers’ nest of leftists.
Plotted to overturn 2020?
What a joke.
More BS rulings by kangaroo court judges. Ignore rhem.
“”We cannot accept that the office of the Presidency places its former occupants above the law …”
WHAT….FECKING…..LAW?
Trump was president till noon Jan 20th, so FU, Judges who have immunity themselves.
Clinton got immunity for anything that happened while he was in office. And that was announced about 10 minutes before he left the Whitehouse the last time.
Good job!
Trump should immediately release that he will indict Bush and Cheney for the Iraq war since there is no immunity.
Again,, kudos!
and bill and obama...
why should they skate?
They’re opening up the door to prosecute Biden and Obama, Clinton too.
I hope they know that.
Should it happen, I will enjoy hearing them scream.
But realistically, it won’t happen.
A poppy Bush lesbo and a Biden Chinese female and a black female.
“Random”
The DC black robe POS demonic SOB’s and bitches cabal have him by the *alls, and they ain’t gonna let go! This goes as well for New York. They got him by his jewels and they ain’t gonna let go! And no matter if God himself would’ve written the constitution and the law governing this nation’s people they won’t give a CHIT as long as they destroy this man! This is how corrupt the judicial branch has become!! They say no man is above the law yet the Democrats get away with murder every single time! Go ask Hunter, Melendez, Obama, Hillary, Bill Clinton, the list is incredibly long! And we’re not even adding dementia FJB to the list yet!
Trump’s mistake on this point was that he didn’t understand that the RINO-Democrat coalition were intending to prosecute him after he left office.
You’re never getting a DC jury to return indictments against a democrat.
Correct. He committed NO crimes and these malicious prosecutions are purely political. The idea of trying to remove him from a ballot over charges not even adjudicated is ridiculous.
He will win, and these people are going to deserve every bit of revenge the American people can bestow upon them. Fie on them!
I know.
Yes, it does, dbags, for what those former occupants did while they were in office, but not anything they may do after leaving office. You are conflating the two to twist the law into a pretzel so you can get Trump. If the law worked they way you've twisted it, every cop, soldier, whatever would be instantly prosecutable for anything they did while having immunity the moment they became a former cop, soldier, whatever.
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