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Federal prosecutors asked an appeals court on Saturday to reject former President Donald J. Trump’s claims that he is immune from criminal charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 election and said the indictment should remain in place even though it arose from actions he took while in the White House.

The government’s filing to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit was part of an ongoing struggle between Mr. Trump’s lawyers and prosecutors in the office of the special counsel, Jack Smith, over whether former presidents can be criminally liable for things they did in office.

The fight over immunity is arguably the most important aspect of the election interference case, involving both new questions of law and consequential issues of timing. The case is set to go to trial in Federal District Court in Washington in early March but has been put on hold until Mr. Trump’s attempts to dismiss the charges on grounds of immunity are resolved.

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[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago (1 children)

Seems like a no brainer. But why did SCOTUS kick the ball down the field?

[–] pezhore@lemmy.ml 20 points 11 months ago (2 children)

I follow a few lawyers on Mastodon - the general consensus is that the prosecutor jumped a few steps by going directly to SCOTUS and they told him, "Nope, do this the right way via appeals first".

It was unanimous from the court, and I get that this needs to be by the book, but it sure feels like it fits with the Trump effort to delay, delay, delay.

[–] JeeBaiChow@lemmy.world 11 points 11 months ago (2 children)

Fair enough. Only shouldn't his participation in the election process be halted until the decision is made, given the unprecedented nature of the decision and the gravitas of the outcome?

[–] teamevil@lemmy.world 6 points 11 months ago

Yup, but the Fascists gonna Fascist.

[–] APassenger@lemmy.world 2 points 11 months ago

Innocent until proven otherwise.

[–] lolcatnip@reddthat.com 1 points 11 months ago (1 children)

There are enough reasonable people left on the court that when a decision is unanimous, I'm willing to accept that it was proper.

[–] littlebluespark@lemmy.world 1 points 11 months ago

Voting in the affirmative does not guarantee the reasoning is identical across the board.