The D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals faces an important question: As a former U.S. president, is Donald Trump immune from criminal prosecution?
It’s been over three weeks since judges heard arguments, and still no ruling.
The immunity question is part of a larger federal case, accusing Trump of attempting to overturn the 2020 election results. His legal team maintains a President is immune from criminal prosecution for any official acts taken while in office.
The presiding district judge on the case rejected that argument, so Trump’s team appealed it to the D.C. Circuit Court.
“Could a President order S.E.A.L Team Six to assassinate a political rival? That’s an official act. An order to S.E.A.L Team Six,” questioned Judge Florence Pan during the appeals hearing a few weeks ago.
Trump’s attorney, D. John Sauer, pushed back, saying, “He would have to be, and speedily be, impeached before a criminal prosecution.”
While the appeals court judges seemed skeptical of this stance, Trump is buckling down as they continue deliberations.
In a post on his social media platform, Truth Social, the former president wrote in part, “Even events that ‘cross the line,’ must fall under total immunity, or it will be years of trauma
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