Trump invokes his presidential immunity to ask for cases against him to be dropped

Former American President donald trump He asked the court on Thursday to dismiss federal charges against him for election conspiracy, claiming he cannot be prosecuted for his actions while in the White House due to presidential immunity.

The former president, Republican favorite for the 2024 presidential elections, is expected to go on trial in March next year in washingtonaccused of having maneuvered to try to reverse the election results 2020 electionsin which he lost to the Democrat Joe Biden.

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His lawyers sent a 52-page request to the federal judge Tanya Chutkanwho will preside over the case.

“The court should definitively reject the accusation, (…) due to presidential immunity“they wrote.

This argument has little chance of success, according to experts, but it could delay the start of the trial if the decision ends up being taken by the Supreme Court.

Similar attempts by Trump in other cases against him were rejected by judges, but the highest US court has never ruled on whether a former head of state can benefit from immunity in criminal proceedings.

donald trump He is the first former president of U.S be criminally charged.

Trump’s defenders, who cited a case examined by the Supreme Court involving the former president Richard Nixon (1969-1974), stated that the law guaranteed “absolute immunity“for the president”for acts within the ‘outer perimeter’ of your official responsibility”.

“The current administration has accused President Trump of acts that fall not only on the “outer perimeter” but also at the heart of his official responsibilities as president.”, they insisted.

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As chief executive, they argued, Trump had a responsibility to “ensure the integrity of elections”And he had the right to contest the results of the 2020 election.

The judicial calendar is busy for the Republican billionaire who wants to win back the The White House in 2024.

It is also processed in the state of New Yorkin case of alleged accounting fraud linked to payments made to buy the silence of a porn actressis at Georgiafor conspiracy also in relation to the 2020 elections.

Source: Elcomercio

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