Appeals Court Judges Skeptical of Trump’s Immunity Request

The three judges of the Court of Appeals of washington examine the request for criminal immunity of donald trump As a former president, they were skeptical this Tuesday during a hearing in the presence of the defendants, accused of having tried to change the results of the 2020 elections.

With your demands, the big favorite of the Republican primaries For the presidential elections in November, he is trying to postpone his criminal case as long as possible and, if possible, until after the elections, which should be a rematch between him and the Democratic president. Joe Biden.

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The court hearing took place in the middle of the election campaign, less than a week before the starton Monday of the Republican primary in Iowa.

trump I went to court despite not being obliged to do so. “The least I am entitled to is Immunity Presidential in Biden’s false accusations!”the 77-year-old former president said on his Truth Social network on Monday.

The debate lasted approximately one hour and ended at 10:45 am (3:45 pm GMT).

On December 1st, the judge Tanya Chutkanwho will preside over the process, rejected his petition in Immunity claiming that there is no legal text that protects a former president from criminal prosecution.

The lawyers of donald trump They say they like it “Immunity absolute” for having been president. They cite the jurisprudence of the Court Supreme Court in the 1980s over civil suits against former President Richard Nixon.

They also argue that he cannot be tried for allegedly trying to change the results because he was acquitted of doing so in a congressional impeachment trial for the attack on the Capitol on January 6, 2021. That day, hundreds of supporters of trump They tried to prevent the validation of Biden’s victory.

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“Paradoxical”

“Authorizing the prosecution of a president for his official actions would open a Pandora’s box from which this nation may never recover.”estimated this Tuesday the lawyer of trump, João Sauer. The former president did not speak.

“The notion that the Immunity criminal for a president does not exist is a shocking statement,” according to Sauer. “It would authorize, for example, the indictment of the president Biden in the western district of Texas when he leaves office due to his mismanagement of the border.” with Mexicowhich records a record number of illegal migrant crossings.

But Judge Karen Henderson, appointed by former Republican President George W. Bushconsidered “paradoxical to say that your duty constitutional to ‘ensure the faithful execution of laws’ allows you to violate criminal laws”.

Judge Florence Pan, a Biden appointee, asked hypothetically whether a president who orders special forces to assassinate a political rival could be criminally prosecuted, even if he was not impeached and convicted by Congress.

“My answer is yes, with reservations.,” Sauer said. “There should be a political trial”.

“Therefore, you are not totally and absolutely immune because, according to the procedure you admit, you can be prosecuted if there is a political judgment and is condemned for Senate”Pan replied.

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“Never before”

James Pearce, a lawyer for the Department of Justice, countered the statement Immunity and said that the circumstances surrounding the conduct of trump They were unique.

“Never before have there been accusations that a sitting president has attempted (…) to fundamentally subvert the democratic republic and the electoral systemPearce said.

The appeal filed by the lawyers of trump suspended the procedure, which could disrupt the trial schedule, which is scheduled to begin on March 4, according to the special prosecutor Jack Smithinvestigating the case.

trumpwho pleaded not guilty in this case on August 3, 2023 in washingtonattributes his legal problems to the government of his 81-year-old Democratic opponent.

Prosecutors warn of the dangers that recognizing the Immunity in trump.

Jack Smith asked the Court United States Supreme Court that would speed up the process Immunityavoiding the court federal of appeals in order to maintain the March date for the trial.

O Court Supreme Court, with a 6-3 conservative majority, denied petition by Smith.

It is not the only legal case against trumpwho is also accused of electoral interference in Georgia (southeast) and alleged negligence in the management of top secret documents after leaving the The White House.

Source: Elcomercio

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