US Supreme Court to hear arguments on Trump’s immunity on April 25

He Supreme Court of the United States announced this Wednesday that on April 25th it will hold an oral hearing on the former president’s criminal immunity donald trump for possible crimes that occurred during his term in office (2017-2021), which could frustrate attempts to try him for his role in the assault on the Capitol 2021.

O Supreme Court scheduled this session for the last day of the judges’ oral hearing calendar.

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The Supreme Court’s ruling will clarify whether Trump can face a criminal trial in federal court in the District of Colombia for his role in reversing the 2020 election results during the assault on the Capitol on January 6, 2021 or if, on the contrary, he is protected by presidential immunity, as the events occurred a few days before he left office.

The trial against Trump in washington should have started this week, but the former president’s lawyers asked the Supreme Court to rule on the decision of a second instance court, which determined that the former president could not hide behind immunity in his judicial process for trying to subvert the 2020 elections he won Joe Biden.

The Supreme Court decided at the end of last month to agree to hear the case, something that was widely criticized by some jurists, as it gave wings to Trump’s argument, which claims he has immunity.”total”in the exercise of his position.

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The criminal case against Trump for the January 6, 2021 assault is on hold until the Supreme Court rules and the start of the trial could be delayed until after the November 5 general election.

If the Republican is declared the winner, he can put pressure on the Department of Justice to drop federal charges against him.

The Supreme Court has a majority of six conservative justices and just three progressive justices and for Trump to put this electoral obstruction case in their hands was the most desirable outcome.

Source: Elcomercio

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