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He US Supreme Court provided this Monday Partial immunity for former President Donald Trump (2017-2021) for attempting to overturn the election that led to the storming of the
He US Supreme Court provided this Monday Partial immunity for former President Donald Trump (2017-2021) for attempting to overturn the election that led to the storming of the Capitol by determining that his “official” actions as President were protected rather than “unofficial” ones.
“A former president is entitled to absolute immunity from prosecution for acts within the scope of his ultimate constitutional authority,” but “there is no immunity for unofficial acts,” the progressive justices noted in the 6-3 opinion.
The decision is likely to delay his trial in the US capital for federal charges of election subversion against him as he overturns a federal appeals court’s February ruling that Trump did not enjoy immunity for alleged crimes he committed while president to overturn the 2020 election results.
The ruling represents a victory for the Republican because it will likely allow him to avoid another upcoming trial. elections on November 5where he could meet with the current Democratic President Joe Biden.
Trump has already had to spend weeks this year in a New York court in a trial that made him the first former president in U.S. history to be convicted of a felony, in this case falsifying business records related to payments he made to buy silence. porn actress Stormy Daniels.
When immunity before the Supreme Court It comes from a federal court in Washington, D.C., where a grand jury indicted him in August 2023 on three criminal charges of trying to overturn the election he lost to Biden in 2020 and inciting storming the Capitol January 2021, when the election results were scheduled to be certified.
Trump’s defense has asked for a mistrial, arguing that he enjoys immunity because he was president when the events occurred.
However, the judge who heard the case in Washington, DC. Because an appeals court later rejected those petitions, Trump took the case to the Supreme Court, which heard it during a trial in April.
Although not stated in the Constitution or laws, sitting U.S. presidents have historically enjoyed absolute immunity from litigation related to their functions to avoid violating the separation between the executive and judicial branches.
Trump’s defense wants to take that legal doctrine a step further, arguing that former presidents continue to enjoy criminal immunity for actions taken during their term. But prosecutors argue that Trump is not above the law.
The ruling could have implications for other cases Trump faces in Georgia for trying to overturn the state’s election results and in Florida for illegally storing classified materials at his Mar-a-Lago mansion after leaving office. Presidency.
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Source: Aristegui Noticias
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