Trump’s political immunity was rejected in the 2020 election case

, an appeals court in the United States ruled that Donald Trump is not immune from charges related to trying to change the results of the 2020 election, bringing the former president one step closer to an unprecedented criminal trial in the country’s history.

Accordingly, a three-judge panel of the District Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia rejected Trump’s claim that he could not be prosecuted in the case because the charges related to his official duties during his presidency, he denied. Let’s accept the issue that the office of the President puts its former president above the law.

This court concluded that any executive immunity that may be was to protect Trump against criminal charges during his presidency, it will no longer protect him in this case.

With this ruling Trump’s efforts to avoid appearing in court on charges of endangering American democracy and the peaceful transition of power in 2021 have failed, and may even affect his position as the Republican front-runner for the 2024 election.

Trump’s lawyers stated that they will definitely appeal this sentence.

Steven Chang, the spokesperson of the Trump campaign, said: This sentence threatens the foundation of our republic. Without complete political immunity, the President of the United States cannot function well. Trump will definitely appeal this ruling. But the spokesman did not mention that the appeal will be submitted to the Washington District Court or directly to the US Supreme Court.

The case is on hold until at least Monday (February 12) to give Trump enough time to file his appeal with the Supreme Court.

About two months ago, an appeals court in the United States ruled that Donald Trump should be impeached because of Naqsh’s role in the attack of his supporters on the Congress building on January 6, 2021, will face a lawsuit and in this case he does not enjoy political and legal immunity.

This court also The rejection of Trump’s claim that he has political immunity confirmed that Trump used his personal power as a presidential candidate when he urged his supporters to march on Congress on the day of the riot. US presidents are immune from lawsuits only for official actions.

Judge Tanya Chatkan stated that there is no basis for the issue that the presidents of the United States then They cannot face criminal charges after leaving the White House. As the Republican front-runner for the 2024 election and Joe Biden’s main rival, Trump served as president from 2017 to 2021.

He wrote in this verdict: The United States has only one executive president at a time, and immunity exists for each president as long as he is in power, and this position is not delegated to pass through times of crisis and danger.

Accordingly, since Trump is the first former or current president of the United States to face criminal charges, Judge Chatkan’s ruling is the first official ruling in the history of the United States, during which the president can face charges like any other citizen. face criminal charges.

Donald Trump said that his words to encourage his supporters to “fight like hell” against the confirmation of the results of the 2020 election, was only a “issue public concern” and related to his sense of official responsibility.

Meanwhile, judicial experts believe that Trump’s lawyers can use his political immunity request to delay the trial and his freedom to campaign. use electorally.

Also, Jack Smith, the special investigator of the Trump case, asked the federal courts in a petition to Reject Donald Trump’s claim of judicial immunity in the case of trying to change the results of the 2020 election.

Smith said creating such a legal shield would put the president above the law.

Now Donald Republican front-runner Trump faces numerous criminal charges: attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 election and his supporters’ attack on the Capitol in January 2021, keeping classified documents at his personal Florida villa after leaving the White House, paying a hush money to a An actor in immoral films, and an attempt to change the results of the election in the state of Georgia. He is also involved in fraud and financial charges. In addition, the former US president is facing a case of paying damages to a writer who accused him of sexual assault. Trump has denied any wrongdoing in these cases and has not yet been found guilty in any of these cases.

But Donald Trump raised these accusations only with political motivation and with the aim of removing him from the 2024 election contest.

If Trump is re-elected president, he could face any federal charges ask for pardon against himself.

While Donald Trump defeated his rival Nikki Haley in the Republican primaries in New Hampshire on January 23 and won the state.

Trump also won the first intra-party Republican race in Iowa for the 2024 election on January 15, and in this important electoral field with It won by a significant margin compared to its other competitors.

The US presidential election will be held in November 2024. Currently, Joe Biden is the leading candidate of the Democrats and Donald Trump is the leading candidate of the Republicans in the polls.

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