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February 7, 2024

Appeals Court Rejects Trump's Claim to Immunity from Prosecution
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A federal appeals court has unanimously rejected Donald Trump's claim
that he's immune from federal prosecution for his efforts to overturn
the 2020 election. In its ruling, the three-judge panel of the U.S.
Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit wrote, "We cannot accept former
President Trump's claim that a President has unbounded authority to
commit crimes that would neutralize the most fundamental check on
executive power - the recognition and implementation of election
results." The judges went on to write, "Nor can we sanction his apparent
contention that the Executive has carte blanche to violate the rights of
individual citizens to vote and to have their votes count." Trump has
vowed to appeal the ruling, possibly to the Supreme Court. During oral
arguments last month, Trump's legal team claimed the former president
should have full immunity to do anything - even assassinate political
opponents.