Posted on 02/06/2024 7:33:27 AM PST by bitt
A federal appeals panel ruled Tuesday that Donald Trump can face trial on charges that he plotted to overturn the results of the 2020 election, rejecting the former president’s claims that he is immune from prosecution.
The decision marks the second time in as many months that judges have spurned Trump’s immunity arguments and held that he can be prosecuted for actions undertaken while in the White House and in the run-up to Jan. 6, 2021, when a mob of his supporters stormed the U.S. Capitol. But it also sets the stage for additional appeals from the Republican ex-president that could reach the U.S. Supreme Court. The trial was originally set for March, but it was postponed last week and the judge didn’t immediately set a new date.
The trial date carries enormous political ramifications, with the Republican primary front-runner hoping to delay it until after the November election. If Trump defeats President Joe Biden, he could presumably try to use his position as head of the executive branch to order a new attorney general to dismiss the federal cases or he potentially could seek a pardon for himself.
The appeals court took center stage in the immunity dispute after the Supreme Court last month said it was at least temporarily staying out of it, rejecting a request from special counsel Jack Smith to take up the matter quickly and issue a speedy ruling.
The legally untested question before the court was whether former presidents can be prosecuted after they leave office for actions taken in the White House related to their official duties.
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Clock management in football terms.
Correct decision.
I’m not saying he should be prosecuted. Any prosecution of HIM for THAT is a gross abuse of power.
I’m saying that any immunity from normal prosecution for criminal acts committed in office ceases when the office ends, and Article I, section 3 clause 7 is perfectly clear about that.
Democrats have no shame. Like a dog to its vomit, they return.
I guess he's too dim to realize the connection between the first impeachment over the Trump-Zelensky call and the Ukrainian-born “whistleblower”. I am certain that wanting to start the Russia Ukraine war was behind all of the Deep State's attacks on Trump because he refused to start the war.
Correct decision.
I’m not saying he should be prosecuted. Any prosecution of HIM for THAT is a gross abuse of power.
I’m saying that any immunity from normal prosecution for criminal acts committed in office ceases when the office ends, and Article I, section 3 clause 7 is perfectly clear about that.
What I am saying, and is not disputed by the facts, is that Obama had a teenage US citizen killed in a drone strike, that he watched, that had no criminal behavior linked to him. It was done on foreign soil, but Obama used military assets to kill a non-criminal minor. That’s murder, and by your thinking, he should be immediately arrested and tried for it.
“plotted to overturn the results”
Of course he did. It was a fraudulent election rife with election fraud
You can that Mitch "the Backstabbing Bitch" McConnell. He is an agent of the Democrat Party.
When you wonder why the left was able to take over everything and stomp all over the weakling GOP please take a look in a mirror and curse the weak suck, bottom boy you see there. You are not very bright.
You have actually responded to a post that you disagreed with without calling the poster a “POS.” Is a welfare check needed or has your new dictionary arrived in the mail?
I noticed the same thing. Another thing where a few of them danced around the edges: much like Biden (and most other banana republics), they seemed to be ok with using the force of government to remove political opponents.
Agreed. It is a coordinated persecution by some very nefarious people. They want to choose the president rather than having a free and fair election.
The DC Appeals Court, commie sympathizers all.
Something to think about.
No. But under the Constitution, a President is first supposed to be impeached for an act in order to be criminally prosecuted for it.
Will the Supremes accept review?
There is no doubt that Trump is being persecuted. However, I will stand by my comments that the Supreme Court will affirm this decision should it hear this case; and, a president is not a king.
Supreme Court will vote 9-0 for no immunity. They cannot give a president a free pass to do anything including murder. It’s ridiculous. If it was more condensed to a specific thing maybe.
Do they appeal for an en banc hearing or does it go straight to SCOTUS? If I were trying to play out the clock, I would take the longest path to get there.
I would be fine with that.
When it comes to you, it goes without saying.
Just when I thought you might engage in civility and at the same time increased your vocabulary, you proved me wrong.
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