« Every single argument was methodically and systematically » picked apart by the court, experts say.
Tuesday’s appeals court ruling rejecting former President Donald Trump’s immunity claim is so “unimpeachable” that the Supreme Court is likely to avoid taking up the case, legal experts say.
A three-judge D.C. Circuit panel issued a 57-page ruling rejecting Trump’s claim of blanket presidential immunity for acts he committed while in the White House.
“For the purpose of this criminal case, former President Trump has become citizen Trump, with all of the defenses of any other criminal defendant. But any executive immunity that may have protected him while he served as President no longer protects him against this prosecution, » the judges wrote.
Trump spokesman Steven Cheung said in a statement that the former president “respectfully disagrees” with the ruling and plans to “appeal it in order to safeguard the Presidency and the Constitution.”
« A President of the United States must have Full Immunity in order to properly function and do what has to be done for the good of our Country,” Trump himself wrote on Truth Social.
