Donald Trump does not have immunity in the trial for his attempts to overturn the vote in 2020, which culminated in the assault on the Capitol: the Washington appeals court has ruled.
According to the federal appeals court in Washington, whatever immunity may have protected Trump as president no longer protects him now in the proceedings of special prosecutor Jack Smith for his attempts to subvert the 2020 election. The tycoon only has "every means of defense of any other defendant" in a criminal trial.
It is more than likely that Trump will now appeal to the supreme court, with the minimum objective of further delaying the start of the hearing, which had been set for March 4 but which has already been adjourned to a later date.
On Thursday, the Supreme Court will also hear the former president's appeal against being barred from running for office in Colorado based on the 14th Amendment, which bars officials involved in insurrections or riots against the Constitution they swore from holding public office: the decision his eligibility will also serve as a precedent for all other cases pending in various states.
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