As of: February 29, 2024, 6:33 a.m
By: Franziska Schwarz
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Donald Trump is trying to prevent his trial for storming the Capitol.
Now he is celebrating partial success.
Washington - Donald Trump has once again succeeded in delaying the start of the trial against him: The Supreme Court accepted Trump's appeal on Wednesday (February 28, local time) on the question of immunity from prosecution.
It's about whether the Republican can even be prosecuted for certain actions during his term as president.
The court scheduled the hearing for April 22nd.
It is therefore unclear whether and when the politically significant trial against Trump can begin.
The decision by the US highest court is remarkable because before Trump, no US president had been impeached for actions that he is said to have committed while in office.
Of the new justices on the Supreme Court, six are considered conservative, three of whom were appointed by Trump himself.
The Supreme Court is examining Donald Trump's (archive photo) immunity.
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Storming of the US Capitol has consequences for former US President Trump
Trump is indicted in the US capital in connection with attempted election fraud.
Trump supporters stormed the Capitol in Washington on January 6, 2021.
Congress met there to formally confirm Democrat Joe Biden's victory in the presidential election.
Trump had previously incited his supporters during a speech by claiming that he had been deprived of his election victory through fraud.
As a result of the riots, five people died.
Trump and his lawyers want to get the charges dropped in Washington.
Trump expressed satisfaction with the Supreme Court's move on Wednesday evening and said legal experts were also "extremely grateful" that the court was taking up the issue.
Without presidential immunity, a president cannot do his job properly.
Trump wants to challenge Biden in the 2024 US election.
At the moment everything boils down to another duel between the two.
(frs with dpa and Reuters)