China News Service, February 7 (Xinhua) According to comprehensive US media reports, on the 6th local time, the Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit of the District of Columbia in Washington, the capital of the United States, ruled that Trump did not have the right to be president in the case of "attempting to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election." Immunity.
Previously, Trump was criminally charged for allegedly trying to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. He was charged in this case with four counts of conspiring to defraud the state, conspiring to obstruct government proceedings, obstructing or attempting to obstruct official proceedings, and conspiring to violate civil rights.
Trump believes that Trump enjoys immunity for all official acts performed while in office and is therefore immune from criminal liability.
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This time, a panel of three judges unanimously ruled that Trump did not have immunity in the case.
"For the purposes of this criminal case, former President Trump has become a citizen and has the same defense rights as any other criminal defendant. But any executive immunity that might have protected him while he was president no longer protects him." He is immune from this prosecution," the ruling reads.
According to CNN, Trump said he disagreed with the ruling and would appeal. Trump's spokespeople have repeatedly argued recently that without full immunity, presidents would be subject to prosecution after leaving office and unable to do their jobs.
The court required Trump to submit an emergency stay of execution request to the Supreme Court before February 12 so that Trump's lawyers can file a more substantive appeal on the merits of the case. The criminal trial will not resume until the court decides on Trump's request for a stay.
CNN said that the White House and Biden's campaign team declined to comment.
The Associated Press said the final trial date of the case will have a huge political impact. Special counsel Jack Smith's team, which initially brought charges, hopes to indict Trump in 2024, while Trump's side is seeking to delay the trial until after the November 2024 election.
US media believe that if Trump wins the election, he may try to order the new attorney general to dismiss the federal cases he is facing, or seek a pardon for himself.