Today's episodes of "Trump has his a$$ handed to him in court" are brought to you courtesy of the federal Court of Appeals in DC, and the DC District Court.
First, he lost his presidential immunity claim on appeal in several January 6 civil cases that were consolidated for purposes of appeal:
>>>Former President Trump is not immune from civil lawsuits blaming him for the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, an
appeals court ruled Friday.
The appellate court was asked to decide whether Trump’s false claims of election fraud and rallying cry for supporters to gather at the Capitol and “fight like hell” was outside his presidential responsibilities, meaning he could be held liable for it under U.S. Supreme Court precedent.
A three-judge panel affirmed unanimously that Trump’s post-election efforts to subvert the 2020 election results were done in his capacity as a presidential candidate — not a president.<<<
Former President Trump is not immune from civil lawsuits blaming him for the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol, an appeals court ruled Friday. The appellate court was asked to decide wh…
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He also lost a somewhat similar argument in the January 6 criminal case:
>>>A federal judge on Friday rejected former
President Trump’s argument that he is immune in his 2020 election subversion criminal case, while also denying his other constitutional defenses.
“Whatever immunities a sitting President may enjoy, the United States has only one Chief Executive at a time, and that position does not confer a lifelong ‘get-out-of-jail-free’ pass, Former Presidents enjoy no special conditions on their federal criminal liability,” U.S. District Judge
Tanya Chutkan wrote in the
48-page ruling. . . .
“Defendant’s four-year service as Commander in Chief did not bestow on him the divine right of kings to evade the criminal accountability that governs his fellow citizens,” she added in her decision.<<<
A federal judge on Friday rejected former President Trump’s argument that he is immune in his 2020 election subversion criminal case, while also denying his other constitutional defenses. “Wh…
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Judge Chutkan nailed it. Presidents are not kings. This is one of the most basic principles of our system of government. Trump will undoubtedly appeal the decision, but he has precisely one snowball's chance in hell of winning on appeal.
It's nice to see some of Trump's garbage legal arguments getting cleared out of the way.