Federal Appeals Court Rules Trump Doesn’t Have Presidential Immunity
Washington, D.C. – Today, a federal appeals court ruled that former U.S. President Donald Trump does not have presidential immunity for alleged crimes committed during his presidency in an effort to overturn the 2020 election results. In response, Lisa Gilbert, executive vice president of Public Citizen, released the following statement:
“Yet another court has recognized that Trump’s immunity arguments are absurd and held that he can be prosecuted for actions, undertaken while president, that enabled the Jan. 6 insurrection.
“This decision puts yet another period at the end of the statement, ‘No one is above the law.’”