Bob D'Angelo, Cox Media Group National Content DeskTrump’s attorneys filed an emergency appeal, meeting a Monday deadline to ask the Supreme Court justices to intervene in a federal appeals court decision that rejected the former president’s claims of immunity,with conspiracy and obstruction in connection with the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol and efforts to subvert the results of the 2020 presidential election.
Unless the justices issue a stay while they consider whether to hear his expected appeal, the criminal trial, which has been delayed, will resume, according to Monday’s filing came after a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit unanimously rejected Trump’s argument that he could not be prosecuted for actions he took while he was president, the newspaper reported.
“For the purpose of this criminal case, former President Trump has become citizen Trump, with all the defenses of any other criminal defendant,” the appeals court’s opinion read. “Any executive immunity that may have protected him while he served as President no longer protects him against this prosecution.
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