From Mike Powell@1:2320/105 to All on Tue Feb 6 14:51:55 2024
Former Presidents are not immune from criminal prosecution
"A three-judge panel in the U.S. Court of Appeals has rejected former President Donald Trump's claim of presidential immunity as it pertains to his federal election interference case.
"'For the purpose of this criminal case, former President Trump has become citizen Trump, with all of the defenses of any other criminal defendant,' the judges wrote in their 57-page decision, saying that 'Former President Trump lacked any lawful discretionary authority to defy federal criminal law and he is answerable in court for his conduct.'
"'We reject all three potential bases for immunity both as a categorical defense to federal criminal prosecutions of former Presidents and as applied to this case in particular,' the decision said."