Appeals court set to consider Trump’s immunity claim in 2020 election case
A panel of three judges in Washington, D.C. is set to consider Donald Trump’s claim of immunity from federal criminal prosecution. His legal team asserts that the four charges levelled against him, including obstruction of an official proceeding and conspiracy to defraud the United States, occurred while he was President and are therefore “unlawful and unconstitutional”. A lower court has already ruled that Trump is not immune from prosecution, a decision which could potentially derail the charges brought by special counsel Jack Smith. The case is currently on hold as the immunity question is considered by higher courts.
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