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A federal appeals court ruled that Donald Trump does not have immunity from charges he plotted to overturn his 2020 election defeat. The ruling brings the former U.S. president a step closer to an unprecedented criminal trial.
The U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit concluded that any executive immunity that may have shielded Trump from criminal charges while he served as president “no longer protects him against this prosecution.”
The ruling, which Trump vowed to appeal, rebuffs his attempt to avoid a trial on charges that he undermined American democracy and the transfer of power, even as he consolidates his position as the frontrunner for the Republican presidential nomination.
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Additional writing by Sandeep Shekhar Ghoshal.
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