Does Donald Trump have presidential immunity?
Time:2024-04-30 05:38:28 Source:businessViews(143)
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear arguments this month about presidential immunity and whether former President Donald Trump can be tried on charges that he conspired to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
The high court’s decision will determine how some of the presumptive GOP nominee’s legal cases advance in an election year where he is facing 91 felony charges across four trials. They include the willful retention of national defense information in violation of the Espionage Act.
“Donald Trump is trying to show that a U.S. president is immune from criminal prosecution while acting in an official capacity,” University of Georgia political scientist Charles Bullock told VOA.
“But I think, at the heart of this matter, is just how broadly Trump and his lawyers define ‘official capacity,’” Bullock explained.
“They are defining it very broadly at the moment. Trump says a president should be completely immune while president, but the three-judge circuit panel that ruled against him posed the question: ‘Well, what if the president hired a hitman to take out one of their rivals? Is that in an official capacity, and are they immune from prosecution then, as well?’ I think we’d all say, of course not!”
Previous:A third of foreign students seeking to stay in the UK are at just SIX institutions, figures show
Next:Entire mall in Georgia is closed after 'shots are fired inside
You may also like
- Pakistani FM Ishaq Dar designated deputy PM
- Macao further eases inbound travel restrictions
- Stuart Skinner gets 1st postseason shutout as Oilers beat Kings 1
- Stuart Skinner gets 1st postseason shutout as Oilers beat Kings 1
- 50 migrants reported missing and 9 rescued after their boat overturns off Spanish Atlantic island
- Festive holiday bodes well for tourism rebound
- The Global Security Initiative
- China's air passenger trips to reach 9 million during May Day holiday
- FDA brings lab tests under federal oversight in bid to improve accuracy and safety