– Supreme Court further delays Donald Trump’s federal trial
The high court refers the case of the criminal immunity of the former American president to lower courts. Donald Trump celebrates a “big victory”.
Published today at 5:10 p.m.
“This is a great victory for our democracy and our Constitution, I am proud to be an American!” the former president wrote on his Truth Social network.
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The conservative-majority US Supreme Court on Monday referred the question of Donald Trump’s criminal immunity as ex-president to lower courts, further delaying his federal trial in Washington.
By six votes to three, those of the six conservative judges against the three progressives, the Court considers that “the president does not enjoy any immunity for his unofficial acts” but that he “is entitled to at least a presumption of immunity for his official acts.
“Great victory for our democracy”
Donald Trump hailed a “great victory” on Monday after the US Supreme Court’s decision on presidential immunity.
“This is a great victory for our democracy and our Constitution, I am proud to be American!”, wrote the former president on his Truth Social network.
Reaction from Joe Biden’s team
Donald Trump “thinks he is above the law,” Joe Biden’s campaign team accused on Monday, after a Supreme Court decision recognizing a “presumption of immunity” for the former Republican president.
This decision, which further delays the prospect of a federal trial of the billionaire in connection with the assault on the Capitol by his supporters on January 6, 2021, “does not change the facts: Donald Trump broke down after losing the 2020 election and encouraged a crowd to overturn the results of a free and fair election,” commented a campaign advisor to the Democratic president, candidate for a second term.
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