Washington: Supreme Court delays Trump’s federal trial

The conservative-majority U.S. Supreme Court on Monday sent back to lower courts the question of Donald Trump’s criminal immunity as a former president, further delaying his federal trial in Washington.

By a vote of six to three, the six conservative justices against the three progressives, the Court considered that “the president enjoys no immunity for his unofficial acts” but that he “is entitled at least to 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 an American!” the former president wrote 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 Monday, after a Supreme Court decision recognizing a “presumption of immunity” for the former Republican president.

The decision, which further delays the prospect of a federal trial of the billionaire in connection with the storming of the Capitol by his supporters on January 6, 2021, “does not change the facts: Donald Trump cracked after losing the 2020 election and encouraged a mob to overturn the results of a free and fair election,” commented a campaign adviser to the Democratic president, candidate for a second term.

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