{"id":2937,"date":"2024-10-16T15:17:52","date_gmt":"2024-10-16T15:17:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/nine9ja.com\/court-rules-trump-does-not-have-immunity-from-2020-election-subversion-prosecution-cnn-politics\/"},"modified":"2024-10-16T15:17:52","modified_gmt":"2024-10-16T15:17:52","slug":"court-rules-trump-does-not-have-immunity-from-2020-election-subversion-prosecution-cnn-politics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/nine9ja.com\/hi\/court-rules-trump-does-not-have-immunity-from-2020-election-subversion-prosecution-cnn-politics\/","title":{"rendered":"Court rules Trump does not have immunity from 2020 election subversion prosecution | CNN Politics"},"content":{"rendered":"<div>\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/live-story-lede\/instances\/live-story-lede-h_665aefbae941fb00f0871e515b3ec227@published\" data-component-name=\"live-story-lede\" data-editable=\"top\" data-fixed-ratio=\"16x9\" data-parent-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/video-resource\/instances\/h_b895afa62ff521fbc9de1069d6b608b5@published\" data-video-id=\"politics\/2024\/02\/06\/trump-presidential-immunity-federal-appeals-court-ruling-time-line-paula-reid-vpx.cnn\" data-media-id=\"mef0c58c36576d7985891fd9178fa3d61d66dda852\" data-live data-analytics-aggregate-events=\"true\" data-custom-experience data-asset-type=\"hlsTs\" data-auth-type=\"none\" data-content-type=\"mediasource-clip\" data-medium-env=\"prod\" data-autostart=\"false\" data-show-ads=\"true\" data-source=\"CNN\" data-featured-video=\"true\" data-headline=\"CNN reporter shares what's next for Trump after presidential immunity ruling\" data-has-video-player=\"true\" data-description=\"Donald Trump is<a href=\"https:> not immune from prosecution for alleged crimes he committed during his presidency to reverse the 2020 election results<\/a>, a federal appeals court said. 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CNN&#8217;s Chief Legal Affairs Correspondent Paula Reid details what next steps may look like.&#8221; data-check-event-based-preview data-network-id data-publish-date=&#8221;2024-02-06T15:40:04Z&#8221; data-video-section=&#8221;politics&#8221; data-canonical-url=&#8221;https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/videos\/politics\/2024\/02\/06\/trump-presidential-immunity-federal-appeals-court-ruling-time-line-paula-reid-vpx.cnn&#8221; data-branding-key data-video-slug=&#8221;trump-presidential-immunity-federal-appeals-court-ruling-time-line-paula-reid-vpx&#8221; data-first-publish-slug=&#8221;trump-presidential-immunity-federal-appeals-court-ruling-time-line-paula-reid-vpx&#8221; data-video-tags=&#8221;2020 presidential election,appeals (legal),decisions and rulings,domestic alerts,domestic-2020 elections,domestic-us politics,donald trump,election results,elections (by type),elections and campaigns,government and public administration,iab-elections,iab-law,iab-politics,international alerts,international-us 2020 elections,international-us politics,law and legal system,legal immunity,political candidates,political figures &#8211; us,politics,trial and procedure,us elections,us federal elections,us presidential elections&#8221;>\n       <picture><img fetchpriority=\"high\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/240206103750-trump-reid-split-thumb-vpx.jpg?c=16x9&#038;q=w_1280,c_fill\" alt=\"trump reid split thumb vpx\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"900\" width=\"1600\"><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<div>\n<p>CNN reporter shares what&#8217;s next for Trump after presidential immunity ruling\n                <\/p>\n<p><span><br \/>\n                                02:27<br \/>\n                            <\/span><br \/>\n                            <span> &#8211; Source:<br \/>\n                <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">CNN<\/a><br \/>\n    <\/span>\n                    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<section>\n<section data-tabcontent=\"Content\" data-editable=\"rail\" data-track-zone=\"rail\" data-analytics-collection=\"left-rail\">\n<article data-filter-tag data-last-updated data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/live-story-post\/instances\/h_885a96986526c81296cd0825fb4a201f@published\" data-post-id=\"h_885a96986526c81296cd0825fb4a201f\" data-component-name=\"live-story-post\" data-drag-disable=\"true\">\n<div data-editable=\"content\" data-reorderable-component=\"content\">\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/list\/instances\/list-6bbca038c6ee8b935b893b77d929afb5@published\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n<ul data-editable=\"items\">\n<li data-editable=\"items.0.text\"><strong>The latest:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/02\/06\/politics\/trump-immunity-court-of-appeals\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump is not immune<\/a> from prosecution for alleged crimes he committed during his presidency to reverse the 2020 election results, a federal appeals court said Tuesday.<\/li>\n<li data-editable=\"items.1.text\"><strong>The charges against Trump:<\/strong> <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/02\/06\/politics\/read-trump-presidential-immunity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">The ruling <\/a>is a major blow to Trump\u2019s key defense thus far in the federal election subversion case brought against him by special counsel Jack Smith. Trump <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2023\/08\/01\/politics\/donald-trump-indictment-grand-jury-2020-election\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">faces four counts from the case<\/a>, including conspiring to defraud the United States and to obstruct an official proceeding, and he has pleaded not guilty.<\/li>\n<li data-editable=\"items.2.text\"><strong>What happens next:<\/strong> The appeals court has set up a very fast schedule for Trump  to ask Supreme Court to block the immunity ruling, giving him until Monday to file an emergency stay request with the court.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-b1c6cd533c0e9de660bc9095ab9b73f5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <em>Our live coverage of today\u2019s ruling has ended. You can see how the day played out by reading the posts below.<\/em>\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<section data-editable=\"main\" data-track-zone=\"main\" data-reorderable=\"main\">\n<article data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/live-story\/instances\/h_58419af1540a24111e30d8bd0113c885@published\" data-deep-link-id data-drag-disable=\"true\">\n<div data-editable=\"items\" data-reorderable-component=\"items\" data-tabcontent=\"Content\">\n<article data-filter-tag data-last-updated=\"2024-02-06T19:38:36.505Z\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/live-story-post\/instances\/h_2e3c5dbfbac2f0e5eaca2fa716d367da@published\" data-post-id=\"h_2e3c5dbfbac2f0e5eaca2fa716d367da\" data-component-name=\"live-story-post\" data-drag-disable=\"true\">\n<div data-editable=\"content\" data-reorderable-component=\"content\">\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/image-74ecb3aa2468becf85795b5111e0b194@published\" data-image-variation=\"image_live-story\" data-name data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes data-breakpoints=\"{\"image_live-story--eq-extra-small\": 115, \"image_live-story--eq-small\": 300}\" data-original-ratio=\"0.6668\" data-original-height=\"1667\" data-original-width=\"2500\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/d7483be8-56ba-4835-b594-9bdaa3d30959.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div data-image-variation=\"image_live-story\" data-breakpoints=\"{\"image_live-story--eq-extra-small\": 115, \"image_live-story--eq-small\": 300, \"image_live-story--show-credits\": 525}\">\n       <picture><source height=\"1667\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" ><source height=\"1667\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" ><source height=\"1667\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" ><source height=\"1667\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/d7483be8-56ba-4835-b594-9bdaa3d30959.jpg?c=original&#038;q=w_1280,c_fill\" alt=\"Former US President Donald Trump arrives for a campaign event in Indianola, Iowa, on January 14.\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image_live-story__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1667\" width=\"2500\"><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span data-editable=\"metaCaption\">Former US President Donald Trump arrives for a campaign event in Indianola, Iowa, on January 14.<\/span><\/p>\n<figcaption>Al Drago\/Bloomberg\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-59f4b8ec38ebd51f903a06af3b863102@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A federal appeals court on Tuesday said that Donald Trump is\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/live-news\/trump-court-ruling-immunity-election-subversion-prosecution\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">not immune from prosecution<\/a>\u00a0for alleged crimes he committed during his presidency, flatly rejecting Trump\u2019s arguments that he shouldn\u2019t have to go on trial on federal election subversion charges<strong>.<\/strong>\n    <\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-de55cd561bed8066a1d1058140cfe88a@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Here are some<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/02\/06\/politics\/takeaways-donald-trump-immunity-appeals-court\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">\u00a0key takeaways<\/a> from Tuesday\u2019s decision:\n    <\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-7dbc56fe1c9b5522b8419092cdcde930@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <strong>Trump\u2019s behavior after the 2020 election could be criminal:<\/strong> The judges made it clear that Trump\u2019s actions could be prosecuted in a court of law.\n    <\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-f85254fadf9f87422b7ad62f3f30ae88@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <strong>\u201cVital public interest\u201d of letting trial proceed weighed heavily on the court:<\/strong> The judges cited the public interest in accountability for potential crimes committed by a former president, and how that overcame Trump\u2019s argument that immunity was necessary to protect the institution of the presidency. They flatly rejected Trump\u2019s claim that his criminal indictment would have a \u201cchilling effect\u201d on future administrations.\u00a0\n    <\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-75e5d6951daea63f14bc01c8fae441c0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <strong>Trial timing will be up to the Supreme Court: <\/strong>A key part of Trump\u2019s\u00a0legal strategy has been to delay his criminal cases until after the 2024 election. Now, the trial\u2019s timing will be in the hands of the Supreme Court. If Trump is successful with getting the Supreme Court to hear the appeal, the criminal trial would not resume until after the high court decides what to do with his request for a pause.\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<article data-filter-tag data-last-updated=\"2024-02-06T18:28:26.776Z\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/live-story-post\/instances\/h_218223930f0453393dc02d3f6ce70f97@published\" data-post-id=\"h_218223930f0453393dc02d3f6ce70f97\" data-component-name=\"live-story-post\" data-drag-disable=\"true\">\n<div data-editable=\"content\" data-reorderable-component=\"content\">\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-f7e9b425e60376f53d3db996f7a3de88@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            One paragraph in Tuesday\u2019s ruling has caught the attention of legal experts who are also watching the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/02\/06\/politics\/14th-amendment-supreme-court-liberal-groups-planning\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">14th\u00a0Amendment \u201cinsurrectionist ban\u201d case<\/a>\u00a0that is being argued at the Supreme Court on Thursday.\n    <\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-6c12df6e193e7504f618d1ea6af020db@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The cases are entirely separate \u2013 this is a criminal prosecution against Donald Trump, and the upcoming Supreme Court case is a civil attempt to remove Trump from state ballots. Further, the appeals court\u2019s findings and explanations in Tuesday\u2019s ruling are not binding on the Supreme Court.\n    <\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-256c8adf4edf68d0b2fe2f5902aa9d59@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Nonetheless, the appeals ruling refers described the president as an \u201cofficer.\u201d There is an open legal question \u2013 being argued Thursday before the Supreme Court \u2013 over whether the presidency is an \u201coffice\u2026 under the United States\u201d and whether the presidency is an \u201cofficer,\u201d as described in the insurrectionist ban.\n    <\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-35d4ed5a27dead8bc14a109f02cefa55@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The appeals ruling said: \u201cIt would be a striking paradox if the President, who alone is vested with the constitutional duty to \u2018take Care that the Laws be faithfully executed,\u2019 were the sole officer capable of defying those laws with impunity.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<article data-filter-tag data-last-updated=\"2024-02-06T18:41:25.855Z\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/live-story-post\/instances\/h_941479ce8b25cd7eec0ebf62d9977026@published\" data-post-id=\"h_941479ce8b25cd7eec0ebf62d9977026\" data-component-name=\"live-story-post\" data-drag-disable=\"true\">\n<div data-editable=\"content\" data-reorderable-component=\"content\">\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/image-1123276399d3177558e127d8fe0e65ed@published\" data-image-variation=\"image_live-story\" data-name data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes data-breakpoints=\"{\"image_live-story--eq-extra-small\": 115, \"image_live-story--eq-small\": 300}\" data-original-ratio=\"0.6672\" data-original-height=\"1668\" 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onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1668\" width=\"2500\"><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span data-editable=\"metaCaption\">The sun illuminates the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, in January.<\/span><\/p>\n<figcaption>Julia Nikhinson\/Bloomberg\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-292b835dc2e748b100e3baec26602bda@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The Supreme Court could \u201cback away\u201d from taking on former President Donald Trump\u2019s appeal due to upcoming cases that are already \u201cvery politically charged\u201d in nature, according to CNN\u2019s senior Supreme Court analyst Joan Biskupic.\n    <\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-42e6e8a188fd1ef745c8725483acd5eb@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A federal appeals court in Washington, DC, has given Trump until February 12 to ask the Supreme Court to block their ruling about whether he is immune from criminal prosecution.\n    <\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-f87d573862426d1433a1728ba5fd2f8c@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            If the Supreme Court decides to hear the case, it could be several more weeks or months before a decision is made.\n    <\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-5c9625fc2a2fcbea125b8fc8d07f1289@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The court is\u00a0already<strong>\u00a0<\/strong>set to hear arguments on Thursday on whether the 14th Amendment would remove Trump from state ballots under the \u201cinsurrectionist ban\u201d in the amendment.\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<article data-filter-tag data-last-updated=\"2024-02-06T18:18:01.594Z\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/live-story-post\/instances\/h_7ffbd97f7159f716d0d1d8edd625079e@published\" data-post-id=\"h_7ffbd97f7159f716d0d1d8edd625079e\" data-component-name=\"live-story-post\" data-drag-disable=\"true\">\n<div data-editable=\"content\" data-reorderable-component=\"content\">\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/image-c30643a255f8e9fe7f4841cff2a8b9b6@published\" data-image-variation=\"image_live-story\" data-name data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes data-breakpoints=\"{\"image_live-story--eq-extra-small\": 115, \"image_live-story--eq-small\": 300}\" data-original-ratio=\"0.6666666666666666\" data-original-height=\"2000\" data-original-width=\"3000\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/91bebd5c-0484-469f-bd4b-0557a02f1dd9.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div data-image-variation=\"image_live-story\" data-breakpoints=\"{\"image_live-story--eq-extra-small\": 115, \"image_live-story--eq-small\": 300, \"image_live-story--show-credits\": 525}\">\n       <picture><source height=\"2000\" width=\"3000\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" ><source height=\"2000\" width=\"3000\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" ><source height=\"2000\" width=\"3000\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" ><source height=\"2000\" width=\"3000\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/91bebd5c-0484-469f-bd4b-0557a02f1dd9.jpg?c=original&#038;q=w_1280,c_fill\" alt=\"Former President Donald Trump attends a press conference in New York on January 11.\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image_live-story__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"2000\" width=\"3000\"><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span data-editable=\"metaCaption\">Former President Donald Trump attends a press conference in New York on January 11.<\/span><\/p>\n<figcaption>Spencer Platt\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-e22cb1d6351ecfea81c899848e872637@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Former President Donald Trump on Tuesday criticized what he called the \u201cnation-destroying\u201d ruling from the federal appeals court that said Trump is not immune\u00a0from prosecution for alleged crimes he committed during his presidency to reverse the 2020 election results.\n    <\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-9b14ef89bb6632ef994dbcef39a7828c@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Trump, in a Truth Social post, said that \u201ca President of the United States must have Full Immunity in order to properly function and do what has to be done for the good of our Country,\u201d calling for the ruling to be overturned.\n    <\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-5b1b171196cdb46ee2a0050d19f75e9d@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cA President will be afraid to act for fear of the opposite Party\u2019s Vicious Retribution after leaving Office,\u201d he posted, saying that \u201cit will become a Political Weapon.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-b12b174dcf49183a270ddd34c4c9af28@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <strong>What the appeals court said:<\/strong> In the\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/02\/06\/politics\/trump-immunity-court-of-appeals\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opinion<\/a>, the judges found that if proven, the former president\u2019s efforts to usurp the 2020 presidential election were an \u201cunprecedented assault on the structure of our government.\u201d\u00a0The judges also <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/live-news\/trump-court-ruling-immunity-election-subversion-prosecution\/h_c55ec64e22a4191be49c1c6a21b94938\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">flatly rejected<\/a> Trump\u2019s claim that his criminal indictment would have a \u201cchilling effect\u201d on future presidents.\u00a0\n    <\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-5cb863af19374a0da0a2259e19890f4b@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In rejecting Trump\u2019s immunity arguments, the appeals panel also said the public interest in holding a potentially criminal president accountable outweighed the potential negative impacts on the office of the presidency.\u00a0\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<article data-filter-tag data-last-updated=\"2024-02-06T17:17:28.048Z\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/live-story-post\/instances\/h_7fb35785a66acc49ff0d43571753c8e7@published\" data-post-id=\"h_7fb35785a66acc49ff0d43571753c8e7\" data-component-name=\"live-story-post\" data-drag-disable=\"true\">\n<div data-editable=\"content\" data-reorderable-component=\"content\">\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/image-d3c76f092f5fb800a99b389a9d3ef249@published\" data-image-variation=\"image_live-story\" data-name data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes data-breakpoints=\"{\"image_live-story--eq-extra-small\": 115, \"image_live-story--eq-small\": 300}\" data-original-ratio=\"0.6972\" data-original-height=\"1743\" data-original-width=\"2500\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/1adbd734-5579-4fe0-affe-3549a2d60a6e.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div data-image-variation=\"image_live-story\" data-breakpoints=\"{\"image_live-story--eq-extra-small\": 115, \"image_live-story--eq-small\": 300, \"image_live-story--show-credits\": 525}\">\n       <picture><source height=\"1743\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" ><source height=\"1743\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" ><source height=\"1743\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" ><source height=\"1743\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/1adbd734-5579-4fe0-affe-3549a2d60a6e.jpg?c=original&#038;q=w_1280,c_fill\" alt=\"The presidential seal is displayed behind then-President Donald Trump during an event at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC, in 2018.\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image_live-story__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1743\" width=\"2500\"><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span data-editable=\"metaCaption\">The presidential seal is displayed behind then-President Donald Trump during an event at the Eisenhower Executive Office Building in Washington, DC, in 2018.<\/span><\/p>\n<figcaption>Eric Thayer\/Bloomberg\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-4093c0dad800dedb709a084b1abd12aa@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In its ruling that former President Donald Trump does not have presidential immunity in the January 6 case, a federal appeals court said his immunity claims would reject \u201cthe most fundamental check on executive power.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-6268db46d5fc1151f5c490a831212777@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In addition, they said that Trump\u2019s stance \u201cwould collapse our system of separated powers by placing the President beyond the reach of all three Branches.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<article data-filter-tag data-last-updated=\"2024-02-06T17:09:01.078Z\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/live-story-post\/instances\/h_d5a6e6835515bce2b62739f627c12845@published\" data-post-id=\"h_d5a6e6835515bce2b62739f627c12845\" data-component-name=\"live-story-post\" data-drag-disable=\"true\">\n<div data-editable=\"content\" data-reorderable-component=\"content\">\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/image-706013f167501fad4a78bd8bff18d51a@published\" data-image-variation=\"image_live-story\" data-name data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes data-breakpoints=\"{\"image_live-story--eq-extra-small\": 115, \"image_live-story--eq-small\": 300}\" data-original-ratio=\"0.6892\" data-original-height=\"1723\" data-original-width=\"2500\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/8e0c4644-602f-4a5e-ad96-86ea7c56963e.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div data-image-variation=\"image_live-story\" data-breakpoints=\"{\"image_live-story--eq-extra-small\": 115, \"image_live-story--eq-small\": 300, \"image_live-story--show-credits\": 525}\">\n       <picture><source height=\"1723\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" ><source height=\"1723\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" ><source height=\"1723\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" ><source height=\"1723\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/8e0c4644-602f-4a5e-ad96-86ea7c56963e.jpg?c=original&#038;q=w_1280,c_fill\" alt=\"Former US President Donald Trump stands on stage during his primary night rally in Nashua, New Hampshire, on January 23.\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image_live-story__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1723\" width=\"2500\"><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span data-editable=\"metaCaption\">Former US President Donald Trump stands on stage during his primary night rally in Nashua, New Hampshire, on January 23.<\/span><\/p>\n<figcaption>Chip Somodevilla\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-3432dc3a76e4723da2d0d70381112919@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Throughout their opinion, Judges J. Michelle Childs, Florence Pan and Karen LeCraft Henderson repeatedly eviscerated former President Donald Trump\u2019s behavior after the 2020 presidential election as unpresidential and constituting an assault on an American institutions.\n    <\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-842f2dc34bc5e2364912eaaba17184ce@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cFormer President Trump lacked any lawful discretionary authority to defy federal criminal law and he is answerable in court for his conduct,\u201d the panel of judges wrote.\n    <\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-99fee3ec12a0927181a3e6212e8e795a@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Their scathing opinion describes the former president as using his seat of power to \u201cunlawfully overstay his term as President and to displace his duly elected successor,\u201d all which would violate \u201cgenerally applicable criminal laws.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-076146f22d243a1b40918de5ab608d65@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Even his stances in court, the judges wrote, stand in contrast to the principle that all Americans \u2013 including former presidents \u2013 are subject to the same laws.\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<article data-filter-tag data-last-updated=\"2024-02-06T16:45:13.401Z\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/live-story-post\/instances\/h_248a362112ea8d459c4769bb54d74437@published\" data-post-id=\"h_248a362112ea8d459c4769bb54d74437\" data-component-name=\"live-story-post\" data-drag-disable=\"true\">\n<div data-editable=\"content\" data-reorderable-component=\"content\">\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-0cf7c590553aa4e4d21e052f2e256e88@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The DC Circuit Court of Appeals has made a forceful finding in<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/02\/06\/politics\/read-trump-presidential-immunity\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"> its opinion<\/a> that it is the federal courts\u2019 responsibility to handle the criminal prosecution of a former president.\n    <\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-f1dcdbb1663c1a6f0260722f2bade7df@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            One question that has come up repeatedly in this case is if the court system has the ability to try a former president who faced an impeachment proceeding in Congress, and if they can look at the presidential immunity question before a trial.\n    <\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-e6706a5d5201b008aa303a87e7049ec5@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            On both fronts, the appellate judges said they could.\n    <\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-6e551252e191b29b55af394aaf04fd52@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            While a president and even others in the government, like legislators and judges, could be protected from lawsuits, they can be criminally prosecuted, the court said.\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<article data-filter-tag data-last-updated=\"2024-02-06T16:57:36.877Z\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/live-story-post\/instances\/h_0995dd391d044dfd68cb35b612cbcef2@published\" data-post-id=\"h_0995dd391d044dfd68cb35b612cbcef2\" data-component-name=\"live-story-post\" data-drag-disable=\"true\">\n<div data-editable=\"content\" data-reorderable-component=\"content\">\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/image-7b9f64d038d6cbad8f8fa03e5746bd8f@published\" data-image-variation=\"image_live-story\" data-name data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes data-breakpoints=\"{\"image_live-story--eq-extra-small\": 115, \"image_live-story--eq-small\": 300}\" data-original-ratio=\"0.6668\" data-original-height=\"1667\" data-original-width=\"2500\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/fe69e2c0-96f8-432d-8ae0-5c3b4699c552.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div data-image-variation=\"image_live-story\" data-breakpoints=\"{\"image_live-story--eq-extra-small\": 115, \"image_live-story--eq-small\": 300, \"image_live-story--show-credits\": 525}\">\n       <picture><source height=\"1667\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" ><source height=\"1667\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" ><source height=\"1667\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" ><source height=\"1667\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/fe69e2c0-96f8-432d-8ae0-5c3b4699c552.jpg?c=original&#038;q=w_1280,c_fill\" alt=\"Former President Donald Trump speaks to the media at the Waldorf Astoria hotel after attending his hearing at the DC Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington, DC, on January 9.\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image_live-story__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1667\" width=\"2500\"><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span data-editable=\"metaCaption\">Former President Donald Trump speaks to the media at the Waldorf Astoria hotel after attending his hearing at the DC Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington, DC, on January 9.<\/span><\/p>\n<figcaption>Jabin Botsford\/The Washington Post\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-712f194410a2ed7e263d8f82a91c1a62@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The Trump 2024 campaign responded to the ruling that former President Donald Trump is not immune from prosecution for alleged crimes he committed during his presidency to reverse the 2020 election results.\n    <\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-ffcd26d4df554dc821fa5159f7297610@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cIf immunity is not granted to a President, every future President who leaves office will be immediately indicted by the opposing party. Without complete immunity, a President of the United States would not be able to properly function!\u201d according to the campaign\u2019s Steven Cheung.\n    <\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-71d94615429b1a4de000f128a4bc2f53@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Cheung said Trump would be appealing the decision.\n    <\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-b675af9c0fb66c673056c3fddee726ca@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The campaign also issued a fundraising appeal after the ruling.\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<article data-filter-tag data-last-updated=\"2024-02-06T16:57:24.006Z\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/live-story-post\/instances\/h_f218d72212b8fecc19c3693a3ed97476@published\" data-post-id=\"h_f218d72212b8fecc19c3693a3ed97476\" data-component-name=\"live-story-post\" data-drag-disable=\"true\">\n<div data-editable=\"content\" data-reorderable-component=\"content\">\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/image-8b542f7c52765643bd3ba9ffbdb7fd35@published\" data-image-variation=\"image_live-story\" data-name data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes data-breakpoints=\"{\"image_live-story--eq-extra-small\": 115, \"image_live-story--eq-small\": 300}\" data-original-ratio=\"0.6672\" data-original-height=\"1668\" data-original-width=\"2500\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/90b4ba28-4892-4eca-9550-7784dc9d4845.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div data-image-variation=\"image_live-story\" data-breakpoints=\"{\"image_live-story--eq-extra-small\": 115, \"image_live-story--eq-small\": 300, \"image_live-story--show-credits\": 525}\">\n       <picture><source height=\"1668\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" ><source height=\"1668\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" ><source height=\"1668\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" ><source height=\"1668\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/90b4ba28-4892-4eca-9550-7784dc9d4845.jpg?c=original&#038;q=w_1280,c_fill\" alt=\"A person jogs in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on January 31.\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image_live-story__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1668\" width=\"2500\"><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span data-editable=\"metaCaption\">A person jogs in front of the US Supreme Court in Washington, DC, on January 31.<\/span><\/p>\n<figcaption>Julia Nikhinson\/AFP\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-0017a4c8fdec01984aa7467354184cfa@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The appeals court has set up a very fast schedule for Donald Trump<strong> <\/strong>to ask the Supreme Court to block their ruling rejecting his claims of immunity from criminal prosecution.\n    <\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-598016e1caed5396277928f51bbfdb4a@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The court is giving Trump until February 12 to file an emergency stay request with the Supreme Court, which would stop the clock while his attorneys craft a more substantive appeal on the merits. If he is successful with that, the criminal trial will not resume until after the high court decides what to do with his request for a pause.\n    <\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-a0a1bd8b440940913a9f8c13d3a9b2e2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            If Trump does not appeal the ruling, the case would be sent back to the trial-level court in Washington, DC, as soon as next week for his trial to continue.\n    <\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-a0e4b827c1becc00d64f83fee8a60d62@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Special counsel Jack Smith\u2019s office declined to comment.\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<article data-filter-tag data-last-updated=\"2024-02-06T15:55:27.495Z\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/live-story-post\/instances\/h_54b8c3f13bcf1e48f654178ff8525bec@published\" data-post-id=\"h_54b8c3f13bcf1e48f654178ff8525bec\" data-component-name=\"live-story-post\" data-drag-disable=\"true\">\n<div data-editable=\"content\" data-reorderable-component=\"content\">\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/image-cd540a72ec168a79953dec42179d490c@published\" data-image-variation=\"image_live-story\" data-name data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes data-breakpoints=\"{\"image_live-story--eq-extra-small\": 115, \"image_live-story--eq-small\": 300}\" data-original-ratio=\"0.6668\" data-original-height=\"1667\" data-original-width=\"2500\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2391e067-7d31-44ad-9ec2-cefdce05120e.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div data-image-variation=\"image_live-story\" data-breakpoints=\"{\"image_live-story--eq-extra-small\": 115, \"image_live-story--eq-small\": 300, \"image_live-story--show-credits\": 525}\">\n       <picture><source height=\"1667\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" ><source height=\"1667\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" ><source height=\"1667\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" ><source height=\"1667\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/2391e067-7d31-44ad-9ec2-cefdce05120e.jpg?c=original&#038;q=w_1280,c_fill\" alt=\"US President Joe Biden walks across the South Lawn of the White House after arriving in Washington, DC, on Monday, February 5.\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image_live-story__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1667\" width=\"2500\"><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span data-editable=\"metaCaption\">US President Joe Biden walks across the South Lawn of the White House after arriving in Washington, DC, on Monday, February 5.<\/span><\/p>\n<figcaption>Al Drago\/Bloomberg\/Getty images<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-57278500bca81379995dfdd4242338fb@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The White House and President Joe Biden\u2019s reelection campaign have declined to weigh in on the federal appeals court ruling that former President Donald Trump has no presidential immunity in the January 6\u00a0case.\n    <\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-a0d13dc02d5253fccbfdc09de9be04d3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            It tracks with their strategy thus far to largely steer clear of commenting on Trump\u2019s legal drama. Biden has argued Trump poses a direct threat to democracy, including his actions in the Capitol attack on January 6, 2021, but the president has largely refrained from using the twists and turns of the legal cases against him as part of his arguments, in part, to avoid any appearance of political interference.\n    <\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-343593820dd34351e2477cb61b0bb4ad@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Biden is scheduled to appear before reporters\u00a0at 11:45 a.m. ET today\u00a0to speak about the bipartisan border deal and foreign aid package.\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<article data-filter-tag data-last-updated=\"2024-02-06T15:50:15.438Z\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/live-story-post\/instances\/h_c2ca15ddfbc01bfffd634e8d204b95d9@published\" data-post-id=\"h_c2ca15ddfbc01bfffd634e8d204b95d9\" data-component-name=\"live-story-post\" data-drag-disable=\"true\">\n<div data-editable=\"content\" data-reorderable-component=\"content\">\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-b32273a89b5c1d538a68d00fe02849f8@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Donald Trump is <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/02\/06\/politics\/trump-immunity-court-of-appeals\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">not immune<\/a> from prosecution for alleged crimes he committed during his presidency to reverse the 2020 election results, a federal appeals court said Tuesday.\n    <\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-0566fe2abe0e6890e773e074feb9d94c@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The ruling from the three-judge panel was unanimous.\u00a0\n    <\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-a50dc425d42d61e4010abf67ee256efa@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/02\/06\/politics\/read-trump-presidential-immunity\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>Read the ruling:<\/strong><\/a>\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<article data-filter-tag data-last-updated=\"2024-02-06T17:48:17.618Z\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/live-story-post\/instances\/h_c55ec64e22a4191be49c1c6a21b94938@published\" data-post-id=\"h_c55ec64e22a4191be49c1c6a21b94938\" data-component-name=\"live-story-post\" data-drag-disable=\"true\">\n<div data-editable=\"content\" data-reorderable-component=\"content\">\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/image-a03d4da94198b8bb679b02820c0bcb25@published\" data-image-variation=\"image_live-story\" data-name data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes data-breakpoints=\"{\"image_live-story--eq-extra-small\": 115, \"image_live-story--eq-small\": 300}\" data-original-ratio=\"0.5624\" data-original-height=\"1406\" data-original-width=\"2500\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/1c0db0de-3e8f-48c6-98aa-f1723627c360.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div data-image-variation=\"image_live-story\" data-breakpoints=\"{\"image_live-story--eq-extra-small\": 115, \"image_live-story--eq-small\": 300, \"image_live-story--show-credits\": 525}\">\n       <picture><source height=\"1406\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" ><source height=\"1406\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" ><source height=\"1406\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" ><source height=\"1406\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/1c0db0de-3e8f-48c6-98aa-f1723627c360.jpg?c=original&#038;q=w_1280,c_fill\" alt=\"A court sketch depicts former President Donald Trump, seated right, listening as his attorney John Sauer, standing, speaks before the DC Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, January 9.\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image_live-story__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1406\" width=\"2500\"><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span data-editable=\"metaCaption\">A court sketch depicts former President Donald Trump, seated right, listening as his attorney John Sauer, standing, speaks before the DC Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington, DC, on Tuesday, January 9.<\/span><\/p>\n<figcaption>Bill Hennessy<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-83a8f8d471a42a91f83e1d8ea606ee33@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/02\/06\/politics\/trump-immunity-court-of-appeals\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">opinion finding<\/a> that Donald Trump is not immune from prosecution, the three appeals court judges found that if proven, the former president\u2019s efforts to usurp the 2020 presidential election were an \u201cunprecedented assault on the structure of our government.\u201d\u00a0\n    <\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-2815f1490f288dee9b91f5511b95ae7e@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The judges flatly rejected Trump\u2019s claim that his criminal indictment would have a \u201cchilling effect\u201d on future presidents.\u00a0\n    <\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-35020973083395c2ead6577d3a0f0e72@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Trump\u2019s attorneys had argued that if future chief executives believed that they could be indicted for their \u201cofficial acts\u201d as president, they would be more hesitant to act within their role.\u00a0\n    <\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-673e33763ef5992aa77104661a9f6b2a@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In rejecting Trump\u2019s immunity arguments, the appeals panel also said the public interest in holding a potentially criminal president accountable outweighed the potential negative impacts on the office of the presidency.\u00a0\n    <\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-851701de5efe25ae59e0f72c982345ef@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            But the court was clear to explicitly note that they weren\u2019t offering any commentary on the potential implications of prosecuting a sitting president \u2013 which didn\u2019t happen in this case.\u00a0\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<article data-filter-tag data-last-updated=\"2024-02-06T15:46:43.482Z\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/live-story-post\/instances\/h_396de7374e73d2b9470150a5cb42d940@published\" data-post-id=\"h_396de7374e73d2b9470150a5cb42d940\" data-component-name=\"live-story-post\" data-drag-disable=\"true\">\n<div data-editable=\"content\" data-reorderable-component=\"content\">\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-bd6c7350f32f658c13dddc7f10af9283@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/02\/06\/politics\/trump-immunity-court-of-appeals\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Donald Trump is not immune<\/a> from prosecution for alleged crimes he committed during his presidency to reverse the 2020 election results, a federal appeals court said Tuesday.\n    <\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-448addc438c16494ffb96d7440eb6942@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Trump faces four counts from special counsel Jack Smith\u2019s election subversion charges, including conspiring to defraud the United States and to obstruct an official proceeding. The former president has pleaded not guilty.\u00a0\n    <\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-61829dec407917f7f721ba06c89196c0@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Trump has argued that he was working to \u201censure election integrity\u201d as part of his official capacity as president, and therefore he is immune from criminal prosecution for trying to overturn the election results. His lawyers have also asserted that because Trump was acquitted by the Senate during impeachment proceedings, he is protected by double jeopardy and cannot be charged by the Justice Department for the same conduct.\u00a0\u00a0\u00a0\n    <\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-537ab0b33b7c68ae21d9ecd12d3118ff@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <strong>So what happens now? <\/strong>The immunity question is ultimately expected to end up before the Supreme Court, one of several consequential cases the high court will take up related to Trump this year.\u00a0\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<article data-filter-tag data-last-updated=\"2024-02-06T18:01:45.732Z\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/live-story-post\/instances\/h_8ec44b80ce41711ee90c17a68a6b8bd5@published\" data-post-id=\"h_8ec44b80ce41711ee90c17a68a6b8bd5\" data-component-name=\"live-story-post\" data-drag-disable=\"true\">\n<div data-editable=\"content\" data-reorderable-component=\"content\">\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/image-60d17d2ee1b23bee34b267996fd7cad4@published\" data-image-variation=\"image_live-story\" data-name data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes data-breakpoints=\"{\"image_live-story--eq-extra-small\": 115, \"image_live-story--eq-small\": 300}\" data-original-ratio=\"0.5624\" data-original-height=\"1406\" data-original-width=\"2500\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/4541c7ad-c805-46bd-aa94-c478ce94635c.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div data-image-variation=\"image_live-story\" data-breakpoints=\"{\"image_live-story--eq-extra-small\": 115, \"image_live-story--eq-small\": 300, \"image_live-story--show-credits\": 525}\">\n       <picture><source height=\"1406\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" ><source height=\"1406\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" ><source height=\"1406\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" ><source height=\"1406\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/4541c7ad-c805-46bd-aa94-c478ce94635c.jpg?c=original&#038;q=w_1280,c_fill\" alt=\"Judges J. Michelle Childs, Florence Pan and Karen LeCraft Henderson\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image_live-story__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1406\" width=\"2500\"><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span data-editable=\"metaCaption\">Judges J. Michelle Childs, Florence Pan and Karen LeCraft Henderson<\/span><\/p>\n<figcaption>Getty Images\/AP\/From ALM<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-5ca9dd87c97dfd58cbaf3df0a22f2101@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The three-judge appeals court panel that issued the ruling Tuesday includes two judges, J. Michelle Childs and Florence Pan, who were appointed by Joe Biden and one, Karen LeCraft Henderson, who was appointed by George H.W. Bush.\n    <\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-11699ed9cd42c263651820833950991e@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            In their unanimous opinion, the appeals court found that former President Donald Trump is not protected from criminal prosecution under the separation of powers clause.\n    <\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-fc94a8ff332524e33f95eafe1576b8a9@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            \u201cHere, former President Trump\u2019s actions allegedly violated generally applicable criminal laws, meaning those acts were not properly within the scope of his lawful discretion,\u201d they wrote, meaning that existing case law \u201cprovide him no structural immunity from the charges in the Indictment.\u201d\n    <\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-8da2bdb9672bcdfc54809c76697523e3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The three appeals court judges said that Trump asked them to find \u201cfor the first time that a former President is categorically immune from federal criminal prosecution for any act conceivably within the outer perimeter of his executive responsibility,\u201d they wrote.\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<article data-filter-tag data-last-updated=\"2024-02-06T17:59:52.976Z\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/live-story-post\/instances\/h_743b668f3334738498deba639dfbc8d3@published\" data-post-id=\"h_743b668f3334738498deba639dfbc8d3\" data-component-name=\"live-story-post\" data-drag-disable=\"true\">\n<div data-editable=\"content\" data-reorderable-component=\"content\">\n<div data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/image\/instances\/image-a2df460cbec394f7eac58d906d103e66@published\" data-image-variation=\"image_live-story\" data-name data-component-name=\"image\" data-observe-resizes data-breakpoints=\"{\"image_live-story--eq-extra-small\": 115, \"image_live-story--eq-small\": 300}\" data-original-ratio=\"0.6668\" data-original-height=\"1667\" data-original-width=\"2500\" data-url=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/f7f746c9-2112-4b34-85f9-ce2a03189830.jpg?c=original\" data-editable=\"settings\">\n<div data-image-variation=\"image_live-story\" data-breakpoints=\"{\"image_live-story--eq-extra-small\": 115, \"image_live-story--eq-small\": 300, \"image_live-story--show-credits\": 525}\">\n       <picture><source height=\"1667\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(max-width: 479px)\" ><source height=\"1667\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(min-width: 1280px)\" ><source height=\"1667\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(min-width: 960px)\" ><source height=\"1667\" width=\"2500\" media=\"(min-width: 480px)\" ><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/f7f746c9-2112-4b34-85f9-ce2a03189830.jpg?c=original&#038;q=w_1280,c_fill\" alt=\"Former US President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event in Rochester, New Hampshire, on Sunday, January 21.\" onload=\"this.classList.remove('image_live-story__dam-img--loading')\" onerror=\"imageLoadError(this)\" height=\"1667\" width=\"2500\"><\/picture>\n    <\/div>\n<div>\n<p><span data-editable=\"metaCaption\">Former US President Donald Trump speaks during a campaign event in Rochester, New Hampshire, on Sunday, January 21.<\/span><\/p>\n<figcaption>Haiyun Jiang\/Bloomberg\/Getty Images<\/figcaption><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-b940eff8ab83db650e024260e02f6204@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Donald Trump is not immune from prosecution for alleged crimes he committed during his presidency to reverse the 2020 election results, a federal appeals court said Tuesday.\u00a0\n    <\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-d4738672d89b4eb70656ea5b19c4ea82@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The ruling is a major blow to Trump\u2019s key defense thus far in the federal election subversion case brought against him by special counsel Jack Smith. The former president had argued that the conduct Smith charged him over was part of his official duties as president and therefore shield him from criminal liability.\u00a0\u00a0\n    <\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-dac3051a1df0a45128ddfdb678d26ad3@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Trump\u2019s team could appeal the ruling directly to the Supreme Court, or first ask for en banc review at the appeals court, meaning the case would be heard again, but this time by the full DC Circuit.\u00a0\u00a0\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<article data-filter-tag data-last-updated=\"2024-02-06T15:17:02.185Z\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/live-story-post\/instances\/h_faa4846b02bb2570102d66a59f6328e2@published\" data-post-id=\"h_faa4846b02bb2570102d66a59f6328e2\" data-component-name=\"live-story-post\" data-drag-disable=\"true\">\n<div data-editable=\"content\" data-reorderable-component=\"content\">\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-edf420ff901fafecafe6fd6c31ca7981@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A federal appeals court has issued a ruling on Donald Trump\u2019s claims of absolute presidential immunity from prosecution for alleged crimes he committed while in office.\u00a0\u00a0\n    <\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-32185ee6c1570d135e483f47ccb1a705@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            CNN is reviewing the decision from the DC Circuit Court of Appeals.\u00a0\u00a0\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<article data-filter-tag data-last-updated=\"2024-02-06T15:38:02.501Z\" data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/live-story-post\/instances\/h_e49232fd9f47c756865001b14970bef8@published\" data-post-id=\"h_e49232fd9f47c756865001b14970bef8\" data-component-name=\"live-story-post\" data-drag-disable=\"true\">\n<div data-editable=\"content\" data-reorderable-component=\"content\">\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-d5cd94ebc8dafc71d7f68575d7c93746@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            A\u00a0federal appeals panel\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/politics\/live-news\/trump-court-hearing-immunity-01-09-24\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">expressed deep skepticism<\/a> early January\u00a0toward Donald Trump\u2019s argument that he\u00a0can\u2019t be prosecuted for trying to overturn\u00a0the 2020 election, raising the potentially extreme implications of absolute presidential immunity.\n    <\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-2d7f706f6c16be5e734ab0e162ddcce2@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Trump\u2019s lawyers argued that his federal election subversion indictment should be dismissed because he is immune from prosecution. But the three judges on the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit panel questioned whether\u00a0this immunity theory championed by Trump\u2019s lawyers\u00a0would allow presidents to sell pardons or even assassinate political opponents.\n    <\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-a535c33b98cc365bf91d101322df69fa@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Special counsel Jack Smith\u2019s team\u00a0argued that a president is not above the law, warning that allowing presidential immunity from prosecution would\u00a0open a \u201cfloodgate\u201d and saying that it would be \u201cawfully scary\u201d if there were no criminal mechanism to stop future president\u2019s from usurping the vote and remaining in power.\n    <\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-431c040a3a166dc0eca8a35ac95b6dbf@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Still, the judges\u00a0also wondered if\u00a0they even\u00a0have jurisdiction to decide the question of presidential immunity at this point in the case.\u00a0Trump is scheduled to go on trial in March for his role in trying to overturn the 2020 election. He has pleaded not guilty.\n    <\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-f95b310bdda461baba875c3397cdb788@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            Trump\u00a0chose to attend the hearing \u2013 a reminder of the role that his four criminal indictments are playing in his presidential campaign.\n    <\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-ca53f316588ecea3700acc794220a6e4@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            The appeals court ruling is likely to set up a showdown over presidential immunity at the Supreme Court.\n    <\/p>\n<p data-uri=\"cms.cnn.com\/_components\/paragraph\/instances\/paragraph-58d6fac2e72d29df9045527c32ba78ea@published\" data-editable=\"text\" data-component-name=\"paragraph\" data-article-gutter=\"true\">\n            <strong>Here are the <\/strong><a href=\"https:\/\/www.cnn.com\/2024\/01\/09\/politics\/takeaways-from-the-appeals-court-hearing-on-donald-trumps-immunity-claims\/index.html\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\"><strong>key takeaways from the oral\u00a0arguments<\/strong><\/a><strong>. <\/strong>\n    <\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/p><\/div>\n<\/section>\n<\/section><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":2938,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2185],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-2937","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-trump-election-news"],"fifu_image_url":"https:\/\/media.cnn.com\/api\/v1\/images\/stellar\/prod\/240126143404-donald-trump-011124-file.jpg?c=16x9&q=w_800,c_fill","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/nine9ja.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2937","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/nine9ja.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/nine9ja.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nine9ja.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nine9ja.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=2937"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/nine9ja.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/2937\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nine9ja.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/2938"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/nine9ja.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=2937"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nine9ja.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=2937"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/nine9ja.com\/hi\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=2937"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}