A federal appeals court ruled Tuesday that former President Donald Trump can face criminal charges, setting up a high-stakes Supreme Court appeal over whether he may face trial before the November election.
Tuesday’s unanimous opinion from a three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit rejected Trump’s argument that he was immune to charges stemming from his effort to overturn the 2020 election.
The opinion agreed with a lower court judge who found that a former president is not immune to all criminal charges for actions taken while in office.
