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Appeals Court Rejects Trump Claim Of Immunity From Prosecution

Police hold back supporters of US president Donald Trump outside the US Capitol on January 6, 2021 (Credit: AFP)

Donald Trump has no immunity from prosecution as a former president and can be tried on charges of conspiring to overturn the 2020 election, a federal appeals court ruled Tuesday.

A three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said Trump's claim that he is immune from criminal liability for actions he took while in the White House is "unsupported by precedent, history or the text and structure of the Constitution."

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