After the U.S. Supreme Court declined to quickly decide Donald Trump’s claim that he cannot be prosecuted for trying to undo the 2020 election results, the former president urged a federal appeals court to dismiss the federal election interference case in Washington, DC, arguing that presidential immunity shields him from prosecution.
Lawyers for the former president reiterated that Trump was within the “outer perimeter” of his official responsibilities as president to “ensure election integrity” when he questioned the results of the election. Therefore, under Supreme Court precedent, the ex-president is immune from prosecution, they argued.
