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Salon
Salon
Politics
Igor Derysh

Trump's "immunity" claim could backfire

Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers on Saturday asked a federal appeals court to toss his D.C. election subversion case, arguing that he has “presidential immunity.”

Trump’s lawyers in a 71-page filing to the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit, argued that the former president’s actions to undo his loss following the 2020 election "constitute quintessential presidential acts" and "fell within his "official duties."

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