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US court rules Trump does not have immunity in election interference case

Former President Donald Trump was dealt a setback by an appeals court in his efforts to claim presidential immunity [File: Susan Walsh/AP]

A United States appeals court has ruled that former President Donald Trump does not have immunity from federal charges that he plotted to overturn his 2020 election defeat to President Joe Biden.

“For the purpose of this criminal case, former President Trump has become citizen Trump, with all of the defences of any other criminal defendant,” a three-judge panel of the US Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit said on Tuesday.

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