The majority of judges were “skeptical” of Trump’s request for immunity, but there are also conservative judges who were critical of the prosecutor’s handling of the case.
The United States Supreme Court was “skeptical” on Thursday about Donald Trump’s request for absolute judicial immunity because he has been president of the country, but some justices are inclined not to fully resolve the case and refer it back to lower courts Courts.
In a historic hearing lasting more than two hours, the nine magistrates (six conservatives and three progressives) have questioned Trump’s lawyer, John Sauerand to the public prosecutor Michael Dreeben about the Republican’s potential immunity.
The majority of justices are “skeptical” of Trump’s request, as only actions inherent to a president’s functions are protected by immunity and not actions that are personal in nature.
But there have also been conservative magistrates who have criticized the prosecution’s handling of the case and have suggested that they send the case back to the District of Columbia Court of Appeals to determine whether Trump’s actions were public or private.
For example, the United States Supreme Court has heard oral arguments to determine whether Trump has immunity from prosecution and can avoid criminal proceedings for the attack on the Capitol because he was the country’s president.
The hearing took place parallel to a new day of the Trump trial in New York for falsifying accounting records to buy the silence of porn actress Stormie Daniels during the 2016 election campaign.
Trump is charged with four felonies in federal court in Washington for his attempt overturn the elections who lost to Joe Biden in 2020 and was the instigator of the Attack on the Capitol in 2021but his defense requested a mistrial, claiming that the Republican has immunity because he has been president.
Both the judge who heard the case and the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia rejected the petition, after which Trump took the case to the Supreme Court, which admitted the case for study in February.
It is unknown when the Supreme Court will rule on Trump’s immunity, although it usually publishes its rulings in June, before the summer holidays.
The Public Prosecution Service is calling for a quick decision so that preparations for the trial against the attack on the Capitol can be restarted. It should have started last March 4th.
Trump’s strategy, on the other hand, involves slow down the process judicially until after the November election, since if he returns to the White House he could order the Justice Department to suspend federal charges against him.
The decision was made by the Supreme Court, with a conservative majority and three of the nine judges were appointed by Trump himselfwill have consequences not only for the ongoing process in Washington, but also for that in Florida for illegally taking secret documents and those of Georgia for trying to overturn the election in that state.
Source: EITB
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