The former president had already announced that he would appeal the ruling “in order to guarantee the office of the president and the Constitution.”
Donald Trump card He will resume the presidential immunity granted to him on Tuesday Against the negative judicial decisionaccording to which he does not enjoy full legal immunity with regard to actions taken during his presidential term, as reported by MTI.
According to a statement by his spokesman, the former president does not agree with the decision of the Federal Court of Appeals in Washington, so he objects to it and resorts to a higher judicial court “in order to guarantee the office of the president and the Constitution.” . In Trump's view, if full immunity does not apply to the President of the United States, every future president from now on, after leaving office, will be sued by the current opposition party.
According to the decision announced by the US Federal Court of Appeals on Tuesday, Trump is not entitled to immunity from criminal proceedings for his decisions as president. The logic goes that a president's impunity from federal prosecution would tie the hands of Congress, the administration, and the judiciary in decisions about the president. Trump and his lawyers asked the court to declare impunity in connection with the filing of criminal charges by the special prosecutor appointed by Attorney General Jack Smith last summer against the former president for trying to change the results of the 2020 elections, among others, January 6, 2021 regarding the events and after the former president’s appeal, the case will be heard. Before the Federal Supreme Court.
