United States | Trump does not have prosecution protection for his attempts to overturn the election loss, the court ruled

of the United States with the ex-president With Donald Trump there is no immunity from prosecution in a case involving attempts to overturn a 2020 election loss, an appeals court ruled Tuesday.

According to Trump's defense, he is entitled to immunity from prosecution because Trump was president at the time of the events. However, according to the Court of Appeal, there is no basis for such an interpretation either in precedents, history or the Constitution.

belonging to Trump's lawyers by John Sauer according to which the decision will be appealed to the Supreme Court.

“If the president does not have immunity, any future president who leaves office will immediately be impeached by the opposition,” argued Trump's representative Steven Cheung.