To Tamper with Elections, Donald Trump has Asked the US Supreme Court to Get Involved
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Bengaluru, Karnataka, February 13, 2024: After a lower court rejected his claim to immunity for alleged crimes committed while in office, former US President Donald Trump has petitioned the nation’s highest court to get involved.
On Monday (local time), Donald Trump filed an appeal with the US Supreme Court to overturn a decision by a lower court that had rejected his request for immunity from prosecution for suspected crimes committed while serving as president.
To determine if Trump can face legal consequences for his attempts to rig the 2020 election, which he lost to current President Joe Biden, the Supreme Court must consider an appeal to rescind the earlier decision.
Nine months before the election, when the hard-right former president is most likely to be the Republican nominee to take on Biden again, the appeal places Trump’s future in the hands of the Supreme Court.
In US history, Trump is the first significant contender for president to be dogged by numerous criminal and judicial investigations and trials.
He is charged with 91 offences in four separate criminal proceedings related to his removal of top-secret materials from the White House upon his departure, his use of hush money to allay embarrassing claims of having sex outside of marriage, and his multifaceted efforts to thwart Biden’s 2020 election outcome.
A federal appeals court, which sits immediately below the Supreme Court, decided earlier this month that he was not entitled to immunity.
The judges declared that Trump’s assertion that he is not subject to criminal prosecution for acts he committed while in the White House is “unsupported by precedent, history, or the text and structure of the Constitution.”
Trump has persisted in stating that for a president to perform their job without “fear” of “retribution,” they must have complete legal immunity.
But according to the Washington appeals court, extending immunity to a president would “collapse our system of separated powers” and put him “beyond the reach” of the legislative and courts.
To give Trump time to file an appeal with the US Supreme Court, the appeals court postponed the decision until Monday.
The lower court’s decision will remain in effect until the nine justices there decide whether to accept the case or perhaps reject it.
The appeal postponed the start of Trump’s trial over the attempts to rig the 2020 election, which was scheduled to begin on March 4.
With the presidential election quickly approaching, the calendar will be further impacted by the Supreme Court’s decision on when to respond.
On January 6, 2021, Trump was charged with conspiring to rig the US election and prevent Congress from certifying Biden’s victory.
According to the claim, Trump planned a boisterous rally for the day of the certification vote. He then instructed his followers to march on the Capitol, where they broke through barricaded police officers and looted the building, postponing certification until their eventual expulsion.
Attorney Jack Smith brought the election conspiracy case against Trump in August 2023 and has been working hard to get the trial scheduled to begin in March 2024.
Trump may be able to order the dismissal of federal charges against him if he can get the trial postponed until after the election and wins reelection.
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