Donald Trump, former President of the United States.
Washington: Former US President Donald Trump has suffered a major setback in the federal election riot case. The federal court hearing the case filed against Donald Trump in connection with the riots that took place after the announcement of the results of the presidential election in 2020 rejected the defense’s request to quash the indictment on the grounds that the former US President is being prosecuted as a revenge action and for political purposes. The court has rejected Trump’s plea. This is a big setback for Trump before the US presidential election 2024.
The US Supreme Court gave a historic decision last month to provide broad protection to former presidents and limit special counsel Jack Smith’s case against Trump. This decision by US District Judge Tanya Chutkan is the first concrete order in the riots case after this decision of the Supreme Court. Requesting the dismissal of the indictment, defense lawyers argued that Trump was treated unfairly and prosecuted, while others who challenged the election results escaped criminal charges.
Trump was accused of conspiracy
Lawyers for Trump, the Republican Party’s candidate in this year’s presidential election, said that President Joe Biden and the Justice Department filed this impeachment to prevent him from winning the election again. However, Chutkan rejected both arguments and said that Trump was not impeached only for challenging the election results, but he has been accused of “knowingly making false statements in furtherance of a criminal conspiracy and obstructing the election certification proceedings”. In this indictment, which was filed in August last year, Trump has been accused of conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election through various schemes.
Trump had to face defeat
In this election, Trump had to face defeat at the hands of Democratic Party leader Biden. The Supreme Court had accepted by six votes against three that presidents enjoy complete immunity for basic constitutional duties and they also have potential immunity from prosecution for all other official actions. After this, the Supreme Court sent the case back to Chutkan, so that it could be determined which allegations could become part of the impeachment and which allegations should be dismissed. (AP)
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