2024-02-06 23:21:00
WASHINGTON: Former President Donald Trump cannot be granted legal immunity from a lawsuit seeking to overturn his 2020 presidential election loss, a U.S. court said on Tuesday.
In this regard, the Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia stated:
Acts of President are exempt from legal proceedings. However, the criminal nature of Trump’s activities outweighs such exceptions.
Therefore, it is stated in the judgment that he cannot be given legal protection from being investigated for trying to change the results of the 2020 presidential election.
However, Trump is expected to appeal the ruling.
Donald Trump, who has been in office since 2017 as the President of the United States, is competing against Democratic Party candidate Joe Biden in the 2020 presidential election.
Joe Biden was declared the winner. However, Trump continued to make baseless allegations that the election was rigged.
Trump said Joe Biden “stole” the election victory from him.
In this situation, the ceremony of awarding the certificate of victory to the newly elected Joe Biden was held on January 6, 2021 in Parliament.
However, instead of holding the event, Trump supporters trespassed into the parliament building and rioted. 5 people died in this.
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