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NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump ’s New York civil fraud trial is back in session Thursday for closing arguments but it won’t be the former president doing the talking.
Watch live as the closing arguments in Donald Trump’s civil fraud trial in New York begin on Thursday, 11 January.
NEW YORK (AP) — Donald Trump ’s New York civil fraud trial is back in session Thursday for closing arguments but it won’t be the former president doing the talking.
WASHINGTON (AP) — Appeals court judges signaled Tuesday that they will likely reject Donald Trump’s claims that he is immune from prosecution in his election interference case. The outcome seemed clear during arguments that touched on a range of political and legal considerations.
A three-judge panel for the D.C. Circuit Court of Appeals appeared unanimous in rejecting former President Donald Trump’s argument that presidents have “absolute immunity” from criminal prosecution for any acts taken in office unless they are impeached and convicted, following arguments on Tuesday.
The latest news on Trump's immunity claim:A three-judge panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit will hear arguments today over former President Donald Trump's claim that he is immune from prosecution connected to his effort to overturn the 2020 election. Trump, who has said he intends to attend today's arguments, faces charges in a Washington, D.C., federal court that were filed by special counsel Jack Smith. Trump has pleaded not guilty to the four charges: conspiracy to defraud the U.S.; conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding; obstruction; and conspiracy against the right to vote and to have one’s vote counted.Trump contends that his efforts in 2020 were within his official presidential duties and therefore protected by presidential immunity. The judges are all women: Judge Karen Henderson, who was appointed in 1990 by then-President George H.W. Bush, and Judges Michelle Childs and Florence Pan, both appointed by President Joe Biden. Dean John Sauer, a former Missouri solicitor general and clerk for conservative Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia, will argue on behalf of Trump. James Pearce, a career lawyer in the Justice Department, will represent the special counsel.
