Judge Chutkan had rejected Trump’s motion to dismiss on the grounds of presidential immunity.
Former President Donald Trump is appealing District of Columbia District Judge Tanya Chutkan’s rejection of his motions to dismiss the case for reasons related to his constitutional rights and presidential immunity.
His legal team filed a notice of appeal on Dec. 7, along with a motion to stay proceedings in his D.C. case pending resolution of the appeal in the U.S. Court of Appeal for the D.C. Circuit. “President Trump has appealed the Court’s rulings on his motions to dismiss based on presidential immunity and principles of double jeopardy,” his attorneys wrote in their motion to stay proceedings. “Both issues concern whether this case can be brought at all.”
Judge Chutkan rejected the motions to dismiss on Dec. 1, ruling that presidential immunity didn’t protect former presidents after they left office.
“Defendant’s four-year service as Commander in Chief did not bestow on him the divine right of kings to evade the criminal accountability that governs his fellow citizens,” she said.
Lawyers for President Trump argued in their Oct. 5 motion that his actions following the 2020…
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