A US Court of Appeals for the DC Circuit decision that rejected former President Donald Trump’s claim that he is immune from prosecution over charges of election subversion saw two appointees of President Joe Biden and a conservative stalwart on the court joining together for the ruling.
Judges Karen LeCraft Henderson, Florence Pan, and J. Michelle Childs were all on the per curiam decision, which denied Trump’s claims that he was protected by presidential immunity and double-jeopardy from Special Counsel Jack Smith’s charges that he illegally sought to overturn his 2020 election loss.
“We cannot accept former President Trump’s claim ...
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