Donald Trump argued Thursday for “total immunity” for the president of the United States as an appeals court in Washington considers his request for immunity from criminal charges accusing him of trying to illegally overturn the results of the 2020 election .
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“A president of the United States should have complete immunity, without which he or she could not properly discharge his or her office,” even for facts that “cross a red line,” the former Republican said in an all-caps statement Message President on his Truth Social platform.
The big favorite in the Republican primaries for the presidential election in November, who has been accused in four criminal cases, is trying with his numerous appeals to postpone his trials as late as possible, but in any case after the election.
In December, the judge presiding over the trial into allegations of attempting to illegally overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election rejected his request for immunity on the grounds that no text protected a former president from criminal prosecution.
Donald Trump appealed, and his lawyer John Sauer argued before the justices in early January that “allowing a president to carry out his official actions would open a Pandora's Box from which this country may never recover.”
When one of the judges, Florence Pan, asked him whether sending special forces to assassinate a political opponent or selling presidential pardons fell under these official acts, John Sauer replied “yes.”
The three judges of the Washington Court of Appeals expressed skepticism about this request for immunity.
If a decision is made against him, Donald Trump could appeal to the Supreme Court of the United States.
“God bless the Supreme Court,” the ex-president said in his Thursday publication on Truth Social, saying he hoped for “an easy decision” on the issue of presidential immunity.
The billionaire also compared the presidency to that of a police officer.
“You can't stop the police from doing their job of strong and effective crime prevention because you want to avoid sometimes having a 'rogue cop' or a 'black sheep.'” Sometimes you have to deal with “the excellent one, but “The slightly imperfect” can be satisfied.