A federal court docket dominated that Donald Trump can’t declare presidential immunity to keep away from E. Jean Carroll lawsuit. That is the third time in the previous couple of weeks that Trump’s presidential immunity protection was rejected.
It’s the third time in current weeks that federal courts have rejected immunity arguments from Trump as he battles a number of authorized fronts in legal and civil circumstances.
The ruling paves the best way for Carroll’s lawsuit to proceed to trial in January. The case issues feedback Trump made about Carroll in 2019, shortly after Carroll got here ahead and accused Trump of raping her many years earlier. Trump stated Carroll was peddling a false accusation and was motivated by cash.
The court docket dominated that Trump waited too lengthy to invoke the protection.
Donald Trump has been harboring the delusion for years that he has limitless presidential immunity from any and all prosecutions for the remainder of his life. The courts have instructed Trump that presidential immunity solely applies to the sitting president, and doesn’t give ex-presidents lifetime immunity.
The previous president defamed E. Jean Carroll, however the defamation was not part of his official presidential duties.
The Supreme Court will be ruling on whether or not Trump has immunity from the federal 1/6 related prosecution where he is currently a defendant. Given how each single earlier decrease court docket has dominated in opposition to Trump’s immunity claims, it’s unlikely {that a} conservative majority that has proven itself to be hostile towards increasing govt energy will view Trump’s immunity claims favorably.
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