Trump Urges Federal Court To Reject Charges Against Him Of Overturning 2020 Election| Oneindia

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Donald Trump's lawyers have appealed to the US Supreme Court, seeking to dismiss charges of conspiring to overturn the 2020 election results, citing immunity from prosecution for actions during his presidency. Despite previous rejections, they argue presidential independence would suffer if criminal prosecution post-office were allowed. The case's review by the Supreme Court has halted the trial, potentially delaying it until after the November election.

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00:00 The lawyers representing Donald Trump have now urged the US Supreme Court to dismiss

00:05 an indictment alleging that the former president conspired to overturn the result of the 2020

00:11 election, retaliating their stance that he is immune from prosecution for actions taken

00:16 while in the White House.

00:18 Despite the lower courts twice rejecting the immunity claims, Trump's legal team will

00:22 present their case before the Supreme Court on April 25.

00:26 The court's decision to review the matter has put the criminal case on hold, leaving

00:31 it uncertain whether or not the special counsel, Jack Smith, can proceed with the trial before

00:36 the November election.

00:38 In their brief filed on Tuesday, Trump's lawyers echoed previous arguments, asserting that

00:42 subjecting a president to criminal prosecution for official acts post-office will hinder

00:47 the functioning of the presidency and will threaten its independence.

00:52 A denial of criminal immunity will further incapacitate the every-future president with

00:58 de facto blackmail and extortion while in office, and condemn him to years of post-office

01:03 trauma at the hands of the political opponents, the lawyers wrote.

01:07 They even emphasized that the future prosecution will also undermine the presidency's authority

01:13 and decision-making.

01:15 In reaction, Smith's team contends that the former president does not enjoy absolute immunity

01:19 and the actions Trump took to retain power after losing to Joe Biden does not qualify

01:24 as official presidential acts.

01:26 While both U.S. District Judge Tanya Chetkin and a federal appeals panel in Washington

01:31 sided with Smith, the case has been in limbo pending the ongoing appeal process, delaying

01:36 the trial that was initially set for March 4.

01:40 Trump's lawyer also requested the justices to send back the case to Chetkin for additional

01:45 fact-finding if they reject the immunity arguments, which will further prolong the trial proceeding.

01:50 This case is one of the four criminal prosecutions Trump is facing as he aims to return to the

01:54 White House.

01:55 His legal team's strategy is to delay trial as seen in some cases, with only one case

02:00 in New York related to a hush money payment proceeding towards trial in the coming months.

02:06 However, even that trial has been postponed due to concerns regarding the recent evidence

02:11 disclosure.

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Trump Urges Federal Court To Reject Charges Against Him Of Overturning 2020 Election| Oneindia

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