Trump Appeals Judge’s Dismissal of Presidential Immunity Claim, Seeks Halt of Federal Election Case

Published on December 7, 2023

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.”...

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