Trump Denied Immunity Against US Election Subversion Charges
- Judge rejected ex-president’s early challenges to indictment
- Trump’s lawyers are expected to press an immediate appeal
Donald Trump during a "Save America Rally" near the White House on Jan. 6.
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Donald Trump is not entitled to absolute presidential immunity against criminal charges over his efforts to overturn the 2020 presidential election, a federal judge ruled, saying the office doesn’t come with a “lifelong ‘get-out-of-jail-free’ pass.”
US District Judge Tanya Chutkan on Friday rejected Trump’s early efforts to get the federal indictment against him in Washington tossed out, including his contention that he could not be prosecuted over actions he took after the 2020 election while he was president.