In the presence of Trump Judges of a court question whether the former president enjoys immunity from prosecution

Federal appeals court judges in Washington expressed deep doubt that former US President Donald Trump is immune from prosecution on charges of conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

In the presence of Trump Judges of a court question whether the former president enjoys immunity from prosecutionAn “inappropriate” relationship may implicate the fiercest anti-Trump judges

In details, on Tuesday, Trump returned to the Federal Court in Washington to appeal the charges against him, where the three-judge panel also asked whether they had the jurisdiction to consider the appeal at this stage of the case, which raises the possibility of rejecting Trump’s efforts.

During the lengthy arguments, the justices repeatedly pressed Trump's lawyer, who was appointed to defend the claim that the former president is immune from criminal charges.

“I think it's ironic to say that his constitutional duty to make sure the laws are faithfully enforced allows him to violate the criminal law,” explained Judge Karen Lecraft Henderson, an appointee of former President George H. W. Bush.

Trump is doing everything in his power to postpone his criminal trials as long as possible, perhaps until after the polls.

Judge Tanya Chutkan, who will preside over the federal trial sessions, rejected a first request to confirm immunity in early December, considering that there is no text protecting a former president from criminal prosecution.

Billionaire Trump, who is accused in four criminal cases and is seeking the Republican Party nomination for the November 2024 elections, is supposed to be tried, starting on March 4, against the backdrop of his attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential elections, which he lost to President Joe Biden.

But his lawyers are trying in every possible way to change the judicial schedule to avoid it coinciding with the presidential schedule, as the Republican Party primaries began in January and may continue until June. 

One of the arguments presented by Trump's lawyers is that he enjoys "absolute immunity" from everything he did while in the White House, and for this reason he cannot be prosecuted. They cite Supreme Court case law from the 1980s related to civil lawsuits against former President Richard Nixon.

At the present time, neither the possibility of Trump going to prison nor the possibility of his returning to the White House can be ruled out, which is an exceptional situation that he took advantage of. With every twist and turn in his long judicial process, Trump has collected huge sums of donations and advanced in opinion polls thanks to his supporters who are convinced that he is a victim of political persecution.