'Purely Political': Judge Smacks Down Trump's Immunity Claim
There is going to be ketchup all over Mar-a-Lago's walls.
By Conover Kennard — November 29, 2022
Donald Trump is facing a lot of legal woes, including the Supreme Court's ruling that the former President will have to hand over his tax returns to a House committee that has been seeking them. And Republican-appointed appeals court judges didn't appear too keen on his latest bid to slow the Mar-a-Lago classified documents case. On Monday, a federal judge ruled that Trump can't claim presidential immunity to avoid a lawsuit that accuses him of civil rights violations in his efforts to undermine the results of the 2020 election.
Via Bloomberg:
Trump had argued that he was "absolutely immune" from damages for actions within the "outer perimeter" of his official duties as President and that his post-election activities in 2020 were part of an effort to protect and defend the Constitution.
But US District Judge Emmet Sullivan in Washington agreed with the challengers -- the NAACP and Michigan voters and advocates -- that Trump's conduct was "purely political," according to the ruling.
https://crooksandliars.com/2022/11/purely-political-judge-rejects-trumps
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