United States V. Trump: Immunity Is Earned Not Simply Given.
In August 2023, former U.S. President Donald Trump was indicted for four counts following the November 2020 election and the Capitol attack January 6 2021. The indictment made claims of Trump’s efforts to overturn the election. He did this by spreading obviously false claims of election fraud in an attempt to obstruct the collecting, counting, and certifying of the election results. Trump responded by holding up his presidential immunity as grounds to dismiss the case, claiming that “he...