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Immunity does not shield Trump from $83M defamation judgment, Carrolls attorney argues

Tuesday, January 28 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Presidential immunity does not protect Donald Trump from having to pay tens of millions of dollars in damages after being held liable for defaming magazine columnist E. Jean Carroll, a lawyer for Carroll told a federal appeals court in a filing... Read More.

Trump seeks presidential immunity from any civil lawsuit filed against him in state court

Tuesday, January 28 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- In a case that sits squarely at the intersection of his business and political interests, President Donald Trump is trying to stop a civil lawsuit against his multibillion-dollar social media company by arguing that he should be immune from civil litigation filed... Read More.

Trump slams judge in hush money case for rejecting his immunity claim

Wednesday, December 18 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- President-elect Donald Trump slammed the judge in his criminal hush money case Tuesday, a day after the judge refused to dismiss Trump's conviction on the grounds of presidential immunity.New York Judge Juan Merchan on Monday rejected Trump's request to vacate the verdict in... Read More.

Trump asks to dismiss Georgia election interference case over presidential immunity

Wednesday, December 4 by ABC News

(GEORGIA) -- Donald Trump's Georgia election interference case should be dismissed because a sitting president is immune from criminal prosecution, the president-elect's lawyer told a Georgia appeals court on Wednesday."A sitting president is completely immune from indictment or any criminal process, state or federal,"... Read More.

Trump seeks dismissal of hush money conviction on immunity grounds

Wednesday, November 20 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- President-elect Donald Trump's criminal hush money conviction in New York must be dismissed "to facilitate the orderly transition of Executive power," Trump's defense attorneys argued Wednesday in a letter to the court.Defense attorneys Todd Blanche and Emil Bove -- both of... Read More.

Trump asks judge in Jan. 6 case to delay release of additional immunity filing

Thursday, October 17 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Former President Donald Trump's attorneys have asked the judge overseeing his federal election interference case to further delay the release of a redacted appendix containing evidence amassed by special counsel Jack Smith in his probe of Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election,... Read More.

Bombshell immunity filing details Trumps alleged increasingly desperate bid to overturn 2020 election

Thursday, October 3 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Special counsel Jack Smith has outlined new details of former President Donald Trump and his allies' sweeping and "increasingly desperate" efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss, in a blockbuster court filing Wednesday aimed at defending Smith's prosecution of Trump following the... Read More.

Jack Smith asks judge in Jan. 6 case to address immunity as Trump seeks dismissal

Saturday, August 31 by ABC News

(NEW YORK) -- Lawyers for Donald Trump and special counsel Jack Smith disagree on how to proceed with the former president's election interference case, both sides said in a joint filing late Friday.On the heels of this week's superseding indictment in which Smith adjusted... Read More.

Supreme Court returns Trump Jan. 6 immunity judgment to lower court

Saturday, August 3 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- One month after the Supreme Court issued its landmark ruling on presidential immunity, the judge overseeing former President Trump's federal election interference case now has jurisdiction over the case again.U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan is now likely to set a series of... Read More.

Mark Meadows asks Supreme Court to intervene in Fulton County case, citing Trump immunity decision

Monday, July 29 by ABC News

(WASHINGTON) -- Mark Meadows, the one-time chief of staff to former President Donald Trump, is continuing his monthslong effort to move the Fulton County criminal case against him into federal court, asking the Supreme Court in a new appeal to intervene on a lower... Read More.

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