Former US president Donald Trump files a Supreme Court brief in his bid for immunity from prosecution for trying to overturn his 2020 election loss, with the case due to be argued before the justices next month.
Trump is appealing a lower court’s rejection of his request to be shielded from the criminal case being pursued by Special Counsel Jack Smith because he was president when he took actions aimed at reversing US President Joe Biden’s election victory over him.
The filing makes arguments similar to ones Trump’s lawyers previously made seeking to shield him from prosecution, and echoes statements Trump has made on the campaign trail.
“The president cannot function, and the presidency itself cannot retain its vital independence, if the president faces criminal prosecution for official acts once he leaves office,” the filing said.
Trump, the first former US president to be criminally prosecuted, is the Republican candidate challenging Democratic President Joe Biden in the November 5 US election.
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