Federal appeals court denies Trump's presidential immunity defense in E. Jean Carroll case
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Trump Loses Immunity Bid in Carroll Defamation Suit
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The Spin
Pro-Trump narrative
Trump should be able to invoke presidential immunity, regardless of how long it took for his defense to raise the issue. This is a flawed ruling, and SCOTUS must correct this wrong. Luckily, SCOTUS has been asked to take up a similar question in Trump's federal criminal case in Washington, so we'll soon find out if this political witch hunt against a former president and future Republican nominee can continue.
Anti-Trump narrative
These are the legal ploys the twice-impeached, quadruple-indicted former president must enact to avoid accountability. Trump has committed so many crimes he can't possibly fight off all the charges. His current push to claim presidential immunity is not working out, and accountability is inevitable.