The election interference case against Donald Trump has been on hold for months as the Supreme Court weighs the former president's immunity claim.
The indictment accused Trump of "spread[ing] lies that there had been outcome-determinative fraud in the election and that he had actually won." Trump is facing four counts, including conspiracy to defraud the United States, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding, and conspiracy against rights. For all four charges, Trump could be sentenced to a total of 35 years in prison, Politico reported.
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Will Chamberlain, with the Article III Project, told Blaze News that such concerns are "invalid."
"The position of the Trump legal team is that a former president can be prosecuted for non-official acts, as well as those official acts for which he is impeached by the House and convicted by the Senate. No one is claiming that the president should be above the law," Chamberlain explained.
He stated that Trump's immunity claim is a "totally valid argument."
"The Supreme Court already recognized that presidents should have absolute immunity from civil suit for their official acts. It would be quite bizarre if they had no criminal immunity for the same acts and would open up many former presidents to prosecution for things they did while in office," he said.
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