An appellate court on Tuesday asked the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) to clarify whether or not former President Donald Trump has absolute presidential immunity from lawsuits brought against him following his alleged involvement in the January 6, 2021, assault on the Capitol.
The DOJ is expected to respond in mid-January, and this will be the first time the department has ruled on the limits of presidential immunity with respect to the U.S. Capitol bombing.
This request is the latest of several disputes in which the U.S. government’s Department of Justice has had to consider how far Trump’s legal protection extends, CNN has reported.
In this context, the special committee of the House of Representatives investigating the assault on the Capitol has unanimously approved on Monday to request the indictment of former President Donald Trump for four crimes: inciting or aiding an insurrection, obstruction of an official congressional proceeding, conspiracy to deceive the State and conspiracy to give false testimony.
The executive summary of the commission’s report read on Monday describes in detail how Trump tried to bend, pressure or cajole anyone who would not bend to his attempt to prevent his defeat in the presidential election despite knowing that many of these maneuvers were illegal, so they consider that he is ultimately responsible for the «insurrection» with his lies to the public.
Source: (EUROPA PRESS)
