Analysts: Trump Immunity Appeal Provides Chance to Stave Off Election Trial

Several legal analysts have said that former President Donald Trump's appeal he has presidential immunity may be the best chance of staving off his 2020 election trial.

In multiple filings in Washington, the former president's attorneys have said he is immune from prosecution related to official actions he took as president. On Dec. 9, in submission to an appeals court, his attorneys wrote that he would appeal an earlier ruling handed down by U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan in the election trial.

“The filing of President Trump’s notice of appeal has deprived this Court of jurisdiction over this case in its entirety pending resolution of the appeal,” the Trump lawyers wrote last week. “Therefore, a stay of all further proceedings is mandatory and automatic.”

In arguing that the case should be tossed in its entirety, President Trump's attorneys have said that subjecting former presidents to criminal prosecution for conduct related to their official responsibilities would weaken the presidency. Judge Chutkan dismissed that argument, saying it would give former presidents a "lifelong 'get-out-of-jail-free' pass."

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