Former President Donald Trump’s attorneys are appealing a ruling that found he is not immune from criminal prosecution in connection with an attempt to overturn the 2020 presidential election. Fordham Law Professor Cheryl Bader, a former federal prosecutor, speaks with 23ABC to explain how that may be a losing battle.
Cheryl Bader, a former federal prosecutor, said she believes the immunity argument will be a losing battle for Trump, even before the conservative-majority Supreme Court.
“I think based on the law and there being no constitutional provision giving former presidents immunity and based on the policy that we don’t want to have former presidents being able to commit crimes … I don’t see how this ruling gets reversed,” said Bader, head of Fordham University Law School’s Criminal Defense Clinic.
“This decision really put Trump in his place, it basically said he’s not a monarch and once he leaves office he gets no special treatment in the halls of justice,” Bader said.
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