A court rejects Donald Trump’s claim to absolute immunity
The former president will now take his outlandish plea to the Supreme Court
ON THE campaign trail, Donald Trump has been saying he would be a “dictator” on the first day of his second presidency. Mr Trump may be half-joking when he announces this plan to cheering throngs. But the Republican front-runner has a track record of swelling presidential power past its traditional limits, from declaring a national emergency to build a wall on the southern border, to withholding his financial records and White House communications related to the January 6th riot.
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This article appeared in the United States section of the print edition under the headline “Citizen Trump”
United States February 10th 2024
- Trump’s lead over Biden may be smaller than it looks
- What the death of America’s border bill says about toxic congressional politics
- A court rejects Donald Trump’s claim to absolute immunity
- Congress might just pass an astonishingly sensible tax deal
- Florida too may have an abortion referendum in November
- State attorneys-general are shaping national policy
- This is not a story about Taylor Swift and the Super Bowl
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Yes, but other factors could hold him back
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The president-elect hopes to hand the Justice Department to loyalists
Democratic states are preparing for Donald Trump’s return
But Mr Trump will be more prepared, too