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Explosion outside Pakistan Election Commission Office in Karachi; no casualties
Credit: IndiaTimes- Published on February 3, 2024
A small explosion took place after a bag containing an IED was thrown in the garbage after it was found in the parking of the provincial office of the Pakistan Election Commission in Karachi, police said. A senior police official, DIG Syed Asad Raza said the plastic bag containing an IED explosive device/bomb had been placed in...
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Published on February 6, 2024 - 01:30
Trump Not Immune From Prosecution in Election Interference Case, Appeals Court Rules
Trump Not Immune , From Prosecution in Election Interference Case, , Appeals Court Rules.
On Feb. 6, a federal appeals court ruled that "former President Trump has become citizen Trump, with all of the defenses of any other criminal defendant," NPR reports. .
This means that Trump is not broadly immune from federal prosecution, particularly when it comes to the 2020 election interference case.
The ruling comes after Trump's lawyers asserted his immunity last month.
At the time, special counsel claimed broad immunity
would "undermine democracy" by giving sitting
presidents authority to commit crimes while in office. .
According to the latest ruling, "a striking paradox" would arise if the one person who is constitutionally obligated to ensure that laws are upheld...
"were the sole officer capable of defying those laws with impunity," NPR reports. .
We cannot accept that the office of the
presidency places its former occupants
above the law for all time thereafter. , Via appeals court ruling.
[This] would collapse our
system of separated powers by
placing the president beyond
the reach of all three branches, Via appeals court ruling.
Trump "respectfully disagrees with the D.C. Circuit's decision
and will appeal it in order to safeguard the presidency and
the Constitution," spokesperson Steven Cheung said.
If immunity is not granted to a
president, every future president
who leaves office will be immediately
indicted by the opposing party, Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung, via statement.
Without complete immunity,
a president of the United States
would not be able to properly function!, Trump spokesperson Steven Cheung, via statement.
Trump has pleaded not guilty to
each of the counts against him in the
2020 election interference case.
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