Trump to argue he is immune from January 6 charges as polls show him leading Republican field - US politics live

Ex-president due to file brief to federal appeals court, arguing for immunity in federal election interference case, as Iowa caucuses less than two weeks away Just days ago, prosecutors on special counsel Jack Smith's team argued that granting Donald Trump immunity from the charges he faces for trying to overturn the 2020 election would threaten US democracy, the Associated Press reports: Special counsel Jack Smith urged a federal appeals court Saturday to reject former president Donald Trump's ...