Former President Donald Trump on Monday said he would impeach President Joe Biden if he is re-elected, a day before an appeals court hearing. on the arguments he claims that presidential immunity protects him from prosecution for his role in the January 6 attack.
In a post on the Truth social platform on Monday morning, Trump said he plans to attend oral arguments Tuesday in the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit on his challenge to presidential immunity, which he argued is his duty as president. voter fraud.
“Of course, I was entitled to immunity as President and Commander-in-Chief of the United States. I was not campaigning, the election was over a long time ago,” he wrote. “I’ve been looking for voter fraud and I’ve found it, it’s my duty and it’s a different way to run our country.”
Trump later argued that Biden should not have presidential immunity if his efforts to avoid prosecution for efforts to nullify the 2020 election fail.
Before criticizing the Biden administration, Trump wrote: “If I don’t have immunity, Crooked Joe Biden won’t either.” record number of migrants Crossing the southern border of the United States, his The decision to withdraw troops from Afghanistan in 2021 and baseless allegations that Biden engaged in shady business practices with foreign countries.
“Joe would be ripe for the Indictment. By arming the DOJ against his Political Opponent, Joe opened a giant Pandora’s Box,” Trump wrote. “As president I was protecting our country and doing a great job of it, just look at the complete mess Crooked Joe Biden has made. At the very least, I deserve presidential immunity from the bogus Biden charges!”
Trump has argued that former presidents have absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for any “official acts” they performed while in office. His lawyers also argued that Trump should not be prosecuted for his efforts to overturn the results of the 2020 election because the Senate had previously impeached him and acquitted him following impeachment proceedings based on those actions.
Washington, D.C.-based U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who is presiding over the federal election interference case, last month decided against Trump’s motion to dismiss the indictment on presidential immunity and constitutional grounds.
Trump’s appeal of the decision halted the case. Special Counsel Jack Smith asked The Supreme Court stepped in, asking an appeals court to decide the key question of whether Trump has immunity for his actions as a president protesting his 2020 election loss, but the justices gave the green light to oral arguments on appeal, denying his request. court.