US historians file brief with supreme court rejecting Trump’s immunity claim
by Martin Pengelly in Washington from US news | The Guardian on (#6KYSJ)
Fifteen scholars on US history outline that Trump is not immune to prosecution for crimes committed while he was president
Fifteen prominent historians filed an amicus brief with the US supreme court, rejecting Donald Trump's claim in his federal election subversion case that he is immune to criminal prosecution for acts committed as president.
Authorities cited in the document include the founders Alexander Hamilton, James Madison and John Adams, in addition to the historians' own work.
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