Trump January 6 case: five key points in the latest filing against former president
by Helen Sullivan from US news | The Guardian on (#6R6TP)
In unsealed court filing federal prosecutors argue Trump acted in private capacity as he tried to overturn 2020 result
In a court filing unsealed on Wednesday, federal prosecutors argue that Donald Trump is not immune from prosecution over the 6 January riots because he acted in a private capacity, and took advice from private advisers.
The indictment seeks to make this case - that Trump acted in his private capacity, rather than his official one - because of a US supreme court ruling in July that former presidents have broad immunity from criminal prosecution for official actions taken as president.
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