Breaking News: Trump is not immune from election-subversion prosecution, judge rules

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Trump is not immune from election-subversion prosecution, judge rules

Donald Trump is not immune from prosecution for his attempt to subvert the 2020 election, U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan ruled Friday, concluding that his term as president does not serve as a shield against charges that he sought to defraud and disenfranchise millions of Americans.

"Defendant's four-year service as Commander in Chief did not bestow on him the divine right of kings to evade the criminal accountability that governs his fellow citizens," Chutkan ruled in a 48-page opinion, sweeping aside Trump's most intricate attempt to derail the case against him.

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