US federal prosecutors have rejected Donald Trump's attempt to have election conspiracy charges dismissed on the grounds that he enjoys immunity for actions he took while in the White House.
"No one in this country, not even the president, is above the law," special counsel Jack Smith's team wrote in a 54-page motion filed with the judge presiding over the landmark case.
Prosecutors in the special counsel's office dismissed that argument and urged Judge Chutkan to deny Mr Trump's request. His attempts to use the"absolute immunity" defence in other cases have been rebuffed by judges, but the nation's highest court has never ruled directly on whether a former chief executive is immune from criminal prosecution.His attorneys, citing a Supreme Court case involving former president Richard Nixon, said the law provides"absolute immunity" to the president"for acts within the 'outer perimeter' of his official responsibility.
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