Appeals Court Rules Trump Doesn’t Have Immunity in J6 Case

Trump plans to appeal the ruling, a spokesperson said.

Former President Donald Trump and his lawyer Christopher Kise attend the closing arguments in the Trump Organization civil fraud trial at New York State Supreme Court in New York, on Jan. 11, 2024. Shannon Stapleton-Pool/Getty Images

The U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit ruled on Feb. 6 that former President Donald Trump was not immune to prosecution for conduct that the Justice Department (DOJ) included in its indictment related to the events of Jan. 6, 2021.

“We have balanced former President Trump’s asserted interests in executive immunity against the vital public interests that favor allowing this prosecution to proceed,” the decision reads.