Appeal process

The Donald Trump Immunity Ruling - citizen Trump
and the the Supreme Court ???
===february 2024===
“For the purpose of this criminal case, former President Trump has become citizen Trump, with all of the defenses of any other criminal defendant,” the panel for the District of Columbia Circuit Court of Appeals wrote. 
* The Donald Trump Immunity Ruling - at: The New York Times, Feb. 6, 2024. A federal appeals court on Tuesday rejected former President Donald J. Trump’s claim. The unanimous ruling from a three-judge panel was unlikely to be the final word on the issue: Trump, the likely Republican presidential nominee, is expected to appeal to the Supreme Court. Still, the ruling signaled an important moment in American law, answering a question that had never been addressed by an appeals court: Can former presidents escape being held accountable by the criminal justice system for things they did while in office?
:The court ruled that Trump was subject to federal criminal law, and would have to stand trial, like any other American. “We cannot accept that the office of the presidency places its former occupants above the law for all time thereafter,” the three judges wrote.
* Yahoo News: Salon - "Puts him in a box": Experts say immunity ruling may have doomed Trump's Supreme Court appeal. By Tatyana Tandanpolie on Tue, February 6, 2024 - 
:: "A federal appeals court's unanimous rejection of former President Donald Trump's immunity bid has laid the groundwork for it to be upheld if appealed to the Supreme Court, legal experts say. The three-judge panel of the U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Washington, D.C. on Tuesday issued a 57-page opinion finding that Trump does not have blanket protection from prosecution for all acts he committed while in office. The opinion came four weeks after the circuit court heard the case in early January, and Trump is expected to appeal it to the Supreme Court.
:: "There was a lot of speculation over whether the four-week delay meant there was some division among the judges," George Washington University law professor Randall Eliason wrote on X/Twitter. "But this per curiam (joined by all 3, with no judge identified as the author) opinion presents a unified holding that offers the best chance to be quickly upheld."
:: The D.C. Circuit's decision is "not surprising," according to former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti, who noted the "rather silly arguments" made by Trump's team in the appeal. "I wouldn’t be surprised if the Supreme Court declines to take this case up, letting this ruling stand," Mariotti added. … "
* Why Donald Trump lost - BBC, 7th November 2020, 03:21 PST By Nick Bryant BBC News, New York 
::once and for all that the 2016 election was a historical accident, an American aberration. 
Donald Trump won more than 70 million votes, the second highest total in American history. Nationally, he has more than a 47% share of his vote, and looks to have won 24 states, including his beloved Florida and Texas. 
::He has an extraordinary hold over large swathes of this country, a visceral connection that among thousands of supporters has brought a near cult-like devotion. After four years in the White House, his supporters studied the fine print of his presidency and clicked enthusiastically on the terms and conditions.
::Any analysis of his political weakness in 2020 also has to acknowledge his political strength. However, he was defeated, becoming one of only four incumbents in the modern era not to get another four years. Also he has become the first president to lose the popular vote in consecutive elections. …
::His strange boasts about being "a very stable genius" and the like. His promotion of conspiracy theories. His use of a lingua franca that sometimes made him sound more like a crime boss, such as when he described his former lawyer Michael Cohen, who reached a plea deal with federal prosecutors, as "a rat".
===january 2024===
Currently a panel of three federal appeals judges is weighing Mr Trump's argument that presidents are immune from prosecution for possible crimes committed while they are in office, even after they leave the White House. It could rule as early as next week.
The case is widely expected to end up before the US Supreme Court, where conservatives hold a 6-3 majority. 
Experts have said it could have a profound effect on the future of the American presidency and what is allowable by an individual who holds the office.
The four counts in the indictment were: conspiracy to defraud the US, conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of an official proceeding and conspiracy against the rights of citizens.
Source: bbc, 4 febr. 2024
criminal trial US vs. Donald Trump, the former US President D. Trump indictet, including conspiracy to defraud the US, tampering with a witness and conspiracy against the rights of US-citizens at a federal courthouse in Washington DC on 3 July 2023