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Trump heads to US Supreme Court with a familiar claim: He is untouchable

Trump heads to US Supreme Court with a familiar claim: He is untouchable

DONALD Trump will try to persuade the U.S. Supreme Court this week to reverse a judicial decision to kick him off the ballot in Colorado over his actions concerning the January 6, 2021, Capitol attack, arguing that the constitutional provision his opponents cite does not apply to him as a former president. It may not be the only time Trump makes this type of assertion to the justices. As he fights four criminal cases and civil litigation in lower courts, Trump has repeatedly advanced a bold argument: that he is formally immune or otherwise not subject to these legal challenges. "Trump appears obsessed with trying to place himself above the law.…
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Oath Keeper convicted of sedition in US Capitol attack sentenced to 4.5 years

Oath Keeper convicted of sedition in US Capitol attack sentenced to 4.5 years

FAR-RIGHT Oath Keepers militant group member Roberto Minuta was sentenced to four and a half years in prison on Thursday after he was convicted of seditious conspiracy and other crimes arising from the January 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by then-President Donald Trump's supporters. "You can feel a way about a government and about the way it's treating its citizens without resorting to violence," U.S. District Judge Amit Mehta said. "That is why you find yourself where you are today." Minuta's sentencing comes just one week after Mehta sentenced Oath Keepers founder Stewart Rhodes to 18 years in prison following…
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