'The implications of the defendant's unbounded immunity theory are startling,' federal prosecutors said of arguments put forward by Trump's legal team.
Special Counsel Jack Smith's team dismissed a comparison between former President Donald Trump and Abraham Lincoln in a filing on Thursday, in which they argued Trump does not enjoy 'absolute immunity' from criminal prosecution.
These things are not alike,' they wrote in their introduction.Newsweek has reached out to Trump's team via email for comment.The prosecutors argued that Trump's situation was more comparable to judges 'who, like a former president, enjoy absolute immunity from civil damages liability for certain conduct but who are 'subject to criminal prosecutions as are other citizens.
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