If the appeal goes through, any evidence /gathered/ when he was President might be ruled inadmissible.
From ABC News 7/2/2024:Ahead of the trial, Trump’s lawyers asked that the judge overseeing the case limit certain evidence based on Trump’s immunity claim. The evidence — a government ethics form disclosing the reimbursement at the center of the case, and Trump’s social media posts from his official Twitter account in 2018 related to an alleged “pressure campaign” against his former lawyer Michael Cohen — was admitted into evidence during the trial after Judge Juan Merchan rejected the immunity argument as “untimely.”
“The Court declines to consider whether the doctrine of presidential immunity precludes the introduction of evidence of purported official presidential acts in a criminal proceeding,” Merchan wrote in an April decision.
In a letter to the Merchan on Monday — described by sources to ABC News — Trump’s lawyers argued that the verdict should be thrown out because the jury saw evidence that should have been protected by Trump’s immunity for official acts.
Remember that the SC also granted him a lot of latitude regarding what could be considered “official.” (I believe that one of the examples cited by his lawyers regarding the insurrection was that he was giving a speech, which – taken broadly – is a presidential act, regardless of the reason for/purpose of the speech). In addition, the SC immunity decision prohibits using as evidence behavior/actions that were done during “official duties”- from what I have read, this is likely to be the basis for an appeal to the SC to overturn his felony convictions.
There is a comic on GC titled “Widdershins,” by Kate Ashwin. The early chapters are still active, but she moved the remainder to her own internet site.
Don’t forget that he has also been granted immunity from prosecution, which he did not have in his previous term, so, no matter what he does, he will never be held to account.
Same! ;)