[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition if you agree Donald Trump should NOT be granted "absolute
immunity" by the U.S. Supreme Court!

Dear MoveOn member,

After three different pleas to a New York judge to delay his New York
trial and three rejections, Donald Trump will go to his first trial on
Monday for his crimes to conceal information from voters in the 2016
election.^1

It's been over a month since Trump's first criminal trial in New York was
supposed to begin. But it's been mired in Trump's appeals, headed to the
U.S. Supreme Court, arguing that he has "absolute immunity" against
prosecution for any crimes.^2 This is all part of Trump's desperate legal
strategy to delay all four criminal cases against him until he can pardon
them away, banking on his winning the 2024 election. 

Trump has shown us over and over again that he thinks that he is above the
law. Earlier this year, a D.C. circuit court unanimously rejected his
claim that he has "absolute immunity" from being prosecuted just because
he was president.^3 Now, he's running to his right-wing-stacked Supreme
Court to save him and block this decision, granting him immunity from
prosecution. And what's worse, instead of letting the unanimous D.C.
circuit decision stand, the Supreme Court is aiding in Trump's delay
tactics.

[ [link removed] ]We need to come together and say enough is enough! No president,
including Donald Trump, should have "absolute immunity" from being
prosecuted. Will you sign the petition?

Nobody is above the law, including ex-President Donald Trump. His legal
argument that anyone who's been president has "absolute immunity" from
prosecution for any crimes they commit couldn't be more dangerous or
wrong. The Supreme Court must rule against him, denying Trump full,
absolute immunity.

[3]Sign the petition

Trump will exhaust all options to avoid accountability for the crimes he's
committed. This is just his latest attempt, but if he's successful, the
consequences are grave. The Supreme Court should not play into Trump's
tactics to postpone accountability and justice. Since they have decided to
take Trump's appeal, they must rule against him, denying Trump full,
absolute immunity.

Last summer, special counsel Jack Smith charged Trump with four federal
felonies for conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 election,
leading up to and on January 6. And just this week, Jack Smith and a group
of prosecutors sent a sharp letter to the Supreme Court, urging the
justices to reject Trump's claim to full, absolute immunity.^4 We must
make it clear that the people also do not want presidents to be immune
from accountability. This is a matter of justice and democracy!

Trump's legal argument that anyone who's been president has "absolute
immunity" from prosecution for any crimes they commit couldn't be more
dangerous or wrong. Just imagine what else he would attempt if that were
the case. Instead of letting the unanimous D.C. circuit decision stand,
the Supreme Court is aiding in Trump's delay tactics, threatening all of
us and our democracy. 

[ [link removed] ]Sign the petition now! Donald Trump must be stopped. He is not above
the law, and he and any other president should not have "absolute
immunity" from prosecution for his crimes and attacks on our democracy.

Thanks for all you do. 

–Kelsey, Alexis, Mohammad, Emma, and the rest of the team

Sources:

1. "New York appeals court rejects Donald Trump’s third request to delay
Monday’s hush money trial," The Associated Press, April 10, 2024
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2. "Supreme Court takes up Trump immunity appeal," SCOTUSblog, February
28, 2024
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3. Ibid.

4. "Special counsel pushes Supreme Court to reject Trump's bid for
sweeping immunity in 2020 election case," CBS News, April 8, 2024
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