Tag: immunity
Federal prosecutor asks Supreme Court to rule urgently on Trump’s immunity
Federal prosecutor Jack Smith asked the US Supreme Court on Monday, December 11, to rule urgently on Donald Trump’s request for immunity, in order to prevent the ex-president from derailing…
Promised immunity?: Trump’s former chief of staff is probably cooperating with special investigators
Promised immunity? Trump’s former chief of staff is probably cooperating with special investigators October 25, 2023, 11:28 a.m A few months before the trial against former President Trump for influencing…
Donald Trump calls for dismissal of proceedings against him, in the name of presidential immunity
Former U.S. President Donald Trump sits in a courtroom for the third day of his civil fraud trial in New York, October 4, 2023. ANGELA WEISS / AFP Former US…
European justice confirms the lifting of the immunity of Catalan separatists, including Carles Puigdemont
The Court of Justice of the European Union (CJEU) rejected, on Wednesday July 5, the appeals of three Catalan separatist MEPs, including Carles Puigdemont, who challenged the lifting of their…
France calls for the lifting of the immunity of the Lebanese ambassador
Two complaints of rape and intentional violence have been filed against Rami Adwan, Lebanese ambassador to Paris since 2017. By NJ with AFP The lifting of the immunity of Rami…
Rape charges: Damien Abad’s parliamentary immunity lifted
The parliamentary immunity of deputy and former minister Damien Abad, targeted by rape charges, was lifted on Wednesday by a unanimous decision of the office of the National Assembly, participants…
Damien Abad, accused of “attempted rape”, is “favorable” to the lifting of his parliamentary immunity
Damien Abad on the benches of the National Assembly, March 14, 2023. ALAIN JOCARD / AFP “I want to be heard by the courts like any other citizen, under any…
Big bang in sight in the internet? The Supreme Court examines the immunity of web actors
The Supreme Court building in Washington, United States, October 3, 2022 (AFP/Archives/Stefani Reynolds) The U.S. Supreme Court is this week reviewing a law that has protected tech companies for more…
Corruption: the European Parliament lifts the immunity of two MEPs
Voting by a show of hands, MEPs gathered in Brussels gave the green light to lifting the immunity of Belgian Marc Tarabella and Italian Andrea Cozzolino. The two elected officials,…
Because of suspicion of corruption: Brussels removes immunity from two MEPs
Because of suspicion of corruption Brussels revokes two MEPs’ immunity 2/2/2023 2:53 p.m The corruption scandal surrounding the former Vice President of the EU Parliament, Eva Kaili, is growing: two…
The European Public Prosecutor’s Office can now request the waiver of parliamentary immunity
By Le Figaro with AFP Published on 01/17/2023 at 4:43 p.m. Plenary session at the European Parliament in Strasbourg, January 17, 2023. FREDERICK FLORIN / AFP This request does not…
Another Qatar inconsistency: Two MEPs are said to lose immunity
Another Qatar inconsistency Two MEPs are set to lose immunity 01/16/2023, 8:09 p.m The immunity of a Belgian and an Italian MEP is to be lifted in the wake of…