Donald Trump has no absolute immunity from civil or criminal consequences for his attempts to stay in power following the 2020 election, two federal courts ruled Friday — a pair of decisions that set the stage for a legal battle over presidential power probably headed to the U.S. Supreme Court.

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Hours after an appellate court ruled that Trump could be sued by police officers over injuries they suffered during the Jan. 6, 2021, riot at the U.S. Capitol, the judge overseeing his criminal case on election subversion charges in D.C. ruled that he had no protection from prosecution as a former president.

“Whatever immunities a sitting President may enjoy, the United States has only one Chief Executive at a time, and that position does not confer a lifelong ‘get-out-of-jail-free’ pass,” Judge Tanya S. Chutkan of the U.S. District Court in Washington wrote in her decision. Trump’s “four-year service as Commander in Chief did not bestow on him the divine right of kings to evade the criminal accountability that governs his fellow citizens.”

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