The former president’s claim that he is immune from prosecution will now be taken up by a federal appeals court and could end up back in front of the justices within weeks.
Sara Carpenter slapped a police officer while wielding a tambourine when former President Donald J. Trump’s supporters stormed the Capitol, prosecutors said.
The former president has perfected a playbook of victimhood, raising cash off each of his indictments and encouraging Republican officials to defend him, as his rivals did after the Colorado ruling.