Trump says he'll attend appeals court arguments over immunity in 2020 election case

Washington — Former President Donald Trump announced that he will attend arguments Tuesday before a three-judge panel in Washington that is considering whether he is shielded from federal criminal prosecution.

Oral arguments before the U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit will focus on Trump's legal theory that the charges — namely that he engaged in an alleged scheme to subvert the results of the 2020 presidential election — should be dismissed because the alleged conduct occurred when he was president.

A lower court has already ruled that Trump is not absolutely immune from prosecution, and the outcome of the appeal could potentially derail the charges brought by special counsel Jack Smith over Trump's actions surrounding the 2020 presidential election.