attempts to dismiss the case. first off on trump's claim of presidential immunity chutkan wrote, "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. defendant's four-year service as commander in chief did not bestow upon him the divine right of kings to evade the criminal accountability that governs his fellow citizens." an historic moment for the rule of law as the "washington post" notes. a former president has never been charged with a crime before, so chutkan was the first federal judge confronted with the question of whether trump had any immunity from criminal rather than civil liability, end quote. judge chutkan also roundly objected to trump's double jeopardy claim, where he argued that he could not be prosecuted for the crime since he had been acquitted of it by congress, citing the impeachment judgment clause of the constitution. to that chutkan...