Yoon's team claims immunity from insurrection charges, citing Trump ruling | Yonhap News Agency
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Yonhap) -- The legal team of suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol claimed Frid...
SEOUL, Jan. 3 (Yonhap) -- The legal team of suspended President Yoon Suk Yeol claimed Friday that Yoon's impeachment trial does not warrant a ruling as he should have immunity from prosecution, citing the U.S. Supreme Court's ruling on Donald Trump.
In a document presented to the Constitutional Court in Yoon's impeachment trial, the legal team said Yoon exercised his due presidential power to handle a "national emergency situation" while declaring martial law on Dec. 3.
Yoon has said his martial law imposition was an act of governance and cannot be subject to a court judgment.
The Constitutional Court said it would hold the first oral arguments for Yoon's impeachment trial on Jan. 14, as it wrapped up its preparatory proceedings earlier in the day.
