Prosecutors tell judge Donald Trump is ‘not above the law’

Former President Donald Trump, accompanied by members of his legal team, comments outside a civil business fraud trial in New York on Wednesday (Seth Wenig/AP)

Federal prosecutors said Donald Trump is “not above the law” as they urged a judge to reject the former president’s efforts to dismiss charges of plotting to overturn the 2020 presidential election.

Lawyers for Mr Trump had asked US district judge Tanya Chutkan earlier this month to throw out the federal election subversion case, arguing he was immune from prosecution for actions he took while fulfilling his duties as president.