Washington | Donald Trump warned there would be “bedlam” in America if he was convicted of inciting to overthrow the government, insisting that a failure of courts to back his immunity claims would open a “Pandora’s Box” of legal actions against past and future presidents.

The former president on Tuesday (Wednesday AEDT) attended the US Court of Appeals in a rainy and cold Washington with next to no supporters or protesters waiting for him, just blocks away from the January 6, 2021 Capitol siege.