Breaking down the former president’s historic Supreme Court victory
The US Supreme Court has ruled 6-3 that former President Donald Trump has immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts. The political and media fallout will dominate the news cycle for the foreseeable future, while high-level discussions are underway to decide whether to continue prosecution. Will special counsel Jack Smith press on or raise the white flag of surrender?
The Court determined that the President of the United States has presumptive immunity for official acts. “The President therefore may not be prosecuted for exercising his core constitutional powers, and he is entitled, at a minimum, to a presumptive immunity from prosecution for all his official acts,” the opinion written by Chief Justice John Roberts states. “That immunity…
