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SCOTUS Partially Backs Trump On Immunity

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The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) has issued a ruling stating that former President Donald Trump has absolute immunity for any criminal charges related to official acts when he was president, but no immunity from unofficial acts. Focus will now turn to which acts around the 2020 election are deemed to be in Trump's capacity as then-president, and which are deemed unofficial acts.

  • Chief Justice John Roberts: "Under our constitutional structure of separated powers, the nature of Presidential power entitles a former President to absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions within his conclusive and preclusive constitutional authority. And he is entitled to at least presumptive immunity from prosecution for all his official acts. There is no immunity for unofficial acts.""
  • A partial backing of Trump was widely expected ahead of the ruling, and is likely to ensure the view put forward in our US Daily Brief that "that Trump is unlikely to see the inside of a courtroom in either case before the presidential election on November 5,".
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The Supreme Court of the United States (SCOTUS) has issued a ruling stating that former President Donald Trump has absolute immunity for any criminal charges related to official acts when he was president, but no immunity from unofficial acts. Focus will now turn to which acts around the 2020 election are deemed to be in Trump's capacity as then-president, and which are deemed unofficial acts.

  • Chief Justice John Roberts: "Under our constitutional structure of separated powers, the nature of Presidential power entitles a former President to absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions within his conclusive and preclusive constitutional authority. And he is entitled to at least presumptive immunity from prosecution for all his official acts. There is no immunity for unofficial acts.""
  • A partial backing of Trump was widely expected ahead of the ruling, and is likely to ensure the view put forward in our US Daily Brief that "that Trump is unlikely to see the inside of a courtroom in either case before the presidential election on November 5,".