WASHINGTON, D.C. – The Supreme Court is considering a case involving former President Donald Trump that could set a historic precedent.
At issue: do presidents have immunity from prosecution, and if so how far does it go? The decision will affect not only Trump, but future presidents as well.
On Thursday, an attorney for the former president tried to convince the justices that Trump cannot be criminally prosecuted for any of his official acts while in office, which led the justices to focus their questioning on how to make a distinction between private and official acts.
“In the Special Council’s brief he urges us…even if we were to decide or assume there was some sort of immunity for official acts, that there were sufficient private acts in the indictment for the case to go back, and the trial to begin immediately,” said Justice Amy Coney Barrett to Trump Attorney D. John Sauer.
“The official stuff has to be expunged completely from the indictment before the case can go forward,” he explained.
“If you expunge the official stuff from the indictment, that’s like a one-legged stool, right? I mean, giving somebody money isn’t bribery unless you get something in exchange,” questioned Chief
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