SCOTUS Creates Trump Prosecution Chaos: ‘Partial Immunity’

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The court ruled in a 6-3 decision on Monday that the ex-president enjoys at least some immunity from criminal prosecution.

enjoys at least some immunity from criminal prosecution. And while the conservative justices did not agree with the former president’s broader definition of immunity, they still largely left him off the hook.

The decision effectively kicks the question back down to the Washington D.C. District Judge Tanya Chutkan to hear arguments over what constitutes an official act by the former president. In her dissent, Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson said “the seeds of absolute power for Presidents have been planted” and “absolute power corrupts absolutely.”

 

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