has ruled that former presidents are entitled to some degree of immunity from criminal prosecution, dramatically reducing the likelihood that the federal criminal case againstThe court’s conservative majority – which Trump helped create – found that presidents were protected from prosecution for official actions that extended to the “outer perimeter” of his office, but could face charges for conduct undertaken in a personal or private manner.
The ruling in Trump’s election subversion case was one of the last handed down by the supreme court this term. In waiting until the end, the conservative majority played into Trump’s benefit and legal strategy of trying to delay any trial as much as possible. As the calendar now stands, a trial in Trump’s election subversion case cannot start until September 20th at the earliest, since Trump’s lawyers have 88 days left on the clock to prepare a defence after the case was automatically frozen when they launched the immunity appeal.
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