Trump Immunity Ruling Means Any Trial Before Election Unlikely
- Justices split 6-3 along ideological lines on Trump’s bid
- Majority tells lower courts to revisit over official conduct
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The US Supreme Court’s ruling Monday that Donald Trump has some immunity from criminal charges over his efforts to overturn the 2020 election results dealt a near fatal blow to the push by prosecutors to go to trial before the November election.
The justices, voting 6-3 along ideological lines, ruled for the first time that former presidents are shielded from prosecution for some official acts taken while in office, saying that a federal appeals court was wrong to reject Trump’s immunity arguments out of hand.