The core issue being debated before the Supreme Court on Thursday boils down to whether a former president is immune from prosecution for actions taken while in office.
What to know about the Supreme Court case about immunity for former President Trump
By MARK SHERMAN Associated Press WASHINGTON (AP) — The Supreme Court has scheduled a special session to hear arguments over whether former President Donald Trump can be prosecuted over his efforts to undo his 2020 election loss to President Joe Biden. The case, to be argued Thursday, stems from Trump’s attempts to have charges against
A majority of Supreme Court justices sympathized with Donald Trump's attorneys' arguments that a president does enjoy some level of immunity that endures past the term of office.
The agency claimed that 170 mobile phones were either changed or destroyed by 36 persons involved in the alleged scam in an attempt to erase digital evidence.
The Supreme Court’s conservative justices said Thursday they agree a former president should be shielded from prosecution for his truly official acts while in office, but not for private schemes that would give him personal gain. They also suggested the case against former President Trump will have to be sent back to the lower courts to decide which parts of the pending criminal indictment can proceed to a trial. Trump was indicted on charges of conspiring to stay in office after losing the 2020...
Donald Trump took a swipe Wednesday at the judge overseeing his New York hush money trial, accusing him of thinking he is "above the Supreme Court." Speaking to Fox News, Trump slammed Judge Juan Merchan, accusing of "prohibiting" the former president from attending arguments Thursday on presidential immunity and calling it "the most important case in many years" before the high court. Trump had requested be he allowed to attend arguments at the Supreme Court about Trump's immunity on Thursday,...
During an appearance on MSNBC's "The Weekend," former Department of Justice white-collar crime prosecutor Ankush Khardori went on a furious rant about the conduct of the conservative Supreme Court justices who took part in Donald Trump's presidential immunity hearing.Khardori, who now provids legal commentary for Politico, wasted no time when asked about the line of questioning of the jurists , several of whom seem to have no problems with letting Trump get away with fomenting a coup on Jan....
Delhi Chief Minister Arvind Kejriwal on Saturday told the Supreme Court that the Enforcement Directorate (ED) has acted in a "most high-handed manner" in a money-laundering case stemming from the alleged excise policy scam. In a rejoinder to the ED's reply affidavit filed on his petition challenging his arrest in the case, Kejriwal said he has always cooperated with the investigation. The Aam Aadmi Party (AAP) leader said the ED, in its reply affidavit filed in the apex court, has said that one...
By JEFF AMY Associated Press HOSCHTON, Ga. (AP) — Former Democratic U.S. Rep. John Barrow is trying to harness a voter backlash to abortion restrictions to unseat Georgia Supreme Court Justice Andrew Pinson. The May 21 election is nonpartisan, but Pinson was appointed in 2022 by Republican Gov. Brian Kemp. Barrow is telling voters he
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