US Supreme Court divided on whether Trump can be prosecuted
by BBC News
BBC News— The justices discussed immunity, coups, pardons, Operation Mongoose - and the future of democracy.
Japan Today—Supreme Court to decide whether Trump is immune from federal prosecution. The Supreme Court is hearing arguments this week with profound legal and political consequences: whether former President Donald Trump is immune from prosecution in a federal case charging him with plotting to overturn the results of the 2020 election. In addition to establishing a potentially historic ruling about the scope
WNYC—Newshour, US Supreme Court to decide if presidents can be immune from prosecution. At a hearing in Washington DC, Donald Trump's lawyers have been arguing that he cannot be tried for his alleged crimes, which include conspiring to overturn the 2020 US presidential election. We ask lawyer Amy Howe what this all means for him and his political future.Also in the programme: a new transitional council is sworn in to lead Haiti amid continuing violence and chaos; and the so-called 'Pushkin plot' to steal rare books from libraries across Europe and replace them with fakes.(Photo: US...
Fox News—Trump attorney, Supreme Court justice clash on whether a president who ‘ordered' a 'coup’ could be prosecuted. An attorney for former President Donald Trump in the presidential immunity hearing clashed with Supreme Court Justice Elena Kagan over a hypothetical question on whether a president who "ordered" a "coup" could be prosecuted. "If it's an official act, there needs to be impeachment and conviction beforehand," Trump's attorney John Sauer argued Thursday before the Supreme Court, which is being broadcast publicly via audio only. Sauer's statement was in response to Justice Elena Kagan's...