Trump partially immune from prosecution – Supreme Court

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The Supreme Court has suggested Donald Trump could be entitled to immunity from prosecution for “official acts” while president, but that this protection would not apply to acts as a private citizen.

The lower court must now decide whether he was acting officially or privately over his role in the riots on 6 January in 2021 at the Capitol in Washington DC.

As Sky’s James Matthews explains, it’s unlikely Trump will have to attend court before the US Presidential election in November.

Read more here:
https://news.sky.com/story/us-supreme-court-sends-trump-immunity-claim-back-to-lower-court-13161895

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