Trump Entitled To Some Immunity, Supreme Court Says: See GA Impact

WASHINGTON, D.C. — The nation's highest court has ruled that former U.S. presidents, including Donald Trump, has some immunity from criminal prosecution.

The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that Trump has absolute immunity regarding core constitutional powers during his January 2017-January 2021 presidency.

"As for his remaining official actions, he is also entitled to immunity. At the current stage of proceedings in this case, however, we need not and do not decide whether that immunity must be absolute, or instead whether a presumptive immunity is sufficient," the justices said in a 6-3 ruling, per the 119-page decision.

This means Trump's case is being bounded to a lower court, according to multiple reports.

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The following justices ruled in the majority: Chief Justice John G. Roberts and associate justices Clarence Thomas, Associate Justice Samuel Alito Jr., Brett Kavanaugh, Neil Gorsuch and Amy Coney Barrett.

Associate justices Sonia Sotomayor, Elena Kagan and Kentanji Brown Jackson voted in the minority.

Shortly after news broke of the court's ruling, Trump took to social media platform Truth Social to express his sentiments.

"Big win for our constitution and democracy. Proud to be an American," he wrote.

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Trump, who in May became the first former president to be convicted of a felony, is facing multiple charges in an election interference case led by Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis' office. He and 18 others are accused of trying to overturn the 2020 presidential election results in Georgia.

In early June, the Georgia Court of Appeals issued a stay on the controversial case, Atlanta News First reported. This means the case will remain on hold until the court rules on current hearings relating to the matter.

A trial date for Trump's Fulton County case has not yet been set. The Associated Press reported the likelihood of Trump going to trial, at least in his Washington case, ahead of the Nov. 5 general election is dim.

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The Georgia Court of Appeals is set to tentatively hear oral arguments on Oct. 4 to remove Willis from the election subversion case, CNN previously reported.

The hearing comes about seven months after Fulton County Judge Scott McAfee ruled either she or top prosecutor Nathan Wade must remove themselves from the case due to an improper relationship.

McAfee said there was no "actual conflict" due to their relationship, which would have disqualified Willis. Wade ultimately resigned from the case.

But aside from his legal woes in Georgia, Trump was also indicted in Washington, D.C. in a case brought forth by special counsel Jack Smith and has a pending classified documents case in Florida.

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In Washington, Trump was charged on suspicion of conspiracy to defraud the U.S., conspiracy to obstruct an official proceeding, obstruction of and attempt to obstruct an official proceeding and conspiracy against rights.

"The indictment alleged that after losing that election, Trump conspired to overturn it by spreading knowingly false claims of election fraud to obstruct the collecting, counting and certifying of the election results. According to the indictment, Trump advanced his goal through
five primary means," the Supreme Court's ruling said.

Trump is accused of the following in Washington, per the ruling:

• Organizing fake electors in seven states
• Using claims of election fraud with the purpose of convincing state lawmakers and elections officials to change electoral votes for President Joe Biden to votes for Trump
• Attempting to use the Department of Justice “to conduct sham election crime investigations"
• Requesting former Vice President Mike Pence utilize his status to alter the election results during the Jan. 6, 2021 certification
• Utilizing the Jan. 6 siege on the U.S. Capitol to further "false claims of election fraud and convince members of Congress to further delay the certification

With the new ruling, the future of this case is unclear.