The Supreme Court ruled Monday that former President Donald Trump enjoys absolute immunity for presecution for “official acts” during his presidency, although it left the exact extent of that protection for lower courts to decide.
The high court’s ruling vacated an earlier decision by a lower court judge rejecting the immunity theory and cleared the way for more appeals by the former president that could set the trial schedule back months or years, if it ever happens.
Lawyers for Trump, 78, who appointed three of the nine justices on the Supreme Court, unfurled a legal theory of sweeping presidential immunity from prosecution last year in a bid to quash the four-count case against the former president.
The high court’s ruling vacated an earlier decision by a lower court judge rejecting the immunity theory and cleared the way for more appeals by the former president that could set the trial schedule back months or years, if it ever happens.
Lawyers for Trump, 78, who appointed three of the nine justices on the Supreme Court, unfurled a legal theory of sweeping presidential immunity from prosecution last year in a bid to quash the four-count case against the former president.
