Supreme Court will decide whether Trump is immune from federal prosecution

(22 Apr 2024)
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Washington - 16 April 2024
1. Wide of U.S. Supreme Court building

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2. SOUNDBITE (English) Eric Tucker, The Associated Press:
"The Supreme Court is poised to take up on April 25th a novel legal question. And that question is whether a former president is immune from federal prosecution for official acts committed while in office. Now, this is a question that arises in the specific context of former President Donald Trump and the case charging him with plotting to overturn the 2020 election. Trump contends that as a former president, he cannot be prosecuted for any of the actions alleged in the indictment because he says they were official acts."

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Washington - 6 January 2021
3. STILL of rioters and Trump 2020 banners at the U.S. Capitol

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4. SOUNDBITE (English) Eric Tucker, The Associated Press:
"Special counsel Jack Smith's team says there's no such thing as absolute immunity for a president, and that the acts that Trump is charged with were acts that he undertook in a private personal capacity, not in an official capacity."

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Washington - 6 January 2021
5. STILL of President Donald Trump speaking to his supporters with the White House in the background

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6. SOUNDBITE (English) Eric Tucker, The Associated Press:
"There are multiple different potential outcomes of these arguments. One, and this is seen as probably the most unlikely, is that the Supreme Court agrees with Trump that he enjoys absolute immunity, in which case the criminal case in D.C. would then be dismissed outright."

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7. STILL of Donald Trump sitting in courtroom

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8. SOUNDBITE (English) Eric Tucker, The Associated Press:
"Another option would be that the court fully disagrees with Trump, which would push the case forward to trial in D.C., although that date is uncertain. Another option could be that the court says presidents may, in certain situations, have absolute immunity, but this is not that case because the actions here are not official acts. That decision would also permit the case to go forward. And yet another option would be that the court could say that the judge overseeing the case in Washington needs to decide whether the acts and issues are official acts. Before the case can move forward."

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Washington - 6 January 2021
9. STILL of President Donald Trump waving to his supporters, "Save America March" on a screen on podium

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10. SOUNDBITE (English) Eric Tucker, The Associated Press:
"This is a case that was initially supposed to go to trial this past March. It's been effectively frozen pending the appeal. So depending on how long the court takes on this opinion, it's really not clear whether this case can even reach trial before the November election."

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Washington – 19 March 2024
11. Exterior of US Supreme Court
STORYLINE:
The Supreme Court is poised to take up on April 25 a novel legal question: can a former president be immune from federal prosecution for official acts committed while in office? The decision will determine whether Donald Trump can be prosecuted for allegedly plotting to overturn the 2020 U.S. presidential election.
Special counsel Jack Smith's team says there's no such thing as absolute immunity for a president, and that the acts Trump is charged with were acts that he undertook in a private personal capacity, not in an official capacity.
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