Trump v US: SCOTUS likely to determine presidents get ‘some amount’ of immunity, experts say

https://www.foxnews.com/politics/trump-us-scotus-determine-presidents-get-some-amount-immunity-experts

The Supreme Court is set to consider arguably the highest-profile cases of the term Thursday to determine whether former President Trump can claim presidential immunity against criminal charges brought by the Biden Justice Department.

Special Counsel Jack Smith, who brought charges against Trump following his investigation into the Jan. 6, 2021, Capitol riot and Trump's alleged plot to overturn the 2020 election result, argued in briefs submitted to the high court that "presidents are not above the law."

Trump's legal team conversely argued, "A denial of criminal immunity would incapacitate every future President…[t]he threat of future prosecution and imprisonment would become a political cudgel to influence the most sensitive and controversial decisions, taking away the strength, authority, and decisiveness of the Presidency."

"Legal experts told Fox News Digital that while all nine justices might be skeptical of Trump's sweeping immunity claims, they are likely to give guidance on where presidential immunity from criminal prosecution ends for actions taken while in the Oval Office – which could have a profound impact in the criminal cases against the former president."

Similarly, Trusty said he expects the court to "give very little credit to the notion of absolutely unlimited immunity, as President Trump’s lawyers have argued."

"But I do think there is a strong possibility that the court confirms the notion that immunity protects the president and that their ruling could set in motion the eventual dismissal of the Jan. 6, Mar-a-Lago and Georgia cases," he said.

The Supreme Court will hear the case, Trump v. United States, on Thursday at 10 a.m."


Folks, I've said this countless times and the usual liberal pundits around here won't believe this when I say, the U.S Supreme Court will rule Jan 6th, 2021 was not, NOT an Insurrection and instead, was nothing more than a "Riot" by definition when Trump wasn't even present.. Sorry, it's going to be a hard pill to swallow and we might even see some liberals on suicide watch over it like the Pinheads at MSNBC, but just because the Left & Liberals say it was an Insurrection, doesn't make it so.. The only reason we're even seeing this is because Trump is running for President and is poised to win in November and this is their way of stopping him..