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Trump lawyer D. John Sauer and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson sparred over the history of presidential immunity.
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Trump lawyer D. John Sauer and Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson sparred over the history of presidential immunity.
A lawyer for Donald Trump argued during a Supreme Court hearing that a president could order a political rival to be assassinated and not face prosecution.
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Conservative U.S. Supreme Court justices signaled sympathy on Thursday to the argument that presidents have some immunity against criminal charges for certain actions taken in office as it heard arguments over Donald Trump's claim of immunity from prosecution for trying to undo his 2020 election loss.
Trump's attorney Dean John Sauer argued a president might have criminal immunity for staging a coup when faced with a hypothetical from a liberal justice.
Supreme Court justices scoured for middle ground during oral arguments on former President Donald Trump's bid for absolute immunity to squash the 2020 election subversion indictment against him.