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The Supreme Court on Thursday heard historic arguments on whether former President Donald Trump can be criminally prosecuted related to his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss. The former president, who lamented not attending arguments in Washington as he is on trial in New York in a separate criminal trial, in which he has pleaded not guilty, was represented by attorney John Sauer. Michael Dreeben argued on behalf of the government and special counsel Jack Smith.

US supreme court hears three hours of oral arguments on whether ex-president has absolute immunity from criminal prosecution

The justices seemed to focus more on hypothetical future cases rather than the case immediately before them.

What is presidential immunity? What has Donald Trump been charged with?

The Supreme Court appeared ready to reject former President Donald Trump’s claims of sweeping immunity and the broad protections he has sought to shut down his federal election subversion case,