Supreme Court rules Trump has some immunity, delays trial

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The Supreme Court have ruled that Donald Trump has immunity for some of his actions in a case where he is charged with plotting to overturn his 2020 presidential election loss.

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00:00The U.S. Supreme Court has sent former President Donald Trump's immunity case back to a lower

00:05court in Washington.

00:08In a historic ruling, the justices said for the first time that former presidents can

00:12be shielded from prosecution for official acts taken when in office, but not for private

00:18acts.

00:19The justices felt it was up to the lower courts to decide how this ruling would apply to Trump's

00:24case.

00:25The former president is charged with election interference for pressuring officials to reverse

00:30the 2020 result.

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