Donald Trump Is Immune From Prosecution For Official Acts – US Supreme Court

The US Supreme Court has rejected former President Donald Trump’s claim of immunity from prosecution.

The court recently ruled that while former presidents are immune from prosecution for their official acts, they are not immune from unofficial acts.

The ruling doesn’t answer the question of what is an official or unofficial act, rather, the court puts the power in the hands of lower courts to figure out precisely how to apply the decision to Trump’s case.

Chief Justice John Roberts wrote, “Trump asserts a far broader immunity than the limited one we have recognized.”

Justice Sonia Sotomayor added, “Today’s decision to grant former presidents criminal immunity reshapes the institution of the presidency. It makes a mockery of the principle, foundational to our Constitution and system of government, that no man is above the law.”

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Donald John Trump (born June 14, 1946) is an American politician, media personality, and businessman who served as the 45th president of the United States from 2017 to 2021.

Trump graduated from the University of Pennsylvania with a bachelor’s degree in economics in 1968. He became president of his father’s real-estate business in 1971 and renamed it the Trump Organization. He expanded its operations to building and renovating skyscrapers, hotels, casinos, and golf courses and later started side ventures, mostly by licensing his name. From 2004 to 2015, he co-produced and hosted the reality television series The Apprentice. He and his businesses have been plaintiff or defendant in more than 4,000 state and federal legal actions, including six business bankruptcies.

Donald John Trump was born on June 14, 1946, at Jamaica Hospital in Queens, New York City, the fourth child of Fred Trump, a Bronx-born real-estate developer whose parents were German immigrants, and Mary Anne MacLeod Trump, an immigrant from Scotland. Trump grew up with older siblings Maryanne, Fred Jr., and Elizabeth and younger brother Robert in the Jamaica Estates neighborhood of Queens, and attended the private Kew-Forest School from kindergarten through seventh grade.