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Politics
Igor Derysh

Expert: Trump SCOTUS filing may backfire

Former President Donald Trump’s lawyers on Tuesday told the Supreme Court that if they do not grant him absolute immunity against prosecution for his effort to overturn the 2020 election it would “incapacitate every future president."

Trump’s lawyers outlined their arguments ahead of oral arguments scheduled for April 25 arguing that Trump should have full immunity for acts he took as president.

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