A recent Supreme Court opinion has resulted in the criminal case against former President Donald Trump being returned to U.S. District Judge Tanya Chutkan in Washington. The case, which accuses Trump of plotting to overturn the 2020 presidential election, will now undergo further proceedings to determine which acts in the indictment constitute official acts.
The Supreme Court's ruling on July 1, which established that presidents have absolute immunity for core constitutional duties and are presumptively immune from prosecution for other official acts, has significantly impacted the case. Judge Chutkan will now need to decide how this opinion applies to the remaining allegations in the indictment.
