'Impossible': Expert says Supreme Court just killed both Trump's federal cases
Raw StoryThe Supreme Court ruling on former President Donald Trump's presidential immunity claim — which Justice Sonia Sotomayor argued turns the office into a kingship empowered to assassinate political rivals — effectively kills the federal court cases against him, one legal analyst argued Monday. ABC News chief Washington correspondent Jon Karl told viewers Monday morning that despite the majority's quibbling on absolute immunity — a decision on specifics was kicked down to a lower court — they had handed an out-and-out victory for Trump. In the election interference case, Trump stands accused of orchestrating a conspiracy to overturn the 2020 presidential election by propping up slates of fake electors in swing states he lost, attempting to bully the Justice department into verifying election fraud allegations and then inciting a mob to attack the U.S. Capitol on Jan. 6, 2021. In the classified documents case, Trump stands accused of violating the Espionage Act by improperly storing classified information in his Florida social club, Mar-a-Lago.