Trump says president "has to have immunity" outside courtroom
Conservative judges on the US Supreme Court signalled sympathy towards a degree of presidential immunity as Donald Trump appealed to be exempted from prosecution for acts committed in office. Drawing a distinction between public and private acts, the judges signalled that they favoured protection for official deeds but even Trump’s own legal team conceded that some of the accusations he faces for trying to overturn the 2020 election fell outside the remit of his White House duties. The minority liberal members of the court raised concerns about giving future presidents a free hand to order a coup or assassinations if Trump’s appeal for complete immunity was upheld. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.co.uk/ Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on Twitter: https://twitter.com/thetimes Find us on Instagram: https://www.instagram.com/thetimes/
