{"id":165513,"date":"2024-07-02T03:00:19","date_gmt":"2024-07-02T02:00:19","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/us-supreme-court-trump-has-absolute-immunity-for-official-acts-bbc-news\/"},"modified":"2024-07-02T03:00:19","modified_gmt":"2024-07-02T02:00:19","slug":"us-supreme-court-trump-has-absolute-immunity-for-official-acts-bbc-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsisc.com\/videos\/us-supreme-court-trump-has-absolute-immunity-for-official-acts-bbc-news\/","title":{"rendered":"US Supreme Court:  Trump has \u201cabsolute immunity\u201d for official acts | BBC News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img decoding=\"async\" src=\"https:\/\/i4.ytimg.com\/vi\/cwWP0-QFYBo\/hqdefault.jpg\" alt=\"US Supreme Court:  Trump has \u201cabsolute immunity\u201d for official acts | BBC News\"><br \/> <iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/cwWP0-QFYBo\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe> <\/p>\n<p>The US Supreme Court has said Donald Trump and other former presidents are immune from criminal prosecution for official acts, in a major legal victory for the Republican White House candidate.<\/p>\n<p>The decision makes it less likely that the Republican candidate will stand trial before he challenges Democratic President Joe Biden in November&#8217;s White House election.<\/p>\n<p>It is the first time since the nation&#8217;s founding that the Supreme Court has declared former presidents can be shielded from criminal charges.<\/p>\n<p>The justices found that a president is not immune for &quot;unofficial acts\u201d.   The 6-3 ruling did not dismiss outright an indictment that charges Trump with plotting to overturn the 2020 election, but it did strip away key elements of the case against him.<\/p>\n<p>The three liberal justices on the Supreme Court dissented strongly from the ruling, expressing \u201cfear for our democracy\u201d.   \u201cThe President is now a king above the law,\u201d wrote Justice Sonia Sotomayor.<\/p>\n<p>Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Sarah Smith in Washington.<\/p>\n<p>Subscribe here: http:\/\/bit.ly\/1rbfUog<\/p>\n<p>For more news, analysis and features visit: www.bbc.com\/news <\/p>\n<p>#BBCNews<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The US Supreme Court has said Donald Trump and other former presidents are immune from criminal prosecution for official acts, in a major legal victory for the Republican White House candidate. 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