The potential impact of a Trump victory in the election on federal prosecutions targeting him is clear, with an expectation that he would obstruct such investigations. The recent Supreme Court decision is believed to enable Trump to avoid accountability. State-level prosecutions may face delays due to practical and logistical challenges of prosecuting a sitting president. Different perspectives exist on how the recent decision reshapes the presidency, with dissenting views suggesting it elevates the president above the law and others downplaying the significance, emphasizing that the ruling merely extends immunity to official discussions between the president and the attorney general.
The Supreme Court sent the question of Donald Trump’s presidential immunity back to the lower courts. Vox’s Andrew Prokop explains.
This episode was produced by Miles Bryan and Amanda Lewellyn, edited by Matt Collette, fact-checked by Laura Bullard with help from Victoria Chamberlin, engineered by Patrick Boyd, Andrea Kristinsdotter, and Rob Byers, and hosted by Sean Rameswaram.
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