“…the ruling…opened the door for prosecutors to detail much of their #evidence against #Trump in front of a federal judge—& public—at an expansive #fact-finding hearing, perhaps before #Election Day.
“…it will focus on the question at the center of #SCOTUS’ decision: whether the myriad allegations in #Trump’s 45-pg indictment were based on official acts…or unofficial acts….”
@Nonilex Everyone seems to forget that "Campaigning" is not an official act. The activities taken in pursuit of re-election are not allowed as "official acts" It's literally what the Hatch-Act documents.
#SCOTUS decided there was no question that #Trump enjoyed #immunity from being prosecuted for 1 of those methods: his efforts to strong-arm the #DOJ into validating his false claims…. That was because the justices determined that Trump’s interactions w/top ofcls in the dept were clearly part of his ofcl duties.
But the justices left Judge #Chutkan w/the substantial task of performing the official-unofficial test for the other 4 methods described in the indictment.