Elizabeth Jo
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first heard Jun 2025
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So we've done an episode on this previously, but remember that in August of twenty twenty three, special counsel Jack Smith concluded his investigation.
A federal grand jury indicted Trump, who was not president at the time, on a four count indictment related to what happened after he lost the twenty twenty election.
Right.
So this includes the fake electors scheme, pressuring state officials, attempting a sham Justice Department investigation, leaning on Vice President Pence to change the election certification on January sixth, and making public statements about election fraud.
So the monumental decision in Trump versus the United States was simply summarized like this: a present.
Cannot be prosecuted for much of this conduct.
Specifically for unofficial conduct, the Supreme Court said that's fine.
A president can be prosecuted for things that have nothing to do with the office of the presidency.
But when it comes to official conduct, the Supreme Court said that the president's official acts can be divided into two parts.
So
Sort of imagine a circle.
At the edge of the circle are official acts that aren't related to a core presidential power.
And so there the president enjoys a presumption of immunity from prosecution that the prosecution can overcome in limited circumstances.
But that included a lot of conduct, including, according to the Supreme Court, speaking to and on behalf of the American people.
And at the time that was a lot of tweeting, right?
see.
Right.
And then there's the center of the circle.
At the center of the circle, you have official conduct that the Supreme Court called core constitutional functions.
What are they?
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