Presidential immunity

WASHINGTON — Special counsel Jack Smith filed a superseding indictment in his effort to prosecute former President Donald Trump on charges he sought to unlawfully overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election. The 36-page filing in the D.C. federal... Read More

WASHINGTON — Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., introduced a bill Thursday to eliminate chances that U.S. presidents or vice presidents could receive immunity from criminal prosecution. The proposed legislation is intended to reverse the Supreme Court’s decision last month... Read More

WASHINGTON — Political repercussions that continue this week from former President Donald Trump’s win of partial immunity from prosecution include threats in Congress against the Supreme Court and a new burden on federal and state judges to recast the criminal... Read More