Trump, Accusing Jack Smith of ‘Blackmail and Extortion,’ Makes His Immunity Case to the Supreme Court

Allowing the special counsel’s case to proceed would inflict on future commanders in chief ‘years of post-office trauma,’ the 45th president asserts.

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Republican presidential candidate President Trump addresses a campaign rally at the Forum River Center March 09, 2024 at Rome, Georgia. Photo by Chip Somodevilla/Getty Images

President Trump’s brief to the Supreme Court, arguing that the president “cannot function, and the Presidency itself cannot retain its vital independence, if the President faces criminal prosecution for official acts once he leaves office,” is his most fulsome statement yet on the powers of the office he once held.

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