TOPSHOT - US President Donald Trump speaks to supporters from The Ellipse near the White House on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. - Thousands of Trump supporters, fueled by his spurious claims of voter fraud, are flooding the nation's capital protesting the expected certification of Joe Biden's White House victory by the US Congress. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
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Critics call it 'absurd,' but here's why Justices are looking at Trump's immunity claim

CNN's Senior Supreme Court analyst Joan Biskupic explains why the Supreme Court is seriously considering former President Donald Trump’s argument of “total immunity” in the Department of Justice’s federal election case.  

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TOPSHOT - US President Donald Trump speaks to supporters from The Ellipse near the White House on January 6, 2021, in Washington, DC. - Thousands of Trump supporters, fueled by his spurious claims of voter fraud, are flooding the nation's capital protesting the expected certification of Joe Biden's White House victory by the US Congress. (Photo by Brendan Smialowski / AFP) (Photo by BRENDAN SMIALOWSKI/AFP via Getty Images)
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Critics call it 'absurd,' but here's why Justices are looking at Trump's immunity claim
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Trump gives an Oval Office primetime address on the war with Iran
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The Odds: Americans' views on both parties
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ARLINGTON, VA - MARCH 03: Voting booths sit empty midway through the day of the Democratic presidential primary elections at the Sleepy Hollow Elementary School polling location on Super Tuesday, March 3, 2020 in Arlington, Virginia. 1,357 Democratic delegates are at stake as voters cast their ballots in 14 states and American Samoa on what is known as Super Tuesday. (Photo by Samuel Corum/Getty Images)
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CNN poll shows Democrats hold early advantage in midterms
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Army Chief of Staff General Randy George speaks to US Soldiers at the Hohenfels Training Area in southern Germany on February 6, 2025. Drones, cheaper and more plentiful than in the past, are changing the face of warfare, particularly in Ukraine, where both Moscow and Kyiv use them for armed attacks as well as surveillance, making it hard to hide. (Photo by ARMIN WEIGEL / AFP) / TO GO WITH AFP STORY by Louis VAN BOXEL-WOOLF
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Hegseth tells Army chief of staff to retire immediately
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WASHINGTON, DC June 27: United States Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche and United States Attorney General Pam Bondi during a press briefing with US President Donald Trump in the James S. Brady Press Briefing Room at the White House on Friday June 27, 2025. (Photo by Demetrius Freeman/The Washington Post via Getty Images)
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Trump ousts Pam Bondi as attorney general
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Exclusive: US intelligence assesses Iran maintains significant missile launching capability, sources say
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Ty Cobb: Trump fired Bondi because she 'couldn't bring Trump the bleeding heads of his enemies on a platter like he wanted'
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Oil spikes 11% in one day as Trump offers no clear plan to end war, reopen Strait of Hormuz
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Trump says Iran war 'nearing completion' in address to the nation
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Hear key exchange from Justice Roberts during birthright citizenship arguments
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