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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WASHINGTON, DC - NOVEMBER 26: Members of the National Guard patrol near the George Washington University Hospital after two shot National Guard soldiers were transported to the hospital, on November 26, 2025 in Washington, DC. Two West Virginia National Guard members were shot and killed blocks from the White House. (Photo by Andrew Leyden/Getty Images)
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'Tragic beyond belief': West Virginia Sen. Jim Justice reacts to shooting of two National Guardsmen
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Several people were shot in Washington, DC including two National Guardsmen
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President Donald Trump delivers remarks in the Oval Office of the White House on November 21, 2025.
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Why Georgia prosecutor killed election interference case against Trump
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Trump reacts to dismissal of cases against Comey and James
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Report: Trump envoy Witkoff told Russia how Putin should pitch Trump on peace plan
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Ukraine's President Volodymyr Zelensky attends a joint press conference with Turkey's President following their meeting at the Presidential Complex in Ankara on November 19, 2025. Zelensky said he wants to reinvigorate frozen peace talks, which have faltered after several rounds of Russia-Ukraine talks in Istanbul this year failed to yield a breakthrough. Moscow has not agreed to a ceasefire and instead kept advancing on the front and bombarding Ukrainian cities.
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US official says Ukraine agrees to deal, Zelensky says 'much work' ahead
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Sen. Mark Kelly speaks with members of the media before heading into a bipartisan luncheon on Capitol Hill, on October 23, 2025.
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<p>A federal judge on Monday <a href="index.php?page=&url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.cnn.com%2F2025%2F11%2F24%2Fpolitics%2Fjames-comey-letitia-james-indictments-dismissed">dismissed the prosecutions</a> that President Donald Trump orchestrated against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James. CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig weighs in on the news.</p>
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