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 - DECEMBER 07: U.S. President Donald Trump attends the 48th Kennedy Center Honors at The Kennedy Center on December 07, 2025 in Washington, DC. (Photo by Paul Morigi/Getty Images)
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Sen. Tammy Duckworth warns Trump: ‘Speaker Johnson wants you to become the deadbeat dad of IVF’
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Border Czar Tom Homan insists ICE agents are not stopping immigrants because of their appearance
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US Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth listens as President Donald Trump speaks during a Cabinet Meeting in the Cabinet Room of the White House in Washington, DC on December 2, 2025.
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Lawmaker briefed on double-tap strike: 'One of the most troubling things I’ve seen'
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<p>CNN senior legal analyst Elie Honig joins Elex Michaelson to discuss a grand jury declining to indict New York Attorney General Letitia James after being asked to look at the mortgage fraud case against her a second time, 10 days after a federal judge threw out the initial charges against her. </p>
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Honig reacts to grand jury declining to re-indict New York AG Letitia James
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