Trump v. United States
U.S. Supreme Court · decided July 1, 2024 · Supreme Court Database (Spaeth)
- Decided
- July 1, 2024
- Term
- October Term 2023
- Vote
- 6–3
- Majority author
- Justice Roberts
- Issue area
- Criminal Procedure
- Disposition
- Vacated and remanded
- Outcome
- Petitioning party won
- Ideological direction
- Liberal
Opinion excerpt
PRELIMINARY PRINT Volume 603 U. S. Part 1 Pages 593–706 OFFICIAL REPORTS OF THE SUPREME COURT July 1, 2024 Page Proof Pending Publication REBECCA A. WOMELDORF reporter of decisions NOTICE: This preliminary print is subject to formal revision before the bound volume is published. Users are requested to notify the Reporter of Decisions, Supreme Court of the United States, Washington, D.C. 20543, pio@supremecourt.gov, of any typographical or other formal errors. OCTOBER TERM, 2023 593 Syllabus TRUMP v. UNITED STATES certiorari to the united states court of appeals for the district of columbia circuit No. 23–939. Argued April 25, 2024—Decided July 1, 2024 A federal grand jury indicted former President Donald J. Trump on four counts for conduct that occurred during his Presidency following the November 2020 election. The indictment alleged that after losing that election, Trump conspired to overturn it by spreading knowingly false claims of election fraud to obstruct the collecting, counting, and certify- ing of the election results. Trump moved to dismiss the indictment based on Presidential immunity, arguing that a President has absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions performed within the outer perimeter of his offcial responsibilities, and that the indictment's allegations fell within the core of his offcial duties. The District Court denied Trump's motion to…
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