Supreme Court rules Trump has absolute immunity for some official acts, but not unofficial ones

The Supreme Court ruled Thursday that former President Donald Trump is immune from federal prosecution for some official acts he took while in office in split 6-3 ruling. However, the court ruled that there is no immunity for unofficial acts.

"Under our constitutional structure of separated powers, the nature of Presidential power entitles a former President to absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions within his conclusive and preclusive constitutional authority. And he is entitled to at least presumptive immunity from prosecution for all his official acts," Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the opinion.