US Supreme Court arguments begin over Trump’s claim of immunity from prosecution

US Supreme Court arguments begin over Trump’s claim of immunity from prosecution
Activist Stephen Parlato joins protesters outside the Supreme Court (J. Scott Applewhite/AP)

US Supreme Court arguments have begun over whether former president Donald Trump can avoid prosecution over his efforts to overturn his 2020 election loss to Democrat Joe Biden.

The justices on Thursday took up for the first time whether a former president has absolute immunity from criminal charges for actions he took while in office, as Mr Trump claims.

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