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    Trump’s trials, after immunity

    Nov 13, 2020 4 minutes
    BY SIMON SHUSTER AND VERA BERGENGRUEN
    —With reporting by
    MADELINE ROACHE

    IN OCTOBER 2019, ABOUT A YEAR BEfore Election Day, a lawyer representing Donald Trump made a striking argument before a courtroom in Manhattan. Even if the President were actually to shoot someone on Fifth Avenue, he could not be charged with a crime while in office, the lawyer, William Consovoy, told the court. He was careful to note, however, “This is not a permanent immunity.”

    That much is beyond dispute. While legal scholars have long debated whether a sitting President can be charged with a crime, they tend to agree that former Presidents are fair game. Their immunity

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