The Supreme Court’s immunity decision and the ripple effects on Trump’s criminal cases

The Supreme Court’s immunity decision may have surprising consequences and reverberate to things other than the powers of the presidency -- like former President Donald Trump’s criminal cases. The court ruled presidents are immune from prosecution for their official acts. It has already prompted the postponement of sentencing for his business fraud case in New York. That was supposed to happen this Thursday but was rescheduled for September at the earliest. The ruling also has an immediate impact on the federal election case in Washington. It threw a proverbial monkey wrench in the bid to put Trump on trial for what the special counsel calls a criminal conspiracy to overturn President Joe Biden’s victory.