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With its controversial 6-3 immunity ruling in Trump v. the United States, the U.S. Supreme Court declared that presidents enjoy immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts but not for unofficial acts. Now, Judge Tanya Chutkan the Barack Obama appointee assigned to special counsel Jack Smiths election interference case must sort through the elements of the indictment and try to determine what qualifies as official conduct and what is unofficial conduct. The process could be complicated and time-consuming, making it unlikely that the case will go to trial before the 2024 pr