The court's conservative majority signaled that it was leaning toward narrowing the scope of the criminal case in which Trump stands accused of plotting to subvert the 2020 election. Over and over, the justices circled around the idea that presidents probably were protected from prosecution for actions central to how they carried out their jobs, but likely could face charges for conduct that was private in nature.
From the start of the election interference case, federal prosecutors led by special counsel Jack Smith have argued that Trump was acting not in his public role as an officeholder, but rather in his private role as an office seeker, when he undertook an array of schemes to illegally stay in power.
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