Needleroozer: They didn't say courts can't question his assertion that his acts were official in scope, quite the opposite. They sent it back to the lower court to determine if the acts in question were official.

This is patently absurd. He falsified records BEFORE becoming president.

Trump Moves to Overturn Manhattan Conviction, Citing Immunity Decisionwww.nytimes.com Former President Donald J. Trump took the action hours after a U.S. Supreme Court ruling granted him immunity for official acts committed in office.

I assumed he would try and overturn the civil case for libel under the theory that any the courts can't question his assertion that they were official in scope. That would seems pretty straightforward and it would substitute the US as defendant and it would be dismissed on sov. immunity grounds.

They didn't say courts can't question his assertion that his acts were official in scope, quite the opposite. They sent it back to the lower court to determine if the acts in question were official.

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