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SCOTUS ruling FILE PHOTO: Former U.S. President Donald Trump walks on stage to deliver the keynote address at the Faith & Freedom Coalition's Road to Majority Policy Conference at the Washington Hilton on June 22, 2024 in Washington, DC. (Samuel Corum/Getty Images)

By Natalie Dreier, Cox Media Group National Content Desk

July 01, 2024 at 10:44 am EDT

WASHINGTON — The Supreme Court of the United States sent the case between former President Donald Trump and the U.S. back to a lower court to determine whether the events of Jan. 6 were covered by presidential immunity.

SCOTUS rules on Trump Jan. 6 immunity claim; sends case back to lower court

The court determined that official acts by a president are covered by immunity, while unofficial acts are not. The court did not rule on whether Trump’s role in the the events of Jan. 6 was an official or unofficial act.

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