The US Supreme Court has ruled that former presidents are entitled to absolute immunity from prosecution for official acts taken while in office, but have no immunity for unofficial acts

The landmark decision means the federal election interference case against DONALD TRUMP will return to a lower court which will then decide how to apply this ruling

The trial in the case was postponed pending a ruling on the immunity claim, and will now likely be delayed further.

Prosecutors in the case allege TRUMP pressured officials to reverse the 2020 election result and sought to exploit the Capitol riot on 6 January 2021 in an effort to stay in power.