How will the Supreme Court's immunity decision impact Trump's 4 criminal cases?
The Supreme Court's ruling that former President Donald Trump is presumptively immune from criminal prosecution for official acts carried out while in office is likely to have a ripple effect on each of his four criminal cases, potentially resulting in delays and complications that will further bog them down, experts told ABC News.In the months leading up to the Supreme Court's decision, Trump's lawyers invoked presidential immunity as a defense in each of the four cases, including moving to dismiss Trump's Florida and Georgia cases as well as exclude evidence in Trump's New York hush money case.While Monday's ruling entitling Trump to immunity from prosecution for official acts while president will most directly impact his federal election interference case -- potentially reshaping charges faced by the former president related to his conduct to overturn the 2020 election results -- the Supreme Court's decision could provide Trump's lawyers additional ammunition to challenge and delay the other cases.MORE: Supreme Court rejects Trump's immunity claim for 'unofficial acts' but grants some for 'official' onesFollowing Monday's landmark Supreme Court decision, Trump's lawyers made their first move to capitalize on the ruling by seeking to throw out the former president's conviction in New York for falsifying business records.Experts suggested that both Trump's federal and state election interference cases -- brought by both special counsel Jack Smith and Fulton County District Attorney Fani Willis -- could be reshaped to conform to Monday's decision.Trump's Florida criminal case -- related to the alleged retention of classified documents -- could face further delays to address the Supreme Court ruling."Trump's lawyers are now going to make every argument they can make based on the Supreme Court's decision," said Pace University School of Law professor Bennett L.
Gershman.Trump has pleaded not guilty to all charges in each case, and has accused the cases of being polit...