One of Donald Trump’s attorneys is claiming that the “fake-electors” scheme qualifies as an “official act," thus exempting him from being prosecuted after the Supreme Court's immunity ruling on Monday, the Hill reported.
Trump attorney Will Scharf told CNN Monday night that while some of the presumptive GOP nominee’s actions count as private conduct, meaning they can still be charged as crimes by special counsel Jack Smith, he should enjoy immunity for his failed attempt to put forward fake electors in key states following the 2020 election. “We believe the assembly of those alternate slates of electors was an official act of the presidency,” Scharf said, noting that the Supreme Court left that question for lower courts to decide.
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