Trump's January 6 charges have been renewed -- despite "absolute immunity"

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

47% : In the two federal cases brought by Smith, Trump is widely expected to order the Justice Department to drop charges against him, or to pardon himself, if he wins reelection -- though either act would be an unprecedented case of a president decreeing his own imperviousness to criminal charges.
45% : Trump is still charged with conspiring to defraud the United States, conspiring to obstruct an official proceeding, obstructing an official proceeding, and with conspiring to deprive people of their civil rights.
42% : If Vice President Kamala Harris prevails in November, Trump faces n0t only another defeat but fair odds, sooner or later, of a federal conviction.
31% : Smith, of course, will not determine what charges remain against Trump.
29% : "The filing comes a day after Smith filed an appeal asking a federal circuit court to reverse a decision by US District Judge Aileen Cannon, a Trump appointee who has appeared eager to defer to the former president's claims, throwing out Smith's criminal charges against Trump over his efforts to avoid complying with a federal subpoena seeking the return of classified government documents Trump removed from the White House when he left office.
29% : Trump is awaiting sentencing following his May conviction in New York of 34 felony counts of falsifying business records to hide payments aimed at covering up a sexual affair with porn actress Stormy Daniel.
27% : Those two rulings handed Trump major legal victories and created the appearance that conservative judges were eager to use their power to protect Trump from prosecution he has claimed is politically motivated.
23% : In his appeal and the new indictment restating the same charges against Trump, Smith appears, within the bounds of the law, to be standing by the charges his office has leveled at Trump in a bid to hold former president responsible for his alleged crimes.
23% : Smith's recent moves, however, make it clear that Trump remains in jeopardy.
21% : The superseding indictment also still includes allegations that Trump attempted to pressure then-Vice President Mike Pence to refuse to carry out his ceremonial role in certifying the electoral vote count.
16% : That section remains even though Chief Justice John Roberts wrote in the court's immunity ruling that Trump's interactions with Pence were official conduct for which "Trump is at least presumptively immune from prosecution."

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