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Hey, good morning. It's Saturday, June 22nd.

115 days have passed since the Supreme Court initially agreed to hear Donald Trump's outlandish claim of absolute presidential immunity.

And the wait continues. It will be at least several more days until the justices issue

their opinion on one of the biggest and most consequential cases in the court's history.

With the presidential election just four and a half months away every day that we don't get a

decision in this case brings the twice impeached, recently convicted ex-president one giant

step closer to evading a criminal trial over his role in the January 6th insurrection.

Regardless of the outcome, the implications are concerning.

If the majority on the court somehow finds

that Trump is immune from criminal prosecution, then the former president may never be held accountable

for the chaos that he stirred up in the waning days of his presidency. It would also be an

endorsement of some truly preposterous arguments made by Trump's lawyer

during the hearing in April, like the suggestion that it would be okay for the president to stage

a military coup or to order SEAL Team 6 to assassinate a political opponent.

Trump's lawyer argued that those types of orders could be considered official presidential acts

that would be unprosecutable unless the president is impeached and convicted by Congress

first. Now, that would present a frightening prospect, especially since Trump has been running

his presidential campaign on the promise of exacting retribution and revenge against his enemies

if he wins a second term.

Many experts don't believe that even this Supreme Court will go that far with its decision,

but at this late stage in the election season, a loss in this case will still be a major

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