We're learning previously undisclosed details tonight about former President Donald

Trump's efforts to overturn the 2020 election.

A newly unsealed 165 page court filing from the Department of Justice

argues the former president should still face trial even after the US

Supreme Court ruled presidents have immunity for official acts.

NPR's Carrie Johnson and former US attorney

Mary McCord are following the latest developments.

They join me now.

Welcome to you both.

So Carrie, what do we know about why this filing was unsealed now by Judge Tanya Chuckin and what stood out to you as you made your way through it?

Yeah, the Justice Department made this

filing in response to what the Supreme Court did this past summer. The Supreme Court ruled

that Trump and future presidents do enjoy substantial immunity from prosecution

for official acts, but the Special counsel Jack Smith and his team maintain

that Trump was acting as a political candidate and not the president of the

United States when he allegedly attempted to overturn the results of the 2020 election.

And this court filing today was filed under seal a short while ago.

There's been some back and forth about how much the public should be able to see.

And just this afternoon, Judge Tanya Chutkin mostly sided with prosecutors and released this

filing with some redactions.

There are some new details in here based on grand jury testimony and notes that

people like former Vice President Mike Pence took about his interactions with former President

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