In this excerpt from the CAFE Insider podcast, Preet Bharara and Joyce Vance break down special counsel Jack Smith’s petition to the Supreme Court, in the election subversion case against Donald Trump, asking the justices to decide whether a former president is absolutely immune from criminal prosecution for crimes committed while in office.

In the full episode, Preet and Joyce discuss: 

– Trump’s decision not to testify in his defense in the NY civil fraud trial; and 

– Hunter Biden’s indictment on nine federal tax charges.

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REFERENCES & SUPPLEMENTAL MATERIALS:

United States of America v. Donald J. Trump, U.S. Supreme Court, petition for a writ of certiorari before judgment, 12/11/23