Subject: Re: SCOTUS avoids ‘key question’ of Trump immunity
I don't recall the lower court being asked to make that distinction (but then I don't read the transcripts).

Was there a motion by the defense to rule that Trump's all the charges were for official national purposes, as opposed to private desires of a candidate?

They didn't specify. The defense moved to have the charges dismissed because all of Trump's actions were official, within the "outer perimeter" of his authority, and therefore all immune. The lower court denied the motion, and the appellate court upheld that decision - both courts ruling that no criminal immunity was available to the President.

They never reached the question of whether the acts in the indictment were official or not. They just ruled that no immunity existed - at all.

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