The Supreme Court confronts a major test of the power of the presidency Thursday in arguments over Donald Trump’s bid for immunity from prosecution for his efforts to investigate 2020 election integrity.

The justices at 10 a.m. ET will hear Trump’s appeal after lower courts rejected his request to be shielded from four election-related criminal charges on the grounds that he was president when he took the actions that led to the indictment obtained by special counsel Jack Smith.

Trump, the Republican candidate challenging Democrat President Joe Biden in the Nov. 5 election, is the first former U.S. president to be criminally prosecuted.

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