The Supreme Court agreed to take up whether former President Trump can be criminally prosecuted over his efforts to overturn his 2020 re-election loss, setting up a historic case that tests the limits of presidential immunity.

The justices’ order keeps Trump’s Jan. 6 criminal trial proceedings on hold, for now, but it hands a win to Special Counsel Jack Smith by keeping alive a pathway for his prosecution to reach a jury before the 2024 presidential election.

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