Key takeaways in Supreme Court argument on Trump D.C. election case

“There is no perfect system,” assistant special counsel Michael Dreeben told the high court as he argued for them to allow the prosecution of Trump, the presumptive 2024 Republican presidential nominee, to proceed. He faces four felony counts for allegedly trying to block Joe Biden’s 2020 victory.

Dreeben told the justices the current legal system “works pretty well.” It may need some fine tuning in the form of whatever ruling the court makes, he said, but not “the radical proposal” offered by Trump’s lawyer — that Trump, and all presidents, operate with broad protection from criminal prosecution.

“I agree,” said Amy Coney Barrett, a Trump appointee.