 while carrying out official acts, but not for unofficial acts. In Trump versus the United States, Chief Justice Roberts wrote the majority opinion. The Supreme Court voted 6-3, ruling that former presidents have absolute immunity, as we said, from official acts. At stake was whether or not Trump could be prosecuted for his role in the January 6th mob attack on the Capitol. Trump claimed absolute immunity after special counsel Jack Smith charged him with conspiring to overturn the results of the 2020 election.