Supreme Court Sends Trump Case Back Low­er Court, Awards For­mer Pres­i­dent Resti­tu­tion

The Supreme Court on Fri­day returned a crim­i­nal case against for­mer pres­i­dent Don­ald Trump to a low­er court, and ordered the Unit­ed States gov­ern­ment to make resti­tu­tion to Trump for his trou­ble.
The High Court sent the case against Trump back to the Unit­ed States Court of Appeals for the Dis­trict of Colum­bia, instruct­ing it to han­dle the case in light of the Court’s recent rul­ing on pres­i­den­tial immu­ni­ty. The Court also ordered the gov­ern­ment to reim­burse Trump $3,232.80 for legal costs.
The D.C. Court of Appeals, in turn, hand­ed the case …