 Immunity for former presidents. CBS's Jan Crawford explains this will delay the criminal case against former President Donald Trump on charges he plotted to overturn his 2020 presidential election loss. This says flatly presidents are immune, absolutely immune for their official acts. That means acts that they take under the orbit of their office as president. But, and here's the big but and why it's important for Donald Trump, they do not have that kind of immunity for their unofficial acts.