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2 verified reports published on July 17, 2024.
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By July 17, the Trump operation had the usual double act down pat: insist nothing is wrong, then spend the next 24 hours proving otherwise. The Butler fallout kept exposing systemic failure, and the immunity saga kept reminding everyone that the legal avalanche had not paused for campaign season.
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Four days after the Butler rally shooting, the immediate fallout was still building: the Justice Department said federal investigators and the Secret Service were working the case, while the larger questions about security failures had not yet been fully laid out publicly.
The Supreme Court issued its immunity ruling on July 1, 2024, and by July 17 the fallout was still working through Trump’s cases. The decision did not end the fight over his conduct; it drew a new line between core official acts, other official acts, and unofficial behavior, then sent lower courts back to sort out what survives and what does not. ([apnews.com](https://apnews.com/article/302f87960dbd84d7be5daedaf03328d8?utm_source=openai))