Special counsel Jack Smith reshapes Trump’s election subversion case after Supreme Court ruling

(CNN) — Special counsel Jack Smith had to take a hammer to some parts of his election subversion case against former President Donald Trump after the Supreme Court’s sweeping ruling that Trump had at least some presidential immunity in the prosecution.But with the superseding indictment handed up by a grand jury on Wednesday, prosecutors also used a scalpel to reshape their allegations, making subtle edits, along with big changes.Trump’s infamous Rose Garden video from January 6, 2021 – and the efforts by others leading up to it to convince to Trump he needed to tell the Capitol rioters to leave – has been removed from the indictment. Smith, however, has added new details about Congress’ certification process and what role Vice President Mike Pence was playing in it, in attempt to bolster other aspects of the case.The high court’s 6-3 ruling – which said that Trump had at least presumed immunity for his official acts as president and that for some “core” acts, that immunity was absolute – made clear that Smith would have to carve out his allegations about Trump’s attempts to use the Justice Department to interfere with the election. Chief Justice John Roberts’ majority opinion did not...