Trump has lost the sitting president’s immunity from prosecution (per Justice Department policy).

But there are reasons this time may be different. It may feel like Trump has been investigated for years, and that those investigations always lead nowhere. Further appeals are possible there, so it’s not clear how quickly this testimony will happen. Meanwhile, in Smith’s 2020 election investigation, district judges ordered testimony from several former Trump administration officials, including Vice President Mike Pence, rejecting claims of executive privilege. According to ABC News, the special counsel is arguing Trump “knowingly and deliberately misled his own attorneys about his retention of classified materials after leaving office.” Trump challenged that in court, but lost, and Corcoran’s testimony went forward on Friday. Typically, such interactions would be shielded from investigators due to attorney-client privilege - but Smith’s team invoked the “crime-fraud exemption,” arguing that the conversations involved the commission of a crime. The Justice Department’s investigation into the January 6 attacks.The Georgia investigation into Trump’s attempts to overturn the 2020 election.The New York Stormy Daniels hush money case.The Mar-a-Lago classified documents case.The investigations into Trump, explained: