He pursued his philosophical speculations while performing official duties.
Military jets, anyway, are only supposed to be used by ministers performing official duties.
The officers claimed immunity from the lawsuit because they were performing official duties.
Interestingly, Ranke's list of sources of relevant data omits what present-day historians would consider the most obvious and valuable source: state papers (the documents produced by public officials in performing official actions).
The role of the prime minister's spouse has no real formal status in the Canadian system, but they traditionally get support in performing official activities, a point that was made by supporters of Grégoire Trudeau.
Dec. 18, 1987 Austin J. Murphy of Pennsylvania, for allowing another person to cast his vote, maintaining people on the payroll when they were not performing official duties commensurate with pay.
Even if a judge declined to dismiss the case on those grounds, the officials could assert that "qualified immunity" protected them from lawsuits that accuse them of violating someone's constitutional rights while performing official actions that did not violate "clearly established law" at the time.
While, as you note, the former United States senator from New Jersey was rebuked by the Senate Ethics Committee for performing official favors for a businessman who had given him improper gifts, this was an isolated incident that was separate from Mr. Torricelli's fund-raising.
A little enforced New York City regulation requires that teachers remain politically neutral when performing official duties.
But, would such immunity cover alleged international crimes while performing official presidential duties?
Ney admitted to performing official acts for clients of Abramoff's in exchange for extravagant overseas vacations, expensive sports tickets and meals, and campaign contributions.
