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NO, legislative immunity does not protect a legislator from criminal prosecution. It only protects a legislator from being a defendant in a civil lawsuit or from otherwise being questioned as part of a civil proceeding is INCORRECT.

While legislative immunity does not protect a state legislator from federal criminal prosecution, it does protect a legislator from state criminal prosecution if the prosecution arises out of an action taken within the "sphere of legitimate legislative activity."

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