On July 1, the US Supreme Court ruled that former President Donald Trump can claim immunity from criminal prosecution for some of the actions he took in recent days.
of his presidency. “The decision rejects the federal decision of the Court of Appeals from February, which recognized that Trump does not enjoy immunity for the crimes he committed during his time as president to change the results of the 2020 election,” CNN notes.
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“We have concluded that, in our constitutional separation of powers framework, the nature of presidential power requires that a former president enjoy some immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts while in office. At least with respect to the exercise of the president’s basic constitutional powers, this immunity must be absolute,” said Chief Justice of the United States Supreme Court John Roberts.
Roberts claims that immunity does not apply to the President “for his unofficial actions, and not everything the President does is official.”
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“The fact that the Supreme Court has opened the door to further trials makes it unlikely that this will happen before November [the month of the presidential election]. And the reason it’s important is that if Trump is reelected, he can make this case and the classified documents case go away,” CNN legal correspondent Paula Reed commented on the decision.
Recall that in February, a federal appeals court determined that Trump does not have immunity from prosecution for crimes he committed during his presidency in order to change the results in 2020.
