Donald Trump Says Fake Electors Scheme Was 'Official Act'
Donald Trump Says Fake Electors Scheme Was 'Official Act'
The Supreme Court has ruled that former presidents are immune from official acts undertaken during their presidencies.
Speaks for itself. We've been beyond satire for a long time but this one still got me.
Overthrowing democracy was an offical act. - SCOTUS
If Trump is reelected, there's about to be a whole lot of people within official act range.
Even the superrich aren't safe.
All I've heard from MAGA so far is that fake electors aren't illegal, followed by some explanation involving JFK and Hawaii. Now Trump himself is admitting that they're illegal, but he's immune?
A lot more people are about to go to jail for him.
Also, fuck MAGA for trying to nullify my vote.
damn, who could've possibly seen that coming? 🫥
Traitor.
Managed Democracy called for aid and SCOTUS answered.
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Speaking to CNN's Kaitlan Collins on Monday night, Will Scharf, an attorney for the former president, laid out the next steps for special counsel Jack Smith's case following the U.S. Supreme Court ruling that former presidents have absolute immunity for their official acts but no immunity for private acts.
In a federal indictment filed in August, Trump is facing four charges pertaining to his alleged attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 election.
Speaking to Collins, Scharf said that Smith's "case should be dismissed" because it concerns official acts not private ones.
Meanwhile Trump celebrated the ruling in a post to Truth Social, writing: "BIG WIN FOR OUR CONSTITUTION AND DEMOCRACY.
The Biden campaign, on the other hand, said the ruling would not "change the facts" that Trump tried to "overthrow the results of a free and fair election."
"Trump is already running for president as a convicted felon for the very same reason he sat idly by while the mob violently attacked the Capitol: he thinks he's above the law and is willing to do anything to gain and hold onto power for himself."
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Wouldn't their ruling not apply retroactively? Or if he declares it now it wouldn't mean anything since he isn't the sitting president?