With the six conservative justices against the three progressives, the Court considers that “the President enjoys no immunity for his unofficial acts” but that he “is entitled to at least a presumption of immunity for his official acts.” It therefore sends the case back to the trial court to determine which acts are potentially immune from criminal prosecution, with the burden on the prosecution to demonstrate that they are not when they were carried out in the exercise of his functions.
This decision is “a great victory for our democracy and our Constitution”, immediately greeted Donald Trump.
“The decision does not change the facts”
The Republican candidate “thinks he is above the law,” Joe Biden’s campaign team responded, saying the decision “does not change the facts.” […]: Donald Trump snapped after losing the 2020 election and encouraged a mob to reverse the results of an election,” a campaign adviser said.
By deciding on February 28 to take up this question, then by scheduling the debates almost three months later, the highest court of the United States had already considerably postponed the federal trial of the former Republican President for attempted illegally reverse the results of the 2020 election won by Joe Biden.
