Republican presidential candidate former President Donald Trump speaks at a campaign event Tuesday, June 18, 2024, in Racine, Wis. **FILE**The Biden-Harris campaign said the Supreme Court’s ruling on presidential immunity Monday “doesn’t change the facts” about former President Donald Trump.
“Let’s be very clear about what happened on January 6: Donald Trump snapped after he lost the 2020 election and encouraged a mob to overthrow the results of a free and fair election,” the campaign said in a statement. “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,” the statement said.“He’s promising to be a dictator ’on day one,’ regain power, and promising a ’bloodbath’ if he loses.
The Supreme Court ruled Monday that presidents have absolute immunity for actions taken as part of their core presidential duties. The justices ruled that presidents do not, however, have immunity for unofficial acts. Chief Justice John G. Roberts Jr. said it’s up to the lower courts to sort out which of Mr. Trump’s actions qualify for immunity.Mr. Trump had argued that he should be exempt from prosecution when it comes to his criminal cases regarding his efforts of election interference in 2020 because it was his “right and duty to investigate, and speak on, the rigged and stolen 2020 presidential election.”
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