A landmark Supreme Court decision isn’t deterring Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-NY) from pursuing the imprisonment of President Trump.
The Supreme Court last week ruled 6-3 along ideological lines in favor of Trump, asserting that presidents are immune from criminal liability involving official acts during their tenure.
The case of Trump v. United States stems from Special Counsel Jack Smith’s controversial indictment against Trump, accusing the 45th President of conspiring to overturn the 2020 election results.
The charges brought by Smith include allegations of spreading false claims of election fraud and attempting to obstruct the certification of the election results.
Schumer took to the Senate floor Monday to whine about the ruling. According to the Hill, he declared the Court was wrong to grant Trump “a breathtaking level of immunity.”
“They incorrectly declared that former President Trump enjoys broad immunity from criminal prosecution for actions he took while in office. They incorrectly declared that all future presidents are entitled to a breathtaking level of immunity so long as their conduct is ostensibly carried out in their official capacity as president,” Schumer said.
Schumer went on to say the court majority had “effectively placed a crown on Donald Trump’s head, putting him above the law” and making him “in many ways untouchable.”
Schumer then announced that he had a plan to ensure Trump could still be prosecuted effectively despite the Court ruling. He stated that he would work with his fellow Democrats to classify Trump’s actions after the 2020 election as unofficial, thus not subject to immunity, effectively removing court-granted protection.
If implemented into law, this would be a huge lifeline for the Biden regime as it tries to remove the presidential frontrunner from the field.
SCHUMER: I will work with my colleagues on legislation classifying Trump’s election subversion acts as unofficial acts not subject to immunity. We’re doing this because we believe that in America no president should be free to overturn an election against the will of the people, no matter what the conservative justices may believe.
As we work on this important matter, we will also continue to develop other proposals to reassert Congress’s Article One authority to rein in the abuse of our federal judiciary.
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