• Archangel@lemm.ee
    link
    fedilink
    arrow-up
    2
    ·
    2 days ago

    What they said, was that a president can’t be prosecuted for “official acts” as president. Not that everything they do is legal.

    • JeremyHuntQW12@lemmy.world
      link
      fedilink
      arrow-up
      8
      ·
      edit-2
      2 days ago

      That’s not what happended.

      The Supreme Court refused to prosecute Trump (for a blatantly illegal act) and ruled that he was immune to prosecution for “official acts” which they refused to define.

      Then they slow walked the case back to a lower court - deliberately - so the determination was not made until after the election.

      Then in a state court, Trump was convicted, but the judge delared there was no penalty “because only a federal court could apply punishment”.

      Then a couple of days later the DoJ dopped the case because “the president is immune from prosecution”.