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“ 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“I will work with my colleagues on legislation classifying Trump’s election subversion acts as unofficial acts not subject to immunity.
If successful, the legislation would classify Trump’s actions in allegedly pushing to overturn the results of the 2020 election, as well as his involvement with the Jan. 6 insurrection, as unofficial, allowing Trump to still be prosecuted for those actions. Schumer said conservative justices on the court had “effectively placed a crown on Donald Trump’s head.” He also said Senate Democrats would look for additional ways to “rein in the abuse of our federal judiciary.”“Democrats seem to want to turn Washington into The Hague,” McConnellon the Senate floor. “Their problem with the Supreme Court isn’t that they won’t be able to prosecute a president for unofficial criminal activity — because they still can.
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