Attorneys for Donald Trump indicated in a letter to the presiding judge in the former president’s hush money case that they want him to postpone sentencing and set aside the trial verdict following the Supreme Court’s presidential immunity ruling Monday. The lawyers said they want to brief New York state Judge Juan Merchan on the […]
Georgia attorneys are weighing in on the Supreme Court’s decision regarding presidential immunity in criminal cases. “Essentially it’s gutted the Georgia case as far as going forward anytime soon,” Attorney Manny Arora said. On Monday, the U.S. Supreme Court voted six to three, rejecting Donald Trump’s claim of presidential immunity from criminal prosecution. [DOWNLOAD: Free […]
President Joe Biden delivers remarks at the White House on July 1, 2024, following the Supreme Court’s ruling on charges against former President Donald Trump that he sought to subvert the 2020 election. The highest court ruled 6-3 that presidents have some level of immunity from prosecution when operating within their “constitutional authority,” but do […]
The Supreme Court’s presidential immunity decision Monday is expected to add new twists to Fulton County, Georgia, District Attorney Fani Willis‘ already stalled racketeering case against former President Donald Trump and his allies. The Georgia case, which involves some of the same issues in special counsel Jack Smith’s prosecution of Trump on federal election interference […]
President Joe Biden said the Supreme Court justices had set “a dangerous precedent” by ruling that former presidents have broad immunity from prosecution. The ruling extended the delay in the Washington criminal case against Donald Trump on charges he plotted to overturn his 2020 presidential election loss and all but ended prospects the former president […]
In response to the Supreme Court’s disastrous 6–3 decision on Monday granting Trump expansive immunity from criminal prosecution, Representative Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez issued a stern condemnation of the court’s “corruption crisis beyond its control” and vowed to issue articles of impeachment against the Supreme Court once Congress reconvenes after Labor Day. Twitter screenshot Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez @AOC: […]
President Joe Biden blasted the Supreme Court’s decision granting former and future presidents immunity from prosecution for official acts saying it gives the executive office, and possibly Donald Trump, the power “to do whatever he pleases, whenever he wants to do it.” Speaking from the Cross Hall in the White House Monday evening, Biden panned […]
From the The Collision on The Dispatch Welcome again to The Collision. We’re back early this week because we finally got a decision from the Supreme Court on presidential immunity. Sort of. We’ll explain it all down below, then we’ll be taking the rest of the week off for the holiday. Meanwhile, we’ll take a […]
President Joe Biden criticized the Supreme Court’s ruling giving former President Donald Trump legal immunity for many of his actions leading up to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, saying that now, “there are virtually no limits on what a president can do.” “Any president, including Donald Trump, will now be free to ignore the law,” […]
With the Supreme Court’s ruling on immunity Monday morning effectively handing ultimate power to the presidency, and by extension, Donald Trump, it has opened the door to occupants of the Oval Office acting however they want. One commentator on X (formerly Twitter), Democratic influencer Harry Sisson, pointed out that given the new ruling, Joe Biden […]
As a part of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling Monday on presidential immunity, the highest court in the land officially determined that a sitting president cannot be criminally prosecuted, promising an abrupt end to some of Donald Trump’s remaining criminal trials should he be elected in November. While the Department of Justice has long held […]
WASHINGTON — When President Gerald Ford pardoned Richard Nixon in 1974 it was under the assumption that his predecessor could have been prosecuted for his efforts to impede the investigation into the Watergate scandal. But under the new rule implemented by the Supreme Court on Monday that partially immunized Donald Trump in his election interference […]