In a 6-3 decision, the Court ruled on Monday that former presidents have absolute immunity for official acts, but no immunity for private acts.
Michael Cohen, Donald Trump’s former lawyer, issued a warning on Friday about the U.S. Supreme Court’s recent ruling in the former president’s immunity case.
In a 6-3 decision, the Court ruled on Monday that former presidents have absolute immunity for official acts, but no immunity for private acts. The case centers around the federal indictment of Trump’s alleged attempts at overturning the 2020 presidential election results after losing to President Joe Biden.
Trump’s attorneys argued that his actions constituted official presidential acts and that he was raising concerns about the election’s legitimacy in his official capacity as president. Prosecutors, however, argue that he was acting as a candidate, not a president, at the time. While the former president celebrated the ruling, many legal and political analysts sounded the alarm about its implications, with some arguing it places presidents above the law.
Cohen, a Trump critic, described the ruling as the « beginning of the end » during an episode of his Mea Culpa podcast released on Friday.
