▶ Watch Video: Biden responds to Supreme Court ruling on Trump immunity Washington — President Biden condemned.
Washington — President Biden condemned the Supreme Court’s landmark decision that former President Donald Trump is immune from prosecution for official acts he took while in office, saying it “almost certainly means that there are virtually no limits on what the president can do.”
“This is a fundamentally new principle and it’s a dangerous precedent, because the power of the office will no longer be constrained by the law, even including the Supreme Court of the United States,” Mr. Biden said Monday in brief remarks from the White House. “The only limits will be self-imposed by the president alone.”
Mr. Biden said the decision means “any president, including Donald Trump, will now be free to ignore the law.”
The Supreme Court’s decision fell along ideological lines, with the six Republican-appointed justices concluding that former presidents have sweeping legal protections from charges for alleged acts that fell within their official duties.
