An attorney for former President Trump suggested that the so-called “fake electors” scheme qualifies as an “official act,” which would prevent it from being prosecuted under the recent Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity.
Thank you, Justice John Roberts. Your legacy on the US Supreme Court is enabling Trump to basically be a dictator. You tossed out a unanimous and obvious decision from three federal judges that determined the President of the United States was not above the law, and then you determined (along partisan lines) that the job is.
I predict we will be seeing a lot of “Official Acts of the President” in the near future.
To the surprise of no one. If this defense doesn’t pan out and he wins in the fall, he’ll just pardon himself from all federal charges anyway.
Of course it wasn’t; it was a set of private acts (a conspiracy) to retain personal political power in spite of a free and fair election. They already know this.
The point of this claim, as always, is delay. They do not intend to “win,” they intend to stall any indictments by abusing the legal system, because SCOTUS has given them a clear path to do so. “Do anything you want, claim it was an ‘official act,’ enjoy the returns for that act while stymieing the ability of anyone to hold anyone accountable for anything. Lather, rinse, repeat.”
It doesn’t matter whether the things they do are “official acts” or not. They automatically have license to do anything they want while the world watches our justice system wring its hands for years. They will continue to use these delays to dismantle the democratic systems that are supposed to prevent these very efforts.
Goddamnit…these unscrupulous fucks
