The Senate Judiciary Committee will hold a full committee hearing Sept. 24 to “to explore the ramifications of the Supreme Court’s ruling in Trump v. United States,” it was announced Monday.
In a press release obtained by Newsmax, the committee wrote: “On July 1, the Supreme Court’s rightwing supermajority ruled that not just Donald Trump — but also future presidents — may be immune from abusing the levers of government to overturn an election or engage in other misconduct.”
The 6-3 Supreme Court decision, which the committee called “misguided,” held that “the nature of Presidential power entitles a former President to absolute immunity from criminal prosecution for actions within his conclusive and preclusive constitutional authority. And he is entitled to at least presumptive immunity from prosecution for all his official acts. There is no immunity for unofficial acts.”
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