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The US Supreme Court has said Donald Trump and other former presidents are immune from criminal prosecution for official acts, in a major legal victory for the Republican White House candidate.
The decision makes it less likely that the Republican candidate will stand trial before he challenges Democratic President Joe Biden in November's White House election.
It is the first time since the nation's founding that the Supreme Court has declared former presidents can be shielded from criminal charges.
The justices found that a president is not immune for "unofficial acts”. The 6-3 ruling did not dismiss outright an indictment that charges Trump with plotting to overturn the 2020 election, but it did strip away key elements of the case against him.
The three liberal justices on the Supreme Court dissented strongly from the ruling, expressing “fear for our democracy”. “The President is now a king above the law,” wrote Justice Sonia Sotomayor.
Sophie Raworth presents BBC News at Ten reporting by Sarah Smith in Washington.
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does Biden get to do whatever he wants now?
He doesn’t do that already?
@@noneyabizz8337100 % yes he does with no repercussions or consequences.
And that makes you a DA, losers 😅
Like he hasn’t been😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
He doesn’t know what he’s doing 99% of the time anyway
We left a king to make a king apparently.
Our Kings aren’t and weren’t immune like this since 1215.
you left a king to invade the west
@@somniumisdreaming At least one was, at least for a bit ’till things kicked off and he lost his head.
It’s basically what happened to Rom,e too.
@@ollie1795 How so?
The SCOUS is a complete joke!
Was it when it was majority liberal?
The SCOUS may have got it wrong, but at least the SCOTUS got it correct 👍
That you again Putin 😮
Cry harder
🤤🤤🤤
Cementing the imperial presidency.
If a sitting President commits a crime, they impeach him/her
Then it moves to the Senate for trial
That’s the tried and tested method.
Since the alleged crime was committed when Trump was POTUS they should impeach him again.
They won’t 🤣
You’re talking to a Scandinavian, he’s a lost cause mate. They welcomed in so many migrants they have no-go zones that are controlled by migrant gangs and still smile and let more in.
They are the furthest thing you can get from the warriors that went on Vikingr, their ancestors would be bereft if they ever witnessed what they have become.
They’re afraid in their own country and let it happen because they don’t want to offend anyone or be called racists, it’s pitiful really.
@@dorseyjack3206 I’m almost certain you’re not a saint. Why don’t you go and apologise to all the people you’ve hurt and repent for all your sins. Go and turn yourself in for your fraudulent crimes, we know they exist. Then you can speak.
@@dorseyjack3206 Other rulings have made it very hard for Congress to investigate possible crimes committed by the executive branch (the president). Even if the president’s party is not complicit and ignores the president’s actions, we are coming closer to a reality where the president will simply remove members of Congress that they view as a hinderance. According to the Supreme Court, putting them on a kill list would not amount to a prosecutable offense since it would be an official act for which the president has blanket immunity. There is nothing true or tested about the latest ruling. The process was already broken by partisanship.
Which type of cement? PPC has strength and durability
Biden should be thinking very, very hard and long about his new power!
More ice cream.
Biden doesn’t even know where he is, settle down.
Only thing Biden is capable of thinking about is if his diaper is full
He dosent have any new power
Trouble is biden can’t think.
Proper dictator stuff!!
@@whackamole4909 Move elsewhere then.
If a president does something improper in office, it’s on congress to impeach.
You’re forgiven for being ignorant.
@@noneyabizz8337 Why was Nixon pardoned when he wasn’t impeached?
I just like to watch the BBC news for its propaganda .. and to see what messages they are sending out to the world… I totally agree with you .💯🇬🇧🇯🇲👍 Mr grimsdale Mr grimsdale .😂😂😂😂 Brilliant Norman wisdom..
@@noneyabizz8337 You’re correct of course. But yes, a completely fair and balanced system – the only person in the entire of America who doesn’t have an impartial jury to judge them under the law of the land happens to be the most powerful person in the country, and instead they have a jury of their colleagues, followers and sycophants, all politicians, who definitely don’t have a bias and vested interest in the fate of their party leader, and certainly wouldn’t make decisions for political reasons and advantage.
This ruling comes from another very sensible American system – the executive branch of government being in charge of choosing the top judiciary (serving for their entire lives) who are supposedly there to hold said executive to account, namely the person who happens to be their buddy and gave them a job for life and power. This, combined with allowing judges to be extremely politically biased rather than impartial and simply following the word of the law, makes for a flawless system.
Leaders of the Free World my arse
your Nazi flag gives you away
Russia is the leader now
And remind me again who nominated Kavanaugh at the supreme court ? Trump. You have to give it to him, he thinks long term investment. The fact that presidents can nominate supreme court judges to judge their own case is flawed to say the least..
So corrupt …….. America , are you feeling proud ?
What would be more fair?
@@joshuadrew6246 more fair would be for justices to follow their guidelines and recuse themselves when there is an appearance of impropriety.
So who should nominate the judges, a bunch of raging Trump hating Democrats who have precedence for going after their political opponents? Do you think the judge that presided over the recent Trump case in New York was ‘flawed to say the least?’. The same judge that donated to Joe Bidens campaign and whos daughter raised millions off the case for Bidens re-election campaign? Or is it just get Trump at any cost?
@wujekstalina should Jackson recuse herself since the prosecution in this case is the same admin that nominated her?
Should they all recuse themselves since they were all nominated by Democrats or Republicans?
If only justices that were not nominated by ether Biden or Trump voted, then it would be a 2-2 split decision, what are they going to do then?
The majority of supreme court cases include the current administration as a party, so can a justice just not serve in the majority of cases at all untill the admin that nominated them is gone?
Who should be the one to nominate a justice if not the admin?
‘Land of the Free’…to commit federal crimes.
To be charged with federal crimes falsely. Those 34 felony convictions are from two time barred misdemeanours and will be overturned as soon as they are heard by a non biased judge.
The Bidens and Clinton’s are a perfect example of
Coming from the British, a bankrupt nation run by Sunak, ruled by the monarchs and soon to be governed by Starmer. I would keep quiet if i was you.
Civil case, not federal
@@thomasace2547 The immunity also includes federal crimes if it’s an “official act”. Official acts include political assassinations or selling presidential pardons btw.
I am having trouble telling the difference between the United States and a banana republic fascist institution.
are you mongol sir?
That’s because your’e a dummy. How could a dummy tell a difference?
There has never been a difference and I am not sure why it is only in recent years that people have noticed. It took Trump to wake you up? No buddy, it always has been.
If you think we have a banana republic fascist government now, if Trump gets re-elected, you ain’t seen nothing yet. We’ll have military tribunals and jailed journalists who disagree with the US king. Read “Project 2025” and decide for yourself.
Coming from the British, a bankrupt nation run by Sunak, ruled by the monarchs and soon to be governed by Starmer. I would keep quiet if i was you.
Big brother is watching you ! 👀. Read George Orwell’s 1984 …… not a good time to be born 😪 !!
Brilliant book I read it for the first time 2 years ago at 45…….💯🇬🇧🇯🇲👍
Authoritarianism. Wonderful & they’re trying to make it happen here too
Well that makes a mockery of any definition of the law. God help America. Just when one thinks it could not get any worse… It did!
its indeed painful
As a citizen, on behalf of the United States of America, we went from Washington to Lincoln to FDR to Reagan to Obama to…well…this.
History will mark this day, where we crossed the rubicon, and sadly, I was alive to witness it.
Remember us, when we were the bearer of the standard.
exactly… all the lawfare and political prosecutions had no place here until President BrainDEAD took power.
So Obama hiding millions of illegal campaign donations was OK. But Trumps lawyer doing something far less is the problem?
I lean conservative and still find this insane. If we were to go back in time to Bush’s presidency, this translates to meaning that he wouldn’t need to think twice about lying to Congress about WMDs. He got away with it anyways unfortunately, but this ruling just emboldens the president to do even more things like that. Could the president now call for a political assassination as an official duty? The fact that this idea now is moved into a gray area is horrible.
The real problem is who decides what’s official and what’s not?
Bush was never charged. His insider status assured that. Bush is deep state elite.
You know the ones who keep preaching no one’s above the law from their ivory towers
The ruling is clear – this reporter is simply wrong – and she knows it. As was Sotomayor’s dissent. The ruling was in line with the Constitution. Official acts are mostly protected by immunity – with some exceptions, whilst unofficial acts are not. It’s not hard. Not get caught up in BBC claptrap.
I’m sorry. I seem to have forgotten the lawsuit against Bush.
@@featherfiend9095 These imagined scenarios are desperate attempts to use ‘ fear’ to influence voters. It’s like a group of children and it’s obvious to those with any reasonable level of intellect. The US has a super set of checks and balances in place for any POTUS. Maybe a high school civics lesson is needed?
Nixon would have love this SCOTUS. 😂
Yupp
What Nixon did likely was not an official act of being president. Even then, what you’re saying is irrelevant. Nixon was about to be impeached. The court ruling has nothing to do with Congress being avoid to impeach and remove a president from office
Don’t you know there’s something called “Impeachment”?
@@jeffx6585 You realize there is a difference between impeachment and legal prosecution right?
Nobody is above the law… unless you’re the president.
Or the president’s son…literally charged with the least of his crimes.
Of course, @Juice6521. By the plain letter of the US constitution, the presidents is held at a different standard relative to an ordinary citizen…. we must change that….. oh wait… how?
@@juice6521 Or Obama, Clinton, Biden, Bush, Al gore, ie INSIDERS
Notice how it all came together, no need for any immunity till a criminal shows up… 😮
You need to understand the place and the language of a man ( who he is !? ) what language does he speak!!! From which perspective!!! He’s running a competition for presidential elections !!! He needs voters on his side!? Find a community, a group of people? Ask what they want? This is normal!!! How else you expect to find voters!?
You got it confused. There was no need for the Supreme Court to decide this issue until zealous partisan prosecutors chose to go after Trump over his constitutionally protected duties as president of the United States of America.
@@mactek6033they weren’t constitutionally protected, sorry but when it comes to election interference and coercion it’s not a presidential duty. And if he used campaign funds or staff in the process, that’s not official either. And it wasn’t over zealous prosecutors going after him, he’s been indicted by a grand jury of his peers. It’s legal. So is any referral from the DOJ. So no, you are very wrong. But by all means explain to me how that actually I’m wrong and it will be perfectly legal when Trump goes on a revenge tour to punish his opponents
@@youcantalwaysgetwhatyouwan8419 President Trump was the chief law enforcement officer of the country. Complaints of election fraud were being made. It was his duty to uncover what was going on in Georgia and elsewhere. Thanks to the Supreme Court, Trump has absolute immunity in these core duties. What was once mutually agreed immunity has now been made explicit.
Disgusting
…what a dark future for america… 😮
excellent…. we found ourselves a foreseerer….. maybe we can add a little cloud to the dark and get ourselves a kind of grey future….