The ruling makes a distinction between official actions of a president, which have immunity, and those of a private citizen. In dissent, the court’s liberals lament a vast expansion of presidential power.
The idea is to create a situation where it gets tied up in lower courts until after Trump is inaugurated again, at which point, everything Trump does is an official act, and he can’t be held responsible for anything, while also leaving room fro the courts to hold Biden and future Democrats responsible for innocuous acts.
The idea is to create a situation where it gets tied up in lower courts until after Trump is inaugurated again, at which point, everything Trump does is an official act, and he can’t be held responsible for anything, while also leaving room fro the courts to hold Biden and future Democrats responsible for innocuous acts.