I hope others can find better words to address the Supreme Court’s decision about immunity for former President Donald Trump from criminal prosecution. On this web site I often try to address issues as if I was actually the sitting president.
If I asked the Justice Department to help me overturn an election, I should be in jail, arrested immediately on the spot.
If I pressured the Vice President to not count certified ballots from the States and accept fake electors instead, I should be in jail.
If I incited a riot to halt the counting of electoral votes in order to substitute others, I should be in jail.
Donald Trump wanted the Capital Police to stop checking for guns as the crowd grew on January 6th. They were not going to shoot him! Only the insistence of the Secret Service returned him to the White House rather than joining the crowd at the Capital. At the White House he watched the riot unfold on TV for three hours taking no action to call in the National Guard.
This all looks like criminal activity to me and I can only view the Supreme Court as equally complicit. Chief Justice Roberts says this immunity would apply to any president but none other than Donald Trump has wanted to hide his actions from the people in this way. Who is this court protecting? Certainly not the people of this country.
This Supreme Court moves further from holding truth, accountability and equality for the people. Earlier this week they overturned the Chevron deference, which could have been compromised, and this action will most certainly result in less consumer protections for the public in matters of finance, health and environment.
As president, I would answer any charges or questions like any other American, not hide behnd immunity.
It occurs to me that any honest president would not need immunity. It seem like the Supreme Court has created a shield for the ccorrupt. Why would they do that? What frame of mind about the presidency would make them do that?
