Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., announced plans to draft legislation allowing former President Trump to be held accountable for behavior following the 2020 election.
Schumer said his proposed bill will classify Trump’s actions related to challenging the results of the 2020 election “unofficial,” thereby removing the immunity protections granted under a recent Supreme Court ruling.
The ruling, handed down July 2, concluded that a president retains substantial prosecutorial immunity for official acts committed in office.
“American democracy stands today at a perilous crossroads,” Schumer said in recent Senate floor remarks. referring to Trump’s behavior as “election subversion acts.”
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“[The Supreme Court] incorrectly declared that former President Donald Trump enjoys broad immunity from criminal prosecution for actions he took while in office.”
Schumer went on to compare Trump to former President Richard Nixon, claiming the court agreed with the iconic defense Nixon gave journalist David Frost in 1977.
“When the president does it, that means it’s not illegal,” Schumer recalled.
“We were all taught in grade school that there are no kings here in America, but what the conservative justices have done is effectively place a crown on Donald Trump’s head,” he went on.
He went on to predict if Trump is elected, the Supreme Court will only continue to hand down “disastrous rulings” and that Jan. 6, 2021, will be seen as the starting point for chaos in the U.S.
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Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer and former President Trump