Former Secretary of State Hillary Clinton handed down a ruling Thursday to the Supreme Court for delaying a ruling on former President Donald Trump’s presidential immunity claim in his federal election interference case.
In an interview on MSNBC’s Morning Joe, 2016 Democratic presidential candidate Clinton said, “The other point I want to make right off the bat is that the Supreme Court is doing a great disservice to our country by not ruling on immunity.” It means giving,” he said.
Clinton said some Supreme Court justices appeared to be trying to find loopholes for the former president during court arguments late last month.
“I read a great decision by the Court of Appeals, and I think the justices there took up every possible argument,” Clinton said, “and I think that the case was heard by the Supreme Court. What we heard at the time, at least to my ears, was an attempt to find a loophole, an attempt to create an opportunity for Trump to try to overturn the election, and for his own entertainment. , an attempt to execute hundreds of pages of highly confidential material for profit and trade. I don’t know what it is. ”
“These are very serious charges, not just against an American, but against a man who has served as president and wants to be president again. Given this, every voter must be willing to entrust our country to… You’re going to think about whether or not to do it, not twice, but over and over again.’He is,” Clinton added.
Late last month, the Supreme Court heard President Trump’s argument for presidential immunity, and after a two-hour hearing, it seemed poised to grant him at least some protection from criminal prosecution.
The court has not yet decided on the issue of immunity, but the justices’ lengthy discussion about how to put guardrails between public and private conduct may prompt lower courts to reconsider the decision. suggested the possibility of seeking That would almost certainly delay Trump’s numerous legal proceedings.
Rather than leave the appeals court’s ruling untouched, the court delayed Trump’s election interference lawsuit by simply addressing the immunity claim. Further decisions in lower courts could be appealed, a process that could send the case back to the higher court.
Clinton said Wednesday that Americans need answers about whether Trump is guilty of federal election interference and other charges before heading to a November vote that will decide whether to send Trump back to the White House. He said there is.
“Justice delayed is justice denied,” Clinton said. “And our people will probably go to vote without knowing the outcome of these other very serious cases.”
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