Aaronovitch admitted that he posted the controversial tweet following Monday’s 6-3 Supreme Court ruling that former President Trump has “absolute immunity” from criminal prosecution for “official acts” during his term of office.
“The president does not enjoy immunity for his unofficial actions, and not everything the president does is official,” the chief justice said. John Roberts wrote in the opinion of the conservative majority. “The president is not above the law. But Congress may not criminalize the President’s conduct in carrying out the executive branch’s responsibilities under the Constitution.”
“The President should therefore not be prosecuted for exercising his core constitutional powers, and he is at least entitled to presumptive immunity from prosecution for all his official acts. That immunity applies equally to all occupants of the Oval Office, regardless of politics, policy or party.”