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President Donald Trump took to Truth Social to express his view on strong presidential immunity ahead of the Supreme Court’s pending decision, which is expected on Monday.
“Without Presidential Immunity, a President of the United States literally could not function!” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Sunday.
“It should be a STRONG IMMUNITY, where proper decisions can be made, where our Country can be POWERFUL and THRIVE, and where Opponents cannot hold up and extort a Future President for Political Gain,” he added.
Trump also explained the impact that the court’s decision could have on the nation for years to come.
“It is a BIG decision, an important decision, a decision which can affect the Success or Failure of our Country for decades to come. We want a GREAT Country, not a weak, withering, and ineffective one. STRONG PRESIDENTIAL IMMUNITY IS A MUST!” he concluded.
The case is expected to be among the most important of the court’s session, with July 1 serving as the final day to release the ruling. The case concerns Special Counsel Jack Smith’s charges related to four felonies, claiming that Trump broke the law when he sought to reverse the outcome of the 2020 presidential election.
Trump’s legal team argues that the actions the 45th president took were part of his duties as president and fall under the realm of presidential immunity. Two lower court rulings have sided with Trump.
“I think the court recognizes that it would be a dangerous precedent if future presidents can prosecute their political rivals,” Mark Brnovich, former attorney general of Arizona, said during an April Fox News interview.
“They will set a limiting principle because, under the prosecutor’s theory, future prosecutors would have a lot of power to persecute their political rivals,” Brnovich added.
Legal experts predict that the decision will likely fall along partisan lines, with the court’s six conservative justices siding with Trump and the three liberal justices likely ruling against him.
The 6-3 decision would serve as a major legal win, adding to last week’s Supreme Court ruling upending prosecution against many Jan. 6 protesters.