Has a certain immunity: the US Supreme Court partially sided with Trump in the case of storming the Capitol

Has a certain immunity: the US Supreme Court partially sided with Trump in the case of storming the Capitol Irina Martsiyash

The US Supreme Court recognized that Trump has “certain immunity” in the storming of the Capitol/Photo Getty Images

US Supreme Court admitted that the country's 45th President Donald Trump has a certain level of immunity from prosecution in the case of the storming of the Capitol on January 6, 2021.

Reuters writes about this. They noted that the court ruled that Trump has immunity for official, not private actions.

US Supreme Court on the case on the storming of the Capitol

The decision is likely to further delay the trial on federal election subversion charges being considered against the former president and soon-to-be Republican White House nominee Donald Trump.

In a six-to-three decision, the court ruled that while former presidents enjoy immunity for acts within their constitutional powers, they do not have immunity for acts which are committed privately.

We conclude that under our constitutional structure of divided powers, the nature of presidential power requires that the ex-president have “certain immunity from prosecution for official acts while in office,” said Chief Justice John Roberts. powers, this immunity must be “absolute” and added that the president has no immunity for his “unofficial actions, and not everything he does is official.”