Trump Immunity: He can be tried for unofficial acts taken against Biden's win.
Upshot? It's going to results in more delays and complicate Jack Smith's case.
If you see a portal to Hell in the Greek revival facade of the Supreme Court building. you can’t be faulted. Given the dirty decisions the Supremes have made this term—following the women’s rights-slaughtering reversal of Roe v Wade—your perception is spot on. But this court’s Road to Hell didn’t even try to make a show of being paved with good intentions.
We’ll be sending more on this later today after analysis by brilliant pundits, but here’s the bottom line in the 6-3 decisions written by Chief Justice John Roberts—the most pertinent quote from which is this:
“The parties before us do not dispute that a former President can be subject to criminal prosecution for unofficial acts committed while in office. … They also agree that some of the conduct described in the indictment includes actions taken by Trump in his unofficial capacity.”
Translation: Donald Trump can be tried for any and all of his efforts to overturn his 2020 loss that were not taken in his official capacity, a decision that likely came too late for a trial to be completed before election day.
But …
The decision also expanded the general protections of presidents against prosecution from for actions taken in an official capacity.
And …
The decision has the following impacts on the multiple election-related cases against Trump:
It will complicate Jack Smith’s January 6th case because it will open up the case to decisions on multiple questions regarding just which acts around his election interference involve “official” and “non-official” acts, which will result in a
Flurry of motions to Judge Tanya Chutkin, any of which will be appealable, which will result in
More delays that can push the trial back to a date after the November 5th election, which may result in
Trump’s possible win and his immediate attempt to pardon himself for trying his damnedest to overthrow the government of the United States because he lost and Biden won.
And …
With regard to multiple classified files cited in the Mar-a-Lago case— including nuclear secrets and top-secret SCIF files — the same results will apply:
Trump will claim keeping them was an official act, which will result in
Multiple motions to the craven Aileen Cannon, all of which will be appealable, which result in multiple delays which will
Almost certainly push this case until after the election.
Bottom Line
Even the most deceitful of the Supreme Court justices couldn’t decide that Trump could have Seal Team Six shoot a political opponent and claim it was an official act—a possibility Trump’s team floated as a completely valid, protected act by a sitting president!!However, they gave him the best he could hope for: a decision that means he can, to quote Steve Brannon, “flood the zone with shit” and pull off enough delays to shelve all his cases until after an election on the hope that he will win and can pardon himself.
In that case, Project 2025 becomes American reality on day one of a new presidency, he is never tried, never held accountable, and destroys American democracy.
This court could have sent this decision back down to the DC Appeals Court and didn’t.
They gave Trump what he wanted.
But there’s hope.
But not if he becomes president again.
They've opened the way for endless delays while the lawyers argue over what is, and what is not, an official act.
From scotusblog.com re: Thomas’ concurring opinion with the 6-3 majority on the immunity case:
“Justice Thomas writes a concurring opinion in which he questions the validity of Jack Smith's appointment as special counsel. "If this unprecedented prosecution is to proceed, it must be conducted by someone authorized to do so by the American people."
It’s obvious now who is coaching, probably through third channels to hide the trail, Judge Cannon in Florida.