A Supreme Court victory and a Democrat meltdown — yet Trump is still complaining

Former president Donald Trump got almost everything he could have wanted in the past week and a half.

Not only did President Joe Biden’s performance at the debate on Thursday evening in Atlanta send the Democratic Party into a collective panic — with some even speculating that the party would need to replace the president — but Trump has received legal rulings that have benefited him and his political movement.

Nevertheless, because he is who he is, he can’t help but continue to air his grievances.

On Monday, the Supreme Court ruled that presidents have some immunity from criminal prosecution. That decision will all but guarantee a delay in Trump’s criminal case on charges that he plotted to overturn the 2020 election results. It’s just what his team wanted: there’s now unlikely to be a decision until after the 2024 presidential election, when it can’t affect what happens in November.

The case will be kicked back to the lower court and Judge Tanya Chutkan will hold hearings to determine whether the allegations against him constitute “official” acts he performed as president or “unofficial acts”. This includes every action taken, ranging from Trump’s call to Georgia Secretary of State Brad Raffensperger where he infamously asked Raffensperger to “find” additional votes, to his attempt to pressure then-Vice President Mike Pence.

This comes a few days after the court ruled that an “obstruction of an official proceeding” charge brought against Joseph Fischer, a former police officer who rioted at the US Capitol, had been used too broadly. While the case will likely not have much of an effect on Trump’s case, it does allow him to say that an overzealous Justice Department unduly persecuted his most faithful supporters.

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