Biden camp dismisses Trump immunity ruling: 'Doesn't change the facts'

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The Biden campaign blasted former President Trump in the aftermath of the Supreme Court ruling granting him immunity for official acts while president, saying the presumptive Republican nominee "thinks he’s above the law."

"Today’s ruling doesn’t change the facts, so let’s be very clear about what happened on January 6: Donald Trump snapped after he lost the 2020 election and encouraged a mob to overthrow the results of a free and fair election," the Biden campaign said in a statement on Monday. "Trump is already running for president as a convicted felon for the very same reason he sat idly by while the mob violently attacked the Capitol: he thinks he’s above the law and is willing to do anything to gain and hold onto power for himself."

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The statement continued: "The American people already rejected Donald Trump’s self-obsessed quest for power once. Joe Biden will make sure they reject it for good in November."

The high court ruled on Monday in Trump v. United States that a former president has substantial immunity from prosecution for official acts committed while in office, but not for unofficial acts. But while Trump is immune from criminal prosecution for "official acts," the justices left it to the lower court to determine exactly where the line is between