Former federal prosecutor Chuck Rosenberg said Tuesday the Supreme Court’s Monday ruling in favor of former President Donald Trump “makes sense.”
The Supreme Court ruled in favor of former President Donald Trump’s claims of immunity for “official acts” in a case stemming from an indictment secured by special counsel Jack Smith over his efforts to contest the 2020 election in a 6-3 decision authored by Chief Justice John Roberts.
Rosenberg said that the high court’s ruling, which President Joe Biden decried, was “logical,” preceding that assessment by saying that his views about the case would put him in a “rather lonely” position.
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“Once again, Willie, I find myself in the rather lonely middle. So, I think it is logical that some acts are immune,” Rosenberg told “Morning Joe” co-host Willie Geist. “The core constitutional responsibilities of any president, put Mr. Trump aside, ought to be immune from prosecution. Purely private acts ought not be immune. So the hard part, again, is in the middle, right? What is and what is not an official act?”
“Certain allegations—such as those involving Trump’s discussions with the Acting Attorney General—are readily categorized in light of the nature of the President’s official relationship to the office held by that individual,” Roberts wrote in the decision. “Other allegations—such as those involving Trump’s interactions with the Vice President, state officials, and certain private parties, and his comments to the general public present more difficult questions. ”
Rosenberg called out some of the more critical takes on the decision, those that claimed Biden could “take out” Trump and receive immunity. Democratic Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez of New York vowed to introduce an impeachment resolution targeting the justices who backed immunity.
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“I think we have to avoid the following construction: ‘You know, I don’t like Mr. Trump. This opinion is good for Mr. Trump. Therefore, we are on the brink of a constitutional apocalypse,’” Rosenberg told Geist. “I don’t believe that’s true. But part of Jack Smith’s case is now gone, and he’s going to have to fight for the rest. His road to prosecution is longer and bumpier and more narrow. All those things are true.”
“I disagree with certain particulars in the case, but in the main, Willie, it makes sense to me that there is immunity in some cases and no immunity in others,” Rosenberg said. “To your point, we have to figure out the rest.”
First published by the Daily Caller News Foundation.
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