Mitch McConnell doubles down on anti-Trump stance saying he should NOT be ... trends now
Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell broke with Donald Trump and reiterated that he does not believe a former president has absolute immunity from prosecution as the Supreme Court considers that every question just months ahead of the presidential election.
Trump's lawyers argued before the Supreme Court last week that he has immunity in a case stemming from special counsel Jack Smith's investigation into the attack on the Capitol on January 6 and election interference.
Trump now faces four criminal charges in the case for trying to overturn the 2020 election after his loss to President Biden. He also faces three separate criminal cases.
McConnell was asked in an interview on CBS News' Face the Nation on Sunday whether he believed former presidents should be 'completely immune from liability.'
McConnell pushed back stating that he stands by everything he previously said on the matter.
Senate Minority Leader McConnell in an interview with Face the Nation where he broke with Trump by reiterated his stance that former presidents should not have immunity
Trump is facing charges in four separate criminal cases. His lawyer argued before the Supreme Court that the ex-president has immunity stemming from the case over election interference in Washington, DC
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After the attack on January 6, 2021, McConnell voted to acquit Trump during his second impeachment trial. But McConnell said Trump did not get away with anything.
'We have a criminal justice system in this country. We have civil litigation, and former presidents are not immune from being accountable by either one,' McConnell said on February 13, 2021.
'I stand by everything I said then. Obviously, it'll be up to the Supreme Court to decide whether I was correct,' McConnell told Face the Nation on Sunday.
Trump's lawyer made the argument during the hearing on Thursday that only former presidents who are impeached and convicted by the Senate can
