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 Jeff OversA BBC presenter sparked outrage after tweeting that President Joe Biden should have Donald Trump "murdered" following the Supreme Court's presidential immunity ruling.
"If I was Biden I'd hurry up and have Trump murdered on the basis that he is a threat to America's security," Radio 4 host David Aaronovitch, 69, wrote on X.
The tweet was in response to the Supreme Court's 6-3 ruling on Monday that stated Trump has immunity for "official acts" he made during his time in office.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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In a historic decision, the United States Supreme Court ruled on Monday that presidents have broad immunity from prosecution. The 6-3 ruling by the court's right-wing majority — including all three justices appointed by Trump — was issued on the final day of the Supreme Court's term and just four months ahead of November's presidential election. It will further delay Trump's criminal trial for leading the January 6 insurrection. The ruling upends more than two centuries of legal precedent, for the first time shielding U.S. presidents from criminal accountability. "In one fell swoop, this court has essentially left the American people to the whims of the president of the United States — any president of the United States, but particularly Mr. Trump," says Donald Sherman, executive director and chief counsel of Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington, or CREW. We also speak with Lisa Graves, executive director of the watchdog group True North Research, who says the Supreme Court's conservative wing has left the country "unmoored from the rule of law" by adopting such an expansive view of presidential power. "This decision is the most reckless and dangerous decision ever issued by the U.S. Supreme Court," says Graves.
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