Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell (R-KY) has declared that he doesn’t support President Donald Trump’s claim of presidential immunity.
McConnell made the comments on the same day the U.S. Supreme Court heard oral arguments about whether presidents have immunity from prosecution for official acts they committed while in office.
However, McConnell said in an interview with NBC News’s “Meet the Press” that he didn’t believe in the concept.
When host Kristin Welker asked McConnell if he thought presidents should have immunity for official acts, he said:
“Obviously, I don’t think that, but it’s not up to me to make that decision.”
“The president clearly needs some kind of immunity, or he’d be in court all the time,” he added.
“So, we’ll just see how the Supreme Court deals with it.”
Trump’s lawyers are pressing the concept of presidential immunity to help with some of his indictments.
They argued his case for three hours before the court on Thursday.
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