Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer (D-N.Y.) said on July 8 that last week’s Supreme Court ruling on presidential immunity put “a crown on Donald Trump’s head.” The lawmaker said he is preparing legislation aimed at lessening the decision’s impact on prosecutions against the former president over allegations related to the 2020 election aftermath.
The Supreme Court’s decision is expected to complicate the prosecution’s criminal case against the former Republican president, who is his party’s presumptive 2024 presidential nominee. Former President Trump faces election-related charges in federal court in Washington and in state court in Fulton County, Georgia….