#Senate Maj Whip #Durbin, Sen #Judiciary Cmte Chair, response to #SCOTUS’ ruling in #Trump v US, which held “the nature of Presidential #power entitles a fmr President to absolute #immunity from #criminal prosecution for actions within his conclusive & preclusive constitutional authority. And he is entitled to at least presumptive immunity from prosecution for all his ofcl acts. There is no immunity for unofficial acts.”
Alex Finley looks at the revelation that the Russians have been paying a wide network of European politicians to spout pro-Russia, anti-Ukraine rhetoric and asks if this can be happening in the US, too. He concludes:
"It is naïve to think the same pattern does not exist in the United States, given the ample evidence of coordinated pro-Russian talking points from several Republican politicians."