The broadcast networks of ABC, CBS, and NBC each spent a chunk of their Tuesday morning newscasts tearing at the fabric of American intuitions by stoking fear of the U.S. Supreme Court’s ruling limiting presidential immunity. Amid those reports, something interesting happened on CBS Mornings as legal correspondent Jan Crawford slammed the brakes on Democratic Party donor and CBS co-anchor Gayle King, who was trying to fear monger about presidents being above the law.
Leading into the segment, King asserted that the “landmark” ruling “redefined the power of the office of the president.” “Now, you should know there is no precedent for a decision like this because, until now, we've never had a former president who has faced criminal charges like Donald Trump,” she added.
As she was handing it off to Crawford to tell the rest of the story, King parroted “some people” who claim the court put president “above the law,” but the career legal expert wasn’t having it:
KING: Jan Crawford at the Supreme Court is going to help us with the first part of the question. Jan, good morning. Some people are interpreting this to mean that the president is above the law. What can you tell us?
CRAWFORD: Not exactly, by any means. I mean this basically sends the case back to a lower court to decide which acts of former President Trump are unofficial and can still be criminally prosecuted, but that can take time. It's very hard to see how this trial will start before November's elections.
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