Former January 6 Committee Chairman Thompson Releases Statement on Today’s Lawless Supreme Court Decision on Presidential Immunity

"As someone who led Congress's investigation into the January 6, 2021 attack on the Capitol, let me be very clear: today, a lawless and corrupt Supreme Court extreme conservative majority rewrote the Constitution for their master, Donald Trump, and dangerously undermined the rule of law in this country. By granting a twice-impeached felon absolute immunity for many of his acts that sought to undermine the legitimate results of the 2020 Presidential election, such as weaponizing the Department of Justice to do his campaign's bidding, these extreme Justices clearly put the ex-President above the law. Further, they have granted criminal defendant Trump even more delays-which is not only what he desperately wanted but will also deny the American people justice before a critical election.

"This shameful decision will now act as a 'loaded weapon,' to quote from Justice Sotomayor's scathing dissent. The only way for Americans to ensure that this weapon does not go off and to avoid another attempted coup like the one on January 6th is to elect honest and wise individuals to the highest office in the land-our freedom and our Republic depend on that now more than ever, especially since a rogue Supreme Court has chosen partisanship over their duty to do impartial justice."