Trump Plans to Expand Presidential Immunity If Re-elected

The proposed expansion of a Nixon-era policy memo would bar the prosecution of presidents even after their tenure, but could face numerous hurdles and potential reversal by future administrations.

Former President Donald Trump, currently running for president again in 2024, plans to expand a Nixon-era policy memo that limits the Department of Justice’s (DOJ) ability to charge a sitting president with a crime to include former presidents if he wins in November.
Trump and his allies intend to expand a Nixon-era memo from the Justice Department‘s Office of Legal Counsel that has effectively prohibited the department from prosecuting sitting presidents for decades.
The proposed memo would recommend barring the prosecution of presidents even after their tenure concludes.
Trump’s demands for “absolute immunity” both during and after a president exits office are hypocritical, according to a report from Citizens for Responsibility and Ethics in Washington (CREW).
The move would face numerous hurdles and a future administration could easily reverse such a memo.