<p>Former U.S. Attorney General <a href="https://www.dailywire.com/topic/william-barr" target="_blank" rel="noopener">Bill Barr</a> slammed critics of former President Donald Trump this week after the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that presidents have immunity from criminal prosecution for official acts that they take as president, but not for unofficial conduct.</p>
<p>Barr made the remarks during an interview after leftist Supreme Court Justice Sonia Sotomayor wrote a widely criticized dissent in which she claimed that “the President is now a king above the law.”</p>
<p>&#8220;There’s absolute immunity when he’s acting directly under the constitution, carrying out a function under the constitution,&#8221; Barr explained during the interview. &#8220;There’s presumptive immunity when he performs an official act, and the government has the burden of showing that it can prosecute him for that without impairing the executive function. And finally, there’s no immunity for unofficial or private acts. And I think the — and the practical effect of this is that the district court is gonna do what it really should have done at the beginning, which is the government really should have had it do, which is do the analysis so that the facts are going up to the Supreme Court.”</p>
<p>He said that Sotomayor intentionally falsely portrayed the majority&#8217;s ruling opinion in the case.</p>
<p>“He has the right to go and tell the Department of Justice to investigate something, but an example used by Justice Sotomayor was, ‘Oh, then he can fabricate evidence, give the evidence to the department, and use that evidence to indict them.’ He doesn’t have authority to fabricate evidence,” Barr said. “That’s not carrying out an executive function. And the worst example, I think — the one that makes no sense whatsoever is that he can use SEAL Team 6 to kill a political opponent. The president has the authority to defend the country against foreign enemies — armed conflict and so forth. He has the authority to direct the justice system against criminals at home. He doesn’t have the authority to go and assassinate people.”</p>
<p>“So whether he uses the SEAL Team or a private hitman, it doesn’t matter,&#8221; he continued. &#8220;It’s not a carrying out of his authority. So all these horror stories really are false.&#8221;</p>
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<p dir="ltr" lang="en">WATCH: Former Attorney General Bill Barr rips apart liberal Justice Sonia Sotomayor&#8217;s dissent in Trump v. United States:</p>
<p>&#8220;The worst example I think, the one that makes no sense whatsoever, is the idea he can use SEAL Team Six to kill a political opponent. The president has the… <a href="https://t.co/gv2qY7LTiH">pic.twitter.com/gv2qY7LTiH</a></p>
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