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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
Alex Woodward

Biden demands constitutional amendment on presidential immunity in final warning before Trump takes power

In his final address to the nation as president, Joe Biden called for the creation of a new Constitutional amendment to demolish the concept of presidential “immunity” from criminal prosecution.

“We need to amend the Constitution to make clear that no president, no president, is immune from crimes he or she commits while in office,” he said in remarks from the Oval Office on Wednesday.

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