Former U.S. Attorney for Utah, Brett Tolman, has expressed concerns over the potential impact of a panel's ruling on post-presidential immunity. The panel, which oversees an immunity issue that could be taken to the broader court in the circuit court in D.C., has been a subject of controversy due to perceived partisanship. Judge Pond, in particular, has drawn criticism for her refusal to recuse herself and her posing of hypothetical questions that some consider ridiculous.
Tolman raises the question of whether a ruling that a president does not have post-presidential immunity could open the door for subsequent administrations to retrospectively charge former presidents for their decisions. He suggests that this could pave the way for the concoction of charges and the targeting of former presidents for political reasons. Tolman stresses that impeachment and conviction in Congress should be the proper avenues to hold a president accountable during their tenure.
