JD Vance stuns with claim ICE agent who killed woman shares Trump's 'absolute immunity'

Vice President JD Vance suggested that federal law enforcement agents enjoy the same absolute immunity as that bestowed upon President Donald Trump by the conservative U.S. Supreme Court.

The vice president spent Thursday morning justifying the fatal shooting of 37-year-old Renee Good by an Immigration and Customs Enforcement agent the day before in Minneapolis, and he spoke to reporters in the afternoon at the White House briefing room to suggest the victim had committed a crime because she had been influenced by left-wing radicals, including state officials.

unless they violate "clearly established" rights.

But the immunity from criminal prosecution that the Supreme Court ruled on in July 2024 refers to the president alone, for official acts taken while in office.

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