Donald Trump has "increased his likelihood" of becoming US President in November following a landmark US Supreme Court ruling, it has been claimed.
The former Potus was today granted "presumptive immunity" from all "official acts" undertaken in office, but not for "unofficial acts" out of office.
Chief Justice John Roberts said "the nature of Presidential power entitles a former President to absolute immunity from criminal prosecution".
He added that there is "no immunity for unofficial acts".
Donald Trump has been granted partial immunity for some of his actions as President by the Supreme Court
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Discussing the ruling on GB News, Doctor Thomas Gift said the decision spans a "huge grey area" and is "really unclear".
He added that Donald Trump's ongoing legal battles are a "complex case" and the Supreme Court has only offered a "nuanced answer".
Gift explained: "There are three different categories of presidential actions. One is purely personal conduct, one is core constitutional conduct, and then the third is kind of this grey area in between, where it's not necessarily clear when it comes to core constitutional duties.
"Anything that is constitutionally provided, that's absolutely immune. Anything that a candidate is doing just purely in a personal context, that has no immunity. But there's a huge kind of grey area and lots of ambiguity about sort of what constitutes core constitutional duties versus personal whenever you get into things like campaigning."
Protesters have already come out in force against the former President following the ruling
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Detailing Trump's argument of the case, Gift noted that the ruling will be "pushed back" the judge sitting in Washington's US District Court.
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Host Martin Daubney agreed with Gift, adding: "They'll try and push it beyond November the 5th, that crucial date of the presidential election in America.
"The likelihood, the probability of there being an effective legal challenge against Donald Trump seems to have diminished with this ruling, the likelihood of him being the primary candidate has increased."
When asked by Martin if this means Trump is more likely to be elected President, Gift responded: "I 100 per cent agree with you. A trial certainly will not happen before the election, because this is going to be pushed down to the district court. That's good news for Trump.
"If he wins in November, which the polls suggest that he has a marginal edge which has grown after the debate, then he could shut down all of these prosecutions unilaterally."
Dr Thomas Gift says the ruling has made Trump 'more likely' to be elected the next President in November
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Gift also revealed that Trump's powers as President "presides over the Department of Justice and appoints the attorney general", so he would be within his power to shut down all the prosecutions against him.
He concluded: "Effectively, he could say we're getting rid of all these criminal prosecutions.
"The last week or so, all the momentum has been with Trump. All the discussion has been by the sort of absolutely cataclysmic performance of Joe Biden in the debate.
"And then you have this, more good news for Trump. So he's riding a high."