Actually, following the logic of the Supreme Court’s most recent ruling, Trump would be immune from lawsuits because he did it as an official act as President, even if his motives were clearly corrupt. That, according to the supreme court, no longer matters. It was an official act of the President of the United States and therefore immune from civil or criminal liability. Michael Cohen has no legal recourse.

Given the pattern of this court’s recent rulings, this could backfire spectacularly if the SC decides to use this case to further expand Trump’s power. I do see a very real possibility of the Supreme Court not only dismissing Cohen’s case, but ruling that no private citizen has legal standing to sue the President for any actions taken while in office. This would make the reversal of this recent ruling all but impossible by saying nobody has standing to change it.