Trump Attorney Tells Judges Presidential Immunity Would Even Cover Assassinating Rivals, Selling Pardons - eviltoast

U.S. presidents cannot be prosecuted for selling pardons or assassinating political rivals through SEAL Team Six, personal Trump lawyer John Sauer argued Tuesday.

  • tacosanonymous@lemm.ee
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    1 year ago

    They made that case because he wasn’t convicted. As a lawyer, you play as many cards as you have. They know it’s bs, we know it, and the judges know it too.

    I’m saying that if the argument worked, hypothetically, they would use it as bitch cudgel and a shield.

    • gregorum@lemm.ee
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      1 year ago

      oh, sure. I’m not sayin their argument is valid, just why they made it.