Trump team argues assassination of rivals is covered by presidential immunity - eviltoast
Former President Trump’s legal team suggested Tuesday that even a president directing SEAL Team Six to kill a political opponent would be an action barred from prosecution given a former executive&…

Former President Trump’s legal team suggested Tuesday that even a president directing SEAL Team Six to kill a political opponent would be an action barred from prosecution given a former executive’s broad immunity to criminal prosecution.

The hypothetical was presented to Trump attorney John Sauer who answered with a “qualified yes” that a former president would be immune from prosecution on that matter or even on selling pardons.

  • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
    41·
    10 months ago

    Do you really think I was serious when I suggested that Joe Biden go kill Trump? What’s he going to do, talk him to death?

    • pregnantwithrage@lemmy.world
      26·
      10 months ago

      Don’t know but I can’t recall a time where I was commenting online that I wanted someone to be assassinated. It’s just weird to joke about but it’s just so common now.

      • Flying Squid@lemmy.world
        71·
        10 months ago

        Then you don’t remember the Obama years very well.

        Also, maybe if Trump’s lawyers didn’t say a president could assassinate people, I wouldn’t have joked about it.

          • YeetPics@mander.xyz
            41·
            10 months ago

            A political party’s front-runner’s lawyers are discussing the legality of a sitting president killing dissenters on US soil.

            This is a perfectly fucking valid reason to make that joke.

            Get over yourself.

      • spacesatan@lemm.ee
        31·
        10 months ago

        I cannot imagine clutching pearls this hard over a joke about assassinating somebody who themselves is responsible for thousands or more deaths. The lives of killers are so precious they’re above even jokes.