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’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.

  • blazeknave@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    More reason to please not encourage people to stay home and elect the dictator that will inevitably fuck your country harder than our current iron fist regime.

    Thanks. I agree. It sucks. I think the latest Marc Maron special summed it up well about going from our progressive trajectory to this… “I don’t get it… we had Obama… I did my part. I went to yoga. I brought my own bag to whole foods… but here we are! How’d we get here??”