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.

  • chiliedogg@lemmy.world
    16·
    6 months ago

    They’re trying to delay the trials until after the election hoping he will win and just pardon himself.

    And honestly, it’s not the Jan 6th Trial they’re really worried about - it’s the documents case. They have so, so much evidence that he knowingly, intentionally lied about having documents and tried hiding them from the government. There’s absolutely no deniability there.

    If he loses in November he’s toast, and they all know it.

    • Ranvier@sopuli.xyz
      12·
      6 months ago

      And many of the document crimes occured after he left office. So they don’t have even have these bull crap presidential immunity arguments.

      “Former presidents are also immune from any prosecution and allowed to carry out assassinations of political rivals after leaving office”

      • Trump’s lawyers, probably