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

Advancing a sweeping interpretation of executive immunity, Donald Trump’s attorney told a federal appeals court on Tuesday that U.S. presidents could not be prosecuted for selling pardons or assassinating political rivals through SEAL Team Six.

Trump’s lead attorney D. John Sauer argued that only a president who has been impeached and removed from office in a Senate trial potentially would be subject to prosecution for those kinds of alleged crimes.

A three-judge panel appeared extremely skeptical of Trump’s vision of absolute immunity, sharply questioning and interrupting Sauer during the opening minutes of the oral arguments with the former president himself sitting nearby.

“Could a president order SEAL Team Six to assassinate a political rival? That’s an official act–an order to Seal Team Six,” U.S. Circuit Judge Florence Pan asked Sauer.

“He would have to be, and would speedily be, you know, impeached and convicted before the criminal prosecution,” Sauer replied, setting a pre-condition for such prosecution in Pan’s hypothetical.

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[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 229 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (4 children)

So this means its open Trump hunting season for Biden, right? It is totally legal and cool for him to assassinate Trump, right??


Of course we all know they intend for this argument to only apply to Trump.

[–] Carighan@lemmy.world 57 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Stuff like this is what I wish would happen.

Like the german nazi party desperately wants more people to be evicted from Germany, I say great, evict the AfD politicians and their voters! Wooot! Everyone happy!

[–] SnotFlickerman@lemmy.blahaj.zone 58 points 2 years ago* (last edited 2 years ago) (1 children)

Right, when the right wing fuckos trot out their obviously bad-faith arguments, we should be taking to them to their logical fucking conclusions right the fuck away.

It would be beautiful to see the entire Republican wing of the house pissing themselves and losing their shit knowing that an assassin from Biden could get them at any moment. Especially after the first few drop and Biden just says "it's me, it's totally legal and cool, right?" Also making sure to drop the first 20-or-so at the same time so right after it happens the Dems have a majority in both the House and Senate so no Republican can actually bring a vote for impeachment.

They'd be screaming bloody murder because the only thing they actually care about is their own skins.

[–] AbidanYre@lemmy.world 17 points 2 years ago

Nah, let them keep a majority in the house. They vote to impeach, the Senate acquits, then he goes for round two...

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 30 points 2 years ago (2 children)

Trump is not a very good walker. Very weak steps. Maybe it will be a sort of accident? Is that the ruzzian way or what?

[–] einlander@lemmy.world 11 points 2 years ago (1 children)

Very weak steps by the very low window in the very tall building.

[–] werefreeatlast@lemmy.world 1 points 2 years ago

Trump has the tallesest buildings. Buildings with windows so tall, the likes of which nobody has ever seen before.

Nah, that's polonium tea

[–] FlyingSquid@lemmy.world 7 points 2 years ago

I know Elmer always lost, but I still want to see Trump being chased by Biden with a rifle like Elmer Fudd. Real life doesn't have to imitate the cartoon.