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.

  • 【J】【u】【s】【t】【Z】@lemmy.world
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    11 months ago

    I like this. It shows how dumb Republicans are.

    They think criminals are logical people who weigh the consequences carefully and then decide to crime or not to crime.

    I agree this is the point of a lot of our crime and punishment policy, but science has known for about fifty years that it isn’t true.