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.

  • gregorum@lemm.eeEnglish
    42·
    10 months ago

    This might be the dumbest thing he could’ve done. The judges are going to freak out about this, and just say no. That one judge, during questioning, was like, are you fucking kidding me?

    • circuitfarmer@lemmy.sdf.org
      3·
      10 months ago

      After months years of media coverage about Trump and his stupid actions and stupid mouth, he’s yet to see any real consequences. It doesn’t surprise me that he keeps raising (lowering?) his own bar.

  • BurningRiver@beehaw.org
    34·
    10 months ago

    So let me get this straight. This fucking idiot is arguing that Joe Biden can order Seal team 6 to wipe out the entire Trump family, and then be covered by presidential immunity? Interesting thought process there.

    • kitedemon@lemmy.blahaj.zone
      19·
      10 months ago

      According to their logic, Biden could order Seal Team 6 to kill Trump and then immediately resign, and he wouldn’t be able to be convicted.

    • Zorque@kbin.social
      71·
      10 months ago

      Yeah, but enough Democrats would actually hold him accountable to actually impeach him. The same can’t be said of Trumps coterie.

      • BurningRiver@beehaw.org
        6·
        10 months ago

        As has been pointed out, he would have to immediately resign. Which would eliminate the impeachment option, because you can’t impeach someone who isn’t holding office.

        • hangukdise
          1·
          10 months ago

          He could do it one or two days before ending his term hahaha

      • PowerCrazyEnglish
        54·
        10 months ago

        Obama literally ordered the assassination of Osama Bin Ladin and no one is trying to persecute him for murder, so I think Trump is 100% correct in his thought process.

        • BurningRiver@beehaw.org
          63·
          10 months ago

          Thanks for pointing out to us that you’re unable to differentiate the distinctions between mass murdering terrorists and political rivals.

          Or for that matter, the difference between persecution and prosecution.

            • BurningRiver@beehaw.org
              3·
              10 months ago

              Good point. I guess all of Biden’s bases are covered, should Trump’s arguments hold water with the courts.

          • OurToothbrush
            32·
            10 months ago

            distinctions between mass murdering terrorists

            Pot calling the kettle black lmao

            All presidents are terrorist mass murderers it is part of the job.

        • Fixbeat
          12·
          10 months ago

          They said rivals, not enemies.

          • 4am@lemm.ee
            4·
            10 months ago

            Seems to me that’s a distinction without a difference in their minds

  • Zeusbottom@sh.itjust.worksEnglish
    22·
    10 months ago

    Hey hey hey, this is missing important context: Only if that rival were impeached first.

    … but seriously, how did we get here as a nation

    • giacomo@lemm.ee
      231·
      10 months ago

      We kept putting idiots in positions of power. And it went to their tiny brains.

    • PowerCrazyEnglish
      92·
      10 months ago

      Voting for the lesser of two evils.

  • athos77@kbin.social
    14·
    10 months ago

    They’re claiming he can’t be charged unless he’s impeached by the House, convicted by the Senate, and removed from office. Everyone is focusing on it he kills a political rival, but no one’s thinking it through - they’re acting like it’ll be just one murder, but he has no impulse control.

    He kills his enemies, then he kills anyone in the House who looks like they’ll vote for impeachment - they may or may not need to vote in replacement Representatives. If he’s still impeached, he kills any Senators who look like they’ll vote to convict (again, they may need to vote in replacement Senators). If he’s convicted, he can send his assassins against the people who would remove him from office.

    So essentially, be gets to do what he wants until he’s stopped, but he can just keep murdering Senators and Representatives until either there isn’t a quorum or everyone is too scared of being assassinated for vote against him.

      • Auzy@beehaw.org
        2·
        10 months ago

        He does hold Russia, China and North Korea in High regards (well, maybe not North korea anymore, after they stopped asskissing)