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.

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      Congress would impeach Biden SO FAST so he could then be prosecuted.

      … Unless Biden also made it impossible for Congress to meet to impeach him. Which is obviously against the Constitution, but there’s nothing to be done about it as long as Congress can’t impeach him.

      Checkmate, fascists.

      … wait

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        No, see if Biden wants to be impeachment proof, he just needs to arrange for a “group trip” for all Congressional Republicans to “a nice farm upstate.” He can be generous and include tickets for the conservative Supreme Court justices.

        Biden would never do this and I wouldn’t want him to, but Trump is arguing that this would be 100% legal.

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        Also if assassination of a political rival is legal unless the congress votes to impeach, what prevents the president from also assassinating a few congressmen in order to not get impeached ?

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          what prevents the president from also assassinating a few congressmen in order to not get impeached

          That’s the plan. Assassinate ALL rivals and all threats. It’s just a step up from suing people for him.

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      Yep. All his political rivals. What an insane thing to say when you aren’t president.