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.

  • @bazus1@lemmy.worldEnglish
    25•1 year ago

    I saw that line, buried at the end of the article, and shouted at the screen, “Yeah, you fuckin’ should!” I want to live in the world where the president is terrified of the consequences of his or her actions.