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Trump Attorney Tells Judges Presidential Immunity Would Even Cover Assassinating Rivals, Selling Pardons (themessenger.com)

submitted 10 months ago by originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com to c/nottheonion@lemmy.world

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

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[–] Crismus@lemmy.world 71 points 10 months ago (4 children)

Do they understand that the President isn't a King?

[–] originalucifer@moist.catsweat.com 39 points 10 months ago (5 children)

isnt it weird that trumps lawyers are going along with this...?? like i get that trump is a whacked out of his brain narcissist, but those lawyers have to go home and explain to their spouses that they just argued for King Trump being able to kill people. wtf

[–] CameronDev@programming.dev 26 points 10 months ago (1 children)

It gets better, they get to go home and explain why they werent paid to argue that he can kill people :D

[–] MechanicalJester@lemm.ee 2 points 10 months ago

The probono part isn't a surprise anymore right?

[–] eestileib@sh.itjust.works 13 points 10 months ago

They're married to other maga types.

[–] CileTheSane@lemmy.ca 5 points 10 months ago

isnt it weird that trumps lawyers are going along with this...??

The only lawyers he can get are the ones stupid enough to work for Trump. Competent lawyers would require payment and for Trump to follow basic instructions like "don't threaten witnesses, the judge, or opposing council."

This doesn't surprise me at all.

[–] chatokun@lemmy.dbzer0.com 4 points 10 months ago

Counterpoint: Clearance Thomas's wife

[–] Tyfud@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Criminals tend to use lawyers that skirt the laws a lot. E.g. like in Breaking Bad.

[–] Alexstarfire@lemmy.world 3 points 10 months ago

You want a "criminal" lawyer.

[–] ours@lemmy.world 25 points 10 months ago

When Trump was president, he made it well known he was jealous of kings/dictators/autocrats and how they don't need to fuss around too much with pesky concepts like democracy and separation of State powers.

[–] TheJims@lemmy.world 21 points 10 months ago (1 children)

They want us to believe that he’s infallible… like some kind of deity or messiah it’s just so fucking laughable. He doesn’t even try to argue his innocence anymore

[–] HRDS_654@lemmy.world 1 points 10 months ago* (last edited 10 months ago)

No Messiah of mine shits their pants on the set of a reality TV show.

[–] deaf_fish@lemm.ee 12 points 10 months ago (1 children)

Most of them don't understand anything. They are just rooting for their team repeating what they think sounds smart.

A few of them know that a president isn't a king. But they don't want a president. They want a king. And they don't care how many people that hurts. As long as it makes them more powerful in the process. These are the guys that are feeding the "smart" sounding lines to the majority who are just supporting the team.

[–] rambling_lunatic@sh.itjust.works 6 points 10 months ago

They do care how many people it hurts. They just want the "right" people to get hurt. Be wary, Americans.