'We're asking for temporary presidential immunity,' Trump lawyer Jay Sekulow says

[Yo_Mama_Been_Loggin]

They'd said it before, but President Donald Trump's attorney put it more bluntly than ever:

"We're asking for temporary presidential immunity," Jay Sekulow told the Supreme Court Tuesday.

"Temporary presidential immunity," in the way the President's lawyers describe it, would mean that Trump (or whomever is president at the time) couldn't be investigated or prosecuted while holding the office of President. No subpoenas, no testimony, no indictments, if investigators sought those.

"Criminal process targeting the President" violates the Constitution, Sekulow said.

Justice Elena Kagan called out the argument, in which Sekulow was steadfast Tuesday.

"He's the President," Sekulow responded.

Kagan had a retort: "The President isn't above the law."

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/were-asking-for-temporary-presidential-immunity-trump-lawyer-jay-sekulow-says/ar-BB13ZqY4?li=BBnb7Kz

[Frustratedlady]

1. I've never understood why Barr's claim that the POTUS couldn't be investigated or prosecuted while..

in office wasn't called out from the get-go. It seemed that everyone accepted that as fact and didn't argue the case. Maybe I missed it, but the Democrats should have at least called Barr on his interpretation.

[2naSalit]

2. So in essence...

They are asking for SCOTUS to change the Constitution for something new that even they recognize doesn't really exist already though they are also arguing that it does.

[Buckeyeblue]

3. I think white water, the Paula Jones lawsuite, etc already set the precedent

I'm on the fence about a sitting president being indicted.

[intrepidity]

4. So the Constitution must change wrt impeachment?

Or, can only former presidents be impeached otherwise?

Or, can impeachment occur without an investigation?

That's the rabbit hole right there.

[Girard442]

5. Reductio ad absurdum: What if a POTUS has his opponents whacked?

Don't say impeachment. How could anyone investigate to know if impeachment is warranted?

[procon]

6. Sekulow has a spelling error, "president" is not spelled k-i-n-g. nt

[Volaris]

8. That's the crux of the argument, right there.

[dawg day]

7. Nah, he means "temporary"

for only when Trump is president.

After that, he wants no immunity.