Can someone explain to me which part of the Constitution...

[Septua]

..leads Trump and his lawyers to think he has immunity from all his indictment charges?

Or is it the same cockamamie propaganda as the Presidential Records Act giving him the right to take a bunch of government documents home when he left office?

[Skittles]

1. probably the part of the Constitution

that allowed the Supreme Court to pick a president

[GreenWave]

2. They don't know and hope stupidity will save them.

It would not surprise me if Trump stole vinyl records under the "Presidential Records Act".

[elleng]

3. 'The DOJ has long held that presidents cannot be criminally indicted while in office

—arguing in a memo it “would impermissibly undermine the capacity of the executive branch”—and the Supreme Court ruled in Nixon v. Fitzgerald that presidents can't be held liable in civil cases for actions they undertook as part of their arguing in a memo it “would impermissibly undermine the capacity of the executive branch”—and the Supreme Court ruled in Nixon v. Fitzgerald that presidents can’t be held liable in civil cases for actions they undertook as part of their official duties, though the high court separately found in Clinton v. Jones that presidents can be sued in civil court for actions taken before they were president.

Whether ex-presidents can face criminal charges for actions they took while in the White House is still unsettled, however, with the Supreme Court yet to weigh in on that particular issue.'

https://www.forbes.com/sites/alisondurkee/2023/12/11/is-trump-immune-from-criminal-charges-what-to-know-about-presidential-immunity-as-supreme-court-weighs-taking-up-case/?

[Silent3]

8. It's also unsettled if extraterrestrials can be indicted

But if I show up in court claiming I've got immunity because I'm from Europa, precious little court time is going to be wasted dealing with that absurd claim.

Total presidential immunity is very close to that absurd. It's a farce we're giving Trump the delays he's obviously playing for by treating this as a deep, weighty issue in need of slow and careful scrutiny.

[RockRaven]

4. They make every argument they can imagine no matter how silly to delay, delay, delay.

And thus far those delays have stacked up moderately nicely for them. So of course they will keep at it.

[Septua]

7. Yep...

I knew the answer before asking the question. There's nothing in the Constitution that gives a former President a "get-out-of-jail-free" token for criminal offenses committed while in office, as Chutkan noted. It is an insanely illogical argument from any perspective.

And the double jeopardy claim is totally non-sensical bullshit.

[Kid Berwyn]

5. I'm wondering the same thing.

Talking Heads say it’s inevitable that he drop prosecutions and pardon himself and his cabal. From there he’ll weaponize the living daylights out of Justice, the Pentagon and the entire federal government to round up and persecute all his enemies.

WTF? By what authority can he do that — even if elected?

[Septua]

6. IF he gets reelected, HE will be the authority...

That's the concern. There are no checks on a corrupt president; if he can get enough lackeys to fill the Cabinet.