Biden Could Kill Donald Trump And Not Be Prosecuted, Under Trump's Own Legal Theory

[LetMyPeopleVote]

I hope that the DC Court of Appeals ask TFG's attorneys about this.

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https://www.huffpost.com/entry/biden-trump-presidential-immunity_n_65943b0fe4b0f27b6e356793

WASHINGTON ― President Joe Biden could, in theory, have Donald Trump abducted from his Mar-a-Lago home, spirited off to St. Helena in the faraway South Atlantic, and secretly kept there indefinitely, or even straight-up killed, without ever having to worry about criminal charges.

Or so says Donald Trump’s logic.

As part of his arguments against special counsel Jack Smith’s federal case against him for his actions leading up to the Jan. 6, 2021, insurrection, the former president continues to claim that commanders-in-chief can never be charged for anything they do as part of their official duties.....

Renato Mariotti, a former federal prosecutor in Chicago, said that as outlandish as the Biden example sounds, if Trump’s view of presidential immunity is correct, Biden could get away with it ― “as long as he could assert some sort of national security rationale for doing so.”

Neither Trump’s campaign staff nor his lawyers responded to HuffPost’s queries. But his lawyers have repeatedly argued that everything Trump did leading up to and during the assault on the Capitol by a mob of his followers was part of his “official” duties as president, and therefore cannot be punished via the criminal justice system.

[The Magistrate]

1. Let's Hope Things Are Ready To Go If The Court Gives Its Okay, Sir

Hell, make a clean sweep: every Republican who voted to to overturn the 2020 election and establish Trump as dictator could be brought along, with great benefit to the country.

[Silent3]

14. Might as well slay our way to a solid House majority and filibuster-proof Senate...

...at the very least, and re-balance SCOTUS too with some, let's say "early retirements".

[3825-87867]

2. I'd much rather Joe would

employ Bush II's "rendition" solution to one of our favored countries.

[BamaRefugee]

10. Just deport TFG and strip him of his passport forever. Deny re-entry forever. Drop him off in front of The Hague.

[Baitball Blogger]

3. Ancianita on DU was the first one to point that out.

[Emile]

4. Surely Joe will wait for the Supreme Court ruling

before shooting him.

[Chainfire]

5. And, "Official duties" are whatever the president say that they are. I thought that was obvious.

[Justice matters.]

6. Yep. The GI solution in the 1944 Normandy...

It's the mandatory remake of D-Day (or Defend Democracy) against domestic terrorists this time.

[republianmushroom]

7. Yup, and loot Fort Knox

[Jim__]

8. Hopefully someone will point that out to SCOTUS.

[jmbar2]

9. Fingers crossed!

[BamaRefugee]

11. Preferably "in the middle of 5th Avenue".

[Tribetime]

12. Do it ...do it now

[LetMyPeopleVote]

13. Prof. Tribe has a question for TFG's attorneys for oral argument on immunity issue

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