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“ EVEN EVENTS THAT ‘CROSS THE LINE’ MUST FALL UNDER TOTAL IMMUNITY

Donald Trump

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Jan 18

Trump Makes Last-Ditch Immunity Claim in All-Caps Rant on Truth Social (msn.com)

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1 seeder JohnRussell 2 years ago

Trump Makes Last-Ditch Immunity Claim in All-Caps Rant on Truth Social (msn.com)
Donald Trump offered a bizarre new case for full presidential immunity on Truth Social on Thursday morning, claiming presidents would be incapable of doing their job without it.

“EVEN EVENTS THAT ‘CROSS THE LINE’ MUST FALL UNDER TOTAL IMMUNITY, OR IT WILL BE YEARS OF TRAUMA TRYING TO DETERMINE GOOD FROM BAD,” he wrote. In 144 words of all-caps, Trump argued that it “WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM/HER TO PROPERLY FUNCTION” without full immunity for presidential actions. He claimed that any mistake would encounter “ALMOST CERTAIN INDICTMENT BY THE OPPOSING PARTY AT THE TERM END.”

Trump’s remarks come as a Washington, D.C. court is expected to hand down a decision about his immunity appeal for his efforts to overturn the 2020 election, which culminated in the Jan. 6, 2021 Capitol insurrection. The three-judge panel was skeptical of Trump’s claim at his appellate hearing on Jan. 9, 2024. Judge Florence Pan asked Trump’s lawyer if, by his reasoning, a president would be immune from prosecution even if he or she sold military secrets or ordered the assassination of a political rival. Trump’s lawyer responded that such a prosecution could only proceed if the president in question was impeached and convicted by the Senate first.

No sitting president has been convicted after impeachment. President Richard Nixon resigned before he could be impeached and was pardoned by his successor, Gerald Ford, a point brought by Judge Michelle Childs to suggest that no one has historically assumed that presidents are immune from prosecution for actions taken in office, regardless of impeachment proceedings.

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1.1 bugsy replied to JohnRussell @1 2 years ago

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2 Trout Giggles 2 years ago

BULLSHIT!!!

He's putting himself above the law. He's saying he could order the assassination of a domestic political enemy and get away with it

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2.1 seeder JohnRussell replied to Trout Giggles @2 2 years ago

He's putting himself above the law

He likes it up there. Its that simple.

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2.1.1 Trout Giggles replied to JohnRussell @2.1 2 years ago

Well, I would, too, if they would allow me

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3 TᵢG 2 years ago

No, Trump, there is a line for a reason. It is a good argument that a sitting PotUS needs a certain level of immunity due to the nature of the job. But that immunity does not extend to attempting to circumvent the CotUS or attempting to disenfranchise the electorate.

You crossed a line that cannot be crossed.

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3.1 seeder JohnRussell replied to TᵢG @3 2 years ago

The precise, and really easily proved, falsity of his "argument" is that he was performing his duty as president when he , for example, asked the Sec of state of Georgia to find 11,000 votes for "trump". He is in such a ridiculous position here, and yet his cult agrees with him.

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3.1.1 TᵢG replied to JohnRussell @3.1 2 years ago

I think asking AZ Speaker Rusty Bowers to submit a slate of fake electors will be hard to justify as performing his duty as PotUS.

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3.1.2 seeder JohnRussell replied to TᵢG @3.1.1 2 years ago

Absolutely

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4 seeder JohnRussell 2 years ago

Trump had this inspiring message for his cult following right before the Iowa vote

"These caucuses are your personal chance to score the ultimate victory over all of the liars, cheaters, thugs, perverts, frauds, crooks, freaks, creeps and other quite nice people," Trump told rally attendees in Indianola, Iowa. "The Washington swamp has done everything in its power to take away your voice. But tomorrow is your time to turn on them and to say and speak your mind and to vote."

reminds me of this scene

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