Biden Could Kill Donald Trump And Not Be Prosecuted, Under Trump’s Own Legal Theory – By S.V. Date (Huffpost) / Jan 3, 2024
Lawyers, including special counsel Jack Smith, warn that Trump’s theory of “presidential immunity” would allow presidents to be unaccountable tyrants.
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.
It’s a view that has galvanized lawyers from across the political spectrum to urge federal appellate judges to reject Trump’s claims.
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