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Trump Attorney Tells Judges Presidential Immunity Would Even Cover Assassinating Rivals, Selling Pardons (themessenger.com)

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U.S. presidents cannot be prosecuted for selling pardons or assassinating political rivals through SEAL Team Six, personal Trump lawyer John Sauer argued Tuesday.

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[-] qyron@sopuli.xyz 16 points 10 months ago

You guys are describing the Presidency or a Mafia ring?

[-] gregorum@lemm.ee 10 points 10 months ago

a dictatorship

[-] qyron@sopuli.xyz 6 points 10 months ago

Oh, that's a given.

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