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Trump Demands Total Presidential Immunity -- Even for Acts That 'Cross the Line'
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this post was submitted on 18 Jan 2024
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I don't understand how this is even in play. I thought the point of immunity was to prevent active members of government being arrested or prevented from doing their duty by minor or spurious charges while in office. The example was a congressman being pulled over on his way to an important vote. Trump doesn't have any duties anymore. The nation doesn't give a shit if he's in court or prison or whatever, so why should he be immune to anything? Now seems the perfect time to find out exactly what he's done.
He doesn't have a lot of other directions to go. He can just ignore paying people money for all the cases hes lost so far, but he can't ignore getting sent to prison. He's got to play this hand to delay and try to get back in office. Self-pardons, lock up his accusers and anyone else he sees as a threat. Turn the presidency into an actual dictatorship.
He was quoted many times saying how he liked how Putin and Kim and UN had their absolute power lined up.
Me neither. Even active presidents only have immunity in very limited circumstances. 30-40 years ago this claim would have been brushed off immediately as utterly ridiculous. That anybody would spend 1 second considering this as a real claim shows how our legal system has degenerated.
Nope. This has never been tested in the courts. And here we are.
This is literally why Johnson pardoned Nixon.
So it wouldn't get to this point.
I'm not saying Trump should be pardoned, of course. He should be tried & spend the rest of his life on house arrest in a military barracks.
Johnson did not pardon Nixon