The Jaw-Dropping Things Trump Lawyer Says Should Qualify for Immunity: Apparently, John Sauer thinks staging a coup should be considered a presidential act.

https://newrepublic.com/post/180980/trump-lawyer-immunity-supreme-court-coup

39 comments

  1. Good to know if Biden loses he can just say Trump is too dangerous and just stay President

  2. The fact the Court even decided to hear this case is concerning. This should be an easy 9-0, no immunity ruling, but who knows with these yahoos.

  3. By this logic, Biden could agree to debate Trump this year and then when they are both on stage, pull out a shot gun and blast away. And it would all be an official Presidental act. 

    Look at the insane lengths that these Republicans have to go to justify Trump’s behavior. 

  4. That really highlights just how big of an idiot this trump idiot is. He is arguing that the president can do this when he is the one trying to become the president while arguing that the guy he is trying to replace should have the power to keep him from becoming president wow. Talk about not planning ahead

  5. Their argument *for* immunity is actually an argument *against* it. Holy shit Trump hired some real brainiacs!

  7. “Crime, once exposed, has no refuge but in audacity.”

  8. And the disgusting part is the conservative justices are “sympathetic” with it, according to Reuters

  9. Biden should just do exactly what Trump did come November. Lightly encourage violence but don’t say it outright, hire fake electors, try to throw out electoral votes, and just retweet verbatim what Trump said during the same time

    Let’s see if Republicans have an issue with it this time

  10. Thot they should have asked whether immunity could apply if calling for the assassination of a supreme court judge.

  11. I as understand it, their argument is that any illegal yet “official” presidential act cannot be punished unless the President is first impeached by the House *and convicted by the Senate*. Only then can they be prosecuted for the act.

    Don’t blow this argument off. I can certainly see 5 of the justices buying into that argument.

  12. would killing there entire supreme court qualify for immunity? curious to hear their thoughts on this….

  13. I mean, he about has to say that considering his client is facing that in GA and on the federal level

  14. So they are writing to a result which means the Biden administration is in for perpetuity.

  15. How delusional do you have to be to take on Trump as a client? For the money? Fat chance!

  16. Why stop at targeting a political rival. According to Trump’s lawyers, wouldn’t Biden be within his rights to target members of the Supreme Court?

  17. According to conservative voters I. America, a president should be able to: (1)assassinate political opponents. (2) Overthrow the government to ensure his place in office. (3) Disenfranchise the entire country. (4) Arrest and execute anybody who speaks against Donald Trump.

    And they continue to double down on these.

  18. That should be a slam dunk, shouldn’t it ?

    Q : Can the President stage a coup and overthrow the government ?

    A : Eh no, obviously not !

    Q : Then why are we even debating Presidential immunity ???

  19. I listened to the lawyer’s arguments all morning. He sounds like a moron with his 4-packs a day voice. It was actually entertaining to hear how he contradicted himself. And pretty much all of Jack Smith’s reason for not absolute immunity, John Sauer agreed that it’s a private matter which would fall under not being immune.

    But holy shit, he is saying that if someone bribed Trump a million dollars for an ambassador position. Only the act of the bribe is illegal and can go to court. But the position is legit. Or the freaking confusion this guy made around the whole fake electors in AZ…it was a shit show.

    This lawyer must spend more time smoking than studying law.

  20. I hope this increases everyone’s resolve to get out and vote this November. Vote straight Dem so there’s enough of a majority in Congress to legislate what should be glaringly obvious to any institution that isn’t this corrupt, thoroughly compromised kangaroo court.

  21. If Trump wins this case, Biden should have him executed immediately as an official presidential act.

  22. The fact that the Supremes are even hearing this nonsense is a win for trump.

  23. “With great power comes no responsibility” -GOP Fascists

    They basically want to take the whole trip across the Atlantic ocean, Revolutionalry War and 200+ years of democracy and throw it all out the window to move us back to a Monarchy

    We need to connect some generators to the founding fathers graves because they are spinning so fast they could easily solve our energy needs

  25. So imagine this…

    Biden tells SC that he will have any justice who agrees to the immunity dragged to the front steps of the SC and shot

    That would be a real conundrum for them

  26. It’s insane to me that the court is thinking of these sort of worst case nightmare hypothetical scenarios and Trump’s lawyer is like “yup that should be allowed.”

    Most transparently corrupt American President of all time at this point? I feel like he left Tricky Dick in his dust ages ago.

  27. Harvard should revoke his law degree. A complete disgrace to law.

  28. Funniest part about people screaming immunity is they are admitting he committed crimes and don’t want him to be held accountable. At the same time, they’re basically admitting their “Biden crime family” narrative doesn’t matter because they believe the president is immune. 

  30. this is all very 1984esque. when things that are absurd and insane some how become reasonable and normalized.

  31. So he admitted his client staged a coup in front of the Supreme Court.

  32. I hate to say this but one of the sitting Congress members needed to get hurt in the coup attempt for any of these yahoos to even care.

  33. How can the military know an order is legal if the president is immune no matter what happens?  It’s illegal for them to obey and illegal order but it’s also illegal to not follow orders.  It puts them in an impossible riddle.  

  34. Scary to watch them warm up for fascist mental gymnastics competition.

    President has immunity? Might as well try a coup.

    President doesn’t have immunity? Might as well try a coup if they’re going to charge you with other crimes after you leave office.

  35. The crazy part is that at least two supreme court justices will agree with him.

  36. In case it isn’t clear, that is Trump lawyer and by extension former president Trump making the argument. Trump is making the argument that Biden is our new supreme ruler and not a single republican has figured out what 2 + 2 equals.

  37. I’m more concerned that a majority of the justices think that. At least when a Republican does it.

  38. So Biden can order Dictator Donnie to be executed along with all his enablers and family for the good of the country and it’s an official act. He’s immune according to their argument. Also how is the next follow up question not, “what about a Supreme Court justice”?

  39. This is about delaying the docs case. Not immunity. He had his dipshit son in law Jared selling our stuff to the highest bidder and he knows he’s caught. He is hoping to win in November so he can dismiss that case when he takes office. We should all be trying to stop that.

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