Trump’s lawyer argues that a president can order SEAL Team Six to assassinate his political rival if Congress is cool with it

by hansofoundation

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  3. I honestly have no idea how Republicans can wake up in the morning, see yet another article like this, and not think “you know what? I may have made a poor judgment call somewhere along the line…” The coping and denial mechanisms are working overtime.

  5. If I was Biden I’d be arranging a press conference that ends with him saying ‘see you soon donald’ and putting on sunglasses, being picked up by a black helicopter with ‘SEAL Team 6’ painted on the side of it, blasting out ‘Won’t Get Fooled Again’

  6. The whole “gotta impeach and senate convict first before charging with crimes after office” idiocy aside, Trump’s stupid lawyer shredded his own dipshit double jeopardy argument with this position.

    What a fucking imbecile

  7. The worst part of this is that this court is going to uphold the ruling – and then dip shit is going to appeal to the Supreme court and will repeat these same bogus arguements there.

    Because it’s a delay tactic.

    The objective wasn’t to win, they know they can’t win this arguement. The objective is to delay the trial until after the election.

    And you know what – they’ll be successful

  8. Cool, so Biden could have Trump killed by Seal Team Six and that would be A-OK with the MAGAts?

    Just making sure I understand the argument from team Trump here.

  10. This argument falls apart if the President commits a crime at the end of their term, and leaves office before impeachment proceedings can finish. Because we all remember the Republicans saying a President cannot be impeached after they leave office.

  11. Put the assassination to a vote on the floor of the senate? Anyone who votes for that is immediately complicit, surely

  13. Just post Team Six in the Capitol building during impeachment proceedings with orders that anyone who votes yes is a political rival. Be tough to get to 60%.

  14. Does his legal team not see the inherent issue here? This is effing insane.

  15. This is kookoo talk. It means that when Democrats take over the Congress, they can approve ST6 to take out the orange threat. “Only the best people” those trump lawyers.

  16. I want everyone to expand this and realize it means Biden right now can take out every Republican in every position of power from judges to Congress to state houses governor, mayor’s and city councils.

    And then remember that trump said I will be dictator day one, invoke the insurrection act and put the military in the street. And then his lawyer made this argument in court.

    Guess what the plan is guys.

    Guess what you can put through whatever amendments you want on the constitution now too.

    They laid out the plan in broad daylight to you.

  17. So hypothetically, under this logic, the President can legally kill all congress members that disagrees with them and continue to do so until the President is left with a congress that won’t impeach? And then said President has complete, unchecked authority as they kill anyone who objects to what they want?

    This is what Trump’s legal team is arguing as legally allowed?

  18. what i find really scary about this argument, is they probably didn’t just make it up for this case, that jackass probably asked someone if he could do it while he was still in the white house

  19. Conservative judges across the nation are rolling their eyes at the idea that Congress is the gatekeeper for criminal justice. Congress is more like the place criminals go to make a name for themselves.

  20. Don’t kid yourself; if Trump gets that ruling in his favor, he would not hesitate to use it on his rivals. And he would be counting on Biden’s sense of decency to not use it. Republicans today always see said decency and awe and honor at being a public servant as a weakness, and will use that against us.

  22. Indeed, since the Executive Branch funds the secret service which protects Trump, his lawyers are arguing that it would be perfectly legal for Dark Brandon to eliminate trump, pardon all those involved, resign, and then be pardoned by Kamala so that he can live happily ever after without persecution. [The pardon not even being necessary].

    He doesn’t have to order Seal Team Six to do the wetwork… there are several foreign governments quivering at the thought of Trump being elected President again.

    I’m really not sure Trump has peered fully into the future that could be unleashed upon him. Legally. If his lawyer succeeds in court.

  24. So, the incumbent could order an ex-President, currently trying to become a candidate for the presidency to be executed and that would be okay . . . SOmeone is not thinking these things through.

  25. And when the CO of seal team six says “ nope “ because it’s an immoral act. Then what ?

    It just becomes illegality on top of more of illegality.

    The buck stops with the Supreme Court and they couldn’t possibly allow this.

    He’ll delay but eventually a case will catch up to him. That case is the documents case and he’s going for full immunity due to that case. He must be given full power and immunity to avoid those charges.

  27. The insanity of this argument is mind boggling.

    First if this hypothetical became reality (which is supported would most certainly would at some point) the target would be dead even if Congress followed through on an impeachment.

    Next, any President who did execute this power would stop why? They’d simply have everyone who was going to vote against then killed next.

    And finally they’d simply violate the law by rewriting the constitution while they were at it.

    It’s an insane argument for any lawyer to make the the idiotic backstop is to say “well if congress does impeach…”

    That’s the line I wish rhetoric judges followed. Take it to this next level.

  28. I strongly urge every voting American to [listen to the hearing](https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=I7c9R39bXmo&pp=ygUnaGlzdG9yaWMgVHJ1bXAgYXR0b3JuZXkganVkZ2UgaW1tdW5pdHkg) yourself. Word of warning, it is a bit wordy when it comes to law language in the beginning. When the judge straight up starts asking if presidents could sell pardons or have political rivals assassinated and not be charged if not impeached and then the former president’s lawyer actually beats around the bush and then implies that scenario would be acceptable is probably the most surreal and alarming thing I have ever heard as an American citizen. I’m not done listening yet myself and I immediately had a strong urge to recommend everyone else to listen. This is insanity. Like even more insane than the usual shit I see from Trump’s team.

  29. The fact this story is coming out a day after we learned Roger Stone unironically floated the idea of assassinating Trump’s political opponents seems to suggest a pattern with these mother fuckers, huh?

  30. What’s to prevent the president from killing any members of Congress prior to being impeached who *aren’t* “cool with it” until everyone else is?

    They are flailing around hard and growing more desperate by the day if this is the best argument they could make.

  31. Justice Thomas: *This makes sense to me. But only for GOP Presidents. How can I rule so that Biden can’t invoke this power?*

  32. What if the US is not aware of the crime before the president leaves office? Wouldn’t that negate the whole impeachment argument?

  33. Looks like Dark Brandon needs to make some house calls tonight.

  34. As a judge I would then ask his lawyers. Then why are you complaining about Joe Biden targeting you, if that’s true? You see you stopped with the idea that Trump is above the law, so why not Joe? Why can’t Joe just send out a hit on all republican leadership and then disband the party altogether? If he is above the law as you say it’s well within his rights as commander and chief to do this. Is it your understanding that he has these rights? Can he immediately appropriate all Trump assets and money to balance the budget? Tear down Mar-a-largo to put in affordable housing? It’s preposterous…

  35. Hey Biden, you can guarantee your reelection with this one simple trick! Thanks Trump lawyers!

  36. Judge should have straight up asked if Biden could have publicly announced he was having SEAL TEAM 6 setup to assinate Trump, and that would be completely fine.

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