Donald Trump is still charged with four counts related to his alleged efforts to illegally overturn his loss to President Joe Biden in the 2020 election.
Right, but the bullshit SCOTUS decision means that anything that might be part of an official act (such as communicating with the VP) is at least presumptively immune and can’t be used as evidence until after you can prove it should not be immune.
This of course opens the door for Biden to simply order the military to kill Trump, then pardon whoever actually followed that illegal order. Since commanding the military and writing pardons are core constitutionally prescribed duties of the presidency they are absolutely immune and also cannot be used as evidence of any crime.
If Biden had balls this might make him the most popular president in history right now.
But he won’t do that because democrats realize how fucking stupid that decision is. And if prosecutors are smart - like the one that just refiled the federal charges - they’ll argue that a jury found that these were not official acts and we’ll get to watch scotus try to argue that you can’t use juries to decide facts anymore.
Most if the acts were part of his campaign. And from what I understand you can’t campaign as an official act.
Also he has nothing to do with certifying an election. That’s the VPs job.
Also. Thank you for this amazing breakdown.
Right, but the bullshit SCOTUS decision means that anything that might be part of an official act (such as communicating with the VP) is at least presumptively immune and can’t be used as evidence until after you can prove it should not be immune.
This of course opens the door for Biden to simply order the military to kill Trump, then pardon whoever actually followed that illegal order. Since commanding the military and writing pardons are core constitutionally prescribed duties of the presidency they are absolutely immune and also cannot be used as evidence of any crime.
If Biden had balls this might make him the most popular president in history right now.
But he won’t do that because democrats realize how fucking stupid that decision is. And if prosecutors are smart - like the one that just refiled the federal charges - they’ll argue that a jury found that these were not official acts and we’ll get to watch scotus try to argue that you can’t use juries to decide facts anymore.