The former president — who is facing a mountain of legal woes — is trying to win back the White House on the idea that he should be above the law
Donald Trump isn’t happy that judges on a Washington, D.C., appeals court ruled that he’s not protected from prosecution in the Justice Department’s election interference case against him. The former president has long been claiming he should be immune from criminal repercussions for anything he did while in office — including conspiring to overturn the democratic process — and on Wednesday he posted to Truth Social that a president’s job is so contingent on their ability to commit crimes that it would mark the “end” of “our Country, as we know it,” if they are not afforded that right.
“If a President does not have Immunity, the Opposing Party, during his/her term in Office, can extort and blackmail the President by saying that, ‘if you don’t give us everything we want, we will Indict you for things you did while in Office,’ even if everything done was totally Legal and Appropriate,” Trump wrote, adding that “Obama, Bush, and soon, Crooked Joe Biden, would all be in PRISON. Protect Presidential Immunity. MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”
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There’s no evidence that Bush, Obama, or Biden committed crimes while in office, but Trump is under heavy legal scrutiny for an array of potential crimes — most of them tied to his effort to remain in office despite losing to Biden. Trump tried to get the Justice Department’s case against him thrown out last year, alleging he could do no wrong because he was the president. Judge Tanya Chutkan shot down the bid, and Trump appealed, sending the case to the D.C. appeals court. In a hearing last month, Trump’s lawyers argued that immunity should go so far as to protect a president from prosecution even if they were to order SEAL Team 6 to assassinate a political rival.
Eat shit, Pumpkin Tits.
Why can’t he get it through his thick head that the president is the same as every other citizen. There are no rights or rules that he’s exempt from. We are all citizens of a nation. If he doesn’t want to abide by the same rules, there are plenty of small cement rooms that would happy to have him sleep over
If Jesus, Muhammad and Budda, the Super Best Friends, visited trump to try and turn him around they would end up leaving shaking their head.
I think they could pull it off. Say they want to get him to make lunch free for every person over the age of 70.
Jesus: Mr. Trump, you are the greatest president of all time. You’re seriously comparable to me as a person, better really, everyone is saying that.
Buddha: Absolutely, probably, no definitely, the greatest leader who has ever lived.
Muhammad: A genius, I say. I mean, Jesus has seen all of space and time at this point and no one even comes close.
Jesus: and your idea about feeding elderly people. My father says he’s going to commission a golden statue right in the center of heaven. All the woke ass soyboy liberal angels say that it’s a waste of money and you aren’t stable or smart enough to pull it off. Go figure.
Buddha: It’s the best idea you’ve ever had. People are saying that, smart people. A lot of smart people. Loyal people. They’re all saying it really.
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This is the best summary I could come up with:
Donald Trump isn’t happy that judges on a Washington, D.C., appeals court ruled that he’s not protected from prosecution in the Justice Department’s election interference case against him.
In a hearing last month, Trump’s lawyers argued that immunity should go so far as to protect a president from prosecution even if they were to order SEAL Team 6 to assassinate a political rival.
The court’s three-judge panel ruled on Tuesday that this shouldn’t be the case, nor should a president be protected from prosecution if they were to illegally attempt to overturn an election.
A UMass Amherst poll released Wednesday found that a whopping 74 percent of Republicans believe Trump should be able to act as a dictator for a day to start a prospective second term in office, something he has teased he will do.
Once he does, it will be up to the Supreme Court to decide whether they want to issue a ruling of their own, which could delay Trump’s federal election interference trial.
Meanwhile, he’s running for president, and though the MAGA faithful might want to give him absolute power, it’s unclear whether relentlessly posting all-caps rants about how he needs to be able to commit crimes to effectively do the job is going to resonate with most Americans.
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“President Supervillain in the Land of Infinite Crimes”
I don’t want to live in that world
It hasn’t been an issue in all of American history until this criminal president took office.
I still think it’s incredible that we just willingly hand these randomly elected fuckers the buttons to the ICBM arsenal with the most minimal of checks. Did the possibility for an unhinged president never enter into anybody’s mind?
As noted in the SC ruling - they said every president knows that they can be prosecuted, otherwise why would Nixon have needed a pardon?
His immunity claim is a political and legal loser.
“About two-thirds of U.S. adults do not think former President Donald Trump should have immunity from criminal prosecution for actions he took while president,” according to a new PBS NewsHour/NPR/Marist poll.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trump-should-not-get-immunity-2-out-of-3-americans-say
And the 1/3 that think he should? I’d call those people un-American.
If they don’t like laws so much, they can just move to a country without any!
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It’s upsetting to me that rich people posting in call caps about how they should be allowed to commit crimes resonates with me ANY Americans, never mind enough of your voting population that Donald Trump has a decent chance of winning the next election.
I mean every country has morons, but Jesus what is going on in your country man?
Trump only has, perhaps, 20% of the population truly behind him. He gets 46% or so of voters in his favor through a combination of Republicans who hate Democrats more than they hate Trump, and Enlightened Centrists who vote for the GOP because they voted for Democrats last time. Those are rooted in the problem of a voting system that only makes room for two parties.
Even that wouldn’t be enough, except for the criminally stupid electoral college system.
In short, he doesn’t have real support, and he only gets in by exploiting flaws in American democracy that have always been there but nobody has abused to quite this scale. Incidentally, exploiting flaws in democracy is also how Hitler took over Germany. His true base of support was never very large, either.
- The systemic and intentional erosion of public education
- Decades of prioritizing little Johnny’s ability to play football over his ability to read
- 24/7 propaganda news networks
- The consequences of years of lead in things becoming apparent
- Stupidity somehow becoming something to be proud of.
- Jenny McCarthy
The list goes on, but take your pick or mix and match; there’s really no wrong answer. 🫠
Man my dad a Vietnam vet… Told me that jan6 was a shame and that they killed “that poor woman” trying to get through a door.
I was like… Dafuq? What about protecting elected officials lives? What about protecting the constitution? What about that whole “foreign and domestic” deal?
I told him… I watched the live stream video of her being given a warning and a lawful order to stop and to remove herself from the area. She didn’t. She got shot.
She wasn’t a patriot… she was a criminal who fucked around and found out.
Anything telling you otherwise is propaganda.
Crazy the spin they are trying to put on Jan6. :/
This is what a lot of people think, but the reality is it’s because a large portion of our society measures their own (and other’s) worth and happiness using money. This includes a big chunk of our educated class
Those members of our society have no capacity to build deep and authentic bonds (especially the men). Creating a silent epidemic of loneliness with resent-fueled victims searching for someone to blame for their misery & miniscule self-worth.
It’s a good thing we haven’t punished him at ALL for any of his Crimes! He’s DEFINITELY learned his Lesson!
Technically he can do all the crimes he wants in office he just won’t get away with them all.
Rich thinking the laws don’t apply to them. What’s new here?
Trump managed to create a cult around his persona. But, this should not hide he is rich and think that laws aren’t for him and the other wealthier.
Can you imagine what would happen if they ever ruled that he could commit any crime he wants as the president and then he got re-elected?
I mean, he’s not wrong.
To be fair, America has been pretty much done and overwith since 9/11.
Ever notice how all these attacks on the Constitution came after people attempted undo the Patriot Act?
Reagan.
1776?
Didn’t he make stock buybacks legal.
It’s pure stock manipulation
he was also paid to speak on behalf of Amway at conventions all over the world with the intent to spread the unsustainable business model to other countries… and directly ensured that MLM operation(s) could continue to expand in the states, repeatedly calling it the embodiment of american enterprise. he basically built the framework for the protected Grift class.
Lemme translate that title for ya: Talking Diaper Leaks Shit Again While Exhausted Country Frantically Searches For Hose.
A lot of what Bush, Obama, Trump, and Biden have done should be crimes. We should update our laws
