Tommy Tainant
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Judge Florence Pan started off her questioning of Trump lawyer John Sauer by offering a novel scenario.
“Could a president who ordered SEAL Team Six to assassinate a political rival and was not impeached, could he be subjected to criminal prosecution?” Pan asked.
After some back and forth, Sauer said, “Qualified yes, if he’s impeached and convicted first.”
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This is not how democracies run. It is how imperial dictators run things. The US fought against this but perhaps the founders had not considered a trump when forming the constitution.
“Could a president who ordered SEAL Team Six to assassinate a political rival and was not impeached, could he be subjected to criminal prosecution?” Pan asked.
After some back and forth, Sauer said, “Qualified yes, if he’s impeached and convicted first.”
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This is not how democracies run. It is how imperial dictators run things. The US fought against this but perhaps the founders had not considered a trump when forming the constitution.