Mueller’s hatchet man Andrew Weissmann melted down on Monday after the Supreme Courtroom ruled 6-3 that Trump has absolute immunity for his core Constitutional powers.
Former presidents are entitled to not less than a presumption of immunity for his or her official acts.
The Supreme Courtroom dominated there isn’t any immunity for unofficial acts.
“You would make the argument that’s official conduct on the very least presumptively…” Weissmann mentioned referring to the absurd hypothetical argument {that a} president might order SEAL Group 6 to assassinate a political rival.
“What if a president decides {that a} political adversary is a menace to democracy and orders the killing?” Weissmann mentioned referring to Biden-appointed Decide Florence Pan’s argument.
WATCH:
MSNBC is taking the SCOTUS choice properly: “What if a president decides {that a} political adversary is a menace to democracy and orders the killing?” pic.twitter.com/mnKHg5Yysl
— TheBlaze (@theblaze) July 1, 2024
WATCH full interview with Weissmann:
The SEAL Group 6 assassination plot hypothetical initially began with Jack Smith and Biden’s appointed federal choose Florence Pan (DC Circuit Courtroom of Appeals).
President Trump’s legal professional John Sauer earlier this yr appeared earlier than a three-judge panel for the DC Circuit Courtroom of Appeals to argue Trump’s immunity claims in Jack Smith’s DC case.
The three-judge panel listening to oral arguments on immunity claims: Florence Pan (Biden appointee), Michelle Childs (Biden appointee), and Karen Henderson (George W. Bush appointee).
Recall that Jack Smith went fully off the rails and informed a federal appeals court docket that Trump’s immunity argument would allow him to order his supporters to murder opposing lawmakers.
Trump’s attorneys argued that Trump is immune from federal prosecution for alleged ‘crimes’ dedicated whereas he served as US President.
Jack Smith’s staff argued that if Trump is protected by the presidential immunity argument, what might cease him from telling his “inciting his supporters throughout a State of the Union handle to kill opposing lawmakers…”
In January, a three-judge panel heard oral arguments and appeared skeptical of Trump’s immunity claims – one choose, a Biden appointee, requested legal professional John Sauer if Trump can be topic to legal prosecution if he ordered SEAL Group 6 to assassinate his political rivals.
“May a president who ordered SEAL Group 6 to assassinate a political rival, and isn’t impeached, would he be topic to legal prosecution?” Decide Florence Pan, a Biden appointee requested John Sauer.
John Sauer, former Solicitor Basic of Missouri and pal of The Gateway Pundit replied, “If he had been impeached and convicted first… my reply is certified sure, there’s a political course of that must happen beneath the construction of our Structure which might require impeachment and conviction by the Senate in these distinctive circumstances…”
In fact that is an absurd hypothetical query that echoes Jack Smith’s argument to the federal appeals court docket.
AUDIO:
Trump’s immunity argument will get destroyed when a federal appeals court docket choose asks, “May a president order S.E.A.L. Group 6 to assassinate a political rival? That’s an official act and order to Seal Group 6?” pic.twitter.com/yUhZy8iTbQ
— Sarah Reese Jones (@PoliticusSarah) January 9, 2024