Donald Trump wrote on Truth Social that it's the end of America "as we know it" if president aren't immune from criminal prosecution.

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.

  • ME5SENGER_24@lemmy.world
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    10 months ago

    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

      • theangryseal@lemmy.world
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        10 months ago

        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.