If the president does it it’s not illegal
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Trump’s lawyers are arguing that it’s OK for a POTUS to assassinate his or her or their political rivals, and that this isn’t a prosecutable offense as long as the president hasn’t been impeached by the House and then convicted by the Senate.
Former president Donald Trump’s lawyer argued that presidential immunity would cover the U.S. president ordering political rivals to be assassinated by SEAL Team Six.
During a hearing at a federal appeals court on Tuesday, Trump’s lead lawyer John Sauer made a sweeping argument for executive immunity, essentially saying that only a president who has been impeached and removed from office by Congress could be criminally prosecuted. Therefore, Sauer argued, the former president should be shielded from criminal prosecution.
One of the judges asked Sauer: “Could a president who ordered SEAL Team 6 to assassinate a political rival, and is not impeached, would he be subject to criminal prosecution?”
Sauer responded: “If he were impeached and convicted first… there is a political process that would have to occur.”
Joe Biden: “Hmmm . . . OLC, can you get me a memo on this?