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minus-squaresnooggumslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up74arrow-down1·edit-22 months agoThe fact that they did not immediately respond with “No, the president doesn’t have immunity from criminal prosecution. They are not royalty.” tells us what the eventual outcome will be.
minus-squaredhork@lemmy.worldlinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up54·2 months agoNot necessarily. They could decide they must come to that conclusion, but only after delaying long enough so the answer doesn’t matter.
minus-squaresnooggumslinkfedilinkEnglisharrow-up5arrow-down1·2 months agoIf they do make that decision then he could still be prosecuted while in office if reelected, which is how the system should work.
The fact that they did not immediately respond with “No, the president doesn’t have immunity from criminal prosecution. They are not royalty.” tells us what the eventual outcome will be.
Not necessarily. They could decide they must come to that conclusion, but only after delaying long enough so the answer doesn’t matter.
If they do make that decision then he could still be prosecuted while in office if reelected, which is how the system should work.