McConnell was very adamant, however, that it’s not his job to decide whether Trump is granted immunity against crimes committed while in office.
  • breadsmasher@lemmy.worldEnglish
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    2 months ago

    “We’re going to find out, aren’t we? I mean, the Supreme Court is going to deal with that direct issue that I was referring to on February 13th of 2021, and I think we’ll find out sometime soon,” he replied.

    Does he think the current date is sometime before February 2021?

    • nelly_man@lemmy.worldEnglish
      4·
      2 months ago

      He’s referring to what he said when the Senate acquited Trump after he was impeached by the House.

      Trump’s lawyers are trying to argue that he can’t be prosecuted by the courts for actions he took as president unless he is first impeached and convicted in Congress for those actions. When Trump was impeached and acquitted in 2021, McConnell stated that Congress can’t impeach him as he is no longer in office and that the matter is an issue for the criminal justice system.

      As shit as McConnell is, he is not confused with his dates right now, and his statements from 2021 are very relevant to this case and have been discussed in the news a lot recently.

      I’m also not sure what’s wrong with your quoted text. Nothing about it sounds confused to me.

      US News (Feb 14, 2021): Text of McConnell’s Speech

      President Trump is still liable for everything he did while he was in office, as an ordinary citizen, unless the statute of limitations has run, still liable for everything he did while in office, didn’t get away with anything yet – yet.

      We have a criminal justice system in this country. We have civil litigation. And former presidents are not immune from being held accountable by either one.

      • breadsmasher@lemmy.worldEnglish
        2·
        2 months ago

        Thanks for the clarification and sources. It was just the way I read it from the article. Not suggesting he was confused in general about the content, just the current date

    • Bombhand@lemm.ee
      3·
      2 months ago

      He’s referring to his own prior statement on Feb 13 2021. He’s losing his faculties but this particular item is not an example of that.