Donald Trump’s lawyers argue the former president has “absolute immunity” from legal charges related to the Capitol invasion, a defense Harvard Law School professor Laurence Tribe calls “a remarkable claim.” Prof. Tribe says Donald Trump answers to the American public, and that “one of the ways you answer to the people is by being held accountable for the damages that you do when you aim an angry mob at members of Congress.”
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So well said, easy to finally understand the delicate balance. Thank you Mr. Tribe
So The clown will never visit jail, what a shame third world america
America is no longer a country to look up to. Far from it
God, I hope that guy is right.
C,mon. the jan6 insurection is well known. jeez, Trump is out there every day kickin’ at us. come up with some new stuff, he’s a moving threat.
President Trump lives in their heads 24/7 and I am LMAO
trump has old age dementia. you think all those big mac’s won’t rot your brain like they do your liver and other organs, well, Trump’s got big mac induced old age dementia. Nobody can argue that he’s not rat bang crazy
Their is no Absolute Immunity for former presidents. Our Congress while DJT was in office was in lock step with DJT’s agenda. He is still attempting to kick Biden out and reseat himself to enable himself the become a dictator.
DJT bucked the Impeachments with the aid of his GOP. Hold him accountable for his actions of attacking the Capitol and our whole election system. These are the acts of a man trying to become of dictator.
Im sory but “Im SO Important that i cant be removed from office and can do ANYTHING it takes to keep myself in office ” is the most MEGALOMANIAC menially ill thing a president can ever say
Trump needs to be silenced like any other dictator
Quid pro joe. Say it ain’t so. You better talk to Hillary bout hunter. He got to go. He a unfaithful son. Not your fault quid. You gave him the opportunity to meet every vile player in the world. Look what he did with it. He got you rich. I use my son to commit treason too! NOT!!! QUID YOU NOT RESPONSIBLE.
Of sound mind? Not
Everything the Trump republicans are doing defies common sense and yet they continue to hold our government hostage. How is this possible?
I wish I wish I wish you would stop calling him president, he is not the president!
When you become a government employee, which includes the military, members of Congress, those in minor governmental offices, and even the POTUS, you give up certain constitutional rights – or are restricted on specific aspects of it. Your stance is to support and defend whatever constitutional rights and laws apply to the people you are serving. It’s put in place to prevent bias and conflicts of interest between the duties of the office of the government and the expectations that the public has in making sure we defend and uphold their rights.
This means that there should be no immunity or pardon given to, in this case, then-president Trump for his direct and decisive involvement in the insurrection. A complete pardon would be a travesty and a dangerous precedent in our already-fragile democracy.
YOUR ALL OBSESSED OF OUR TRUE AN BEST PRESIDENT TRUMP. PELOSI BEEN AFTER HIM FROM DAY ONE AN COULD NOT GET RID OF HIM. SO SHE HAD HELP FROM SOROS AN RIGGED THE ELECTION. TALKED BOUT THE DEMENTED FRAUD BIDEN AN DESTROYING OUR COUNTRY AN HELPING ILLEGALS N BLM. YOU PPL NEED TO STOP THIS OBSESSION. THEY WERE NOT TRUMPERS AN PRESIDENT TRUMP DID NOT TELL ANYBODY TO STORMED THE CAPITAL. PELOSI AN HER GOONS PLANNED THAT DAYS BEFORE.
I THINK YOU HAVE THE WRONG PERSON BIDEN IS THE DICTATOR AND MSNBC ARE HIS LITTLE PUPPETS!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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How convenient right. This is his MOJO the work he works and acted all his life. and hi followers are so stupid and ignorant that they really believe that that guy care a bit about them. he just care about the money they are giving him, the which he will use for his defense. he cares only about him and Ivanka. the Prodigy Princess wants to be.
It is amazing that the former President has not yet been arrested. He is a treasonous insurrectionist, and yet he keeps going merrily along.
Joe Biden is the guy who needed 30,000 armed guards to be installed. He’s the one that’s been ruling the country by executive order from behind a wall of razor wire. Joe Biden is the dictator.
There are so many things that have to be revised, such as job descriptions; presidents or anybody else are not allowed to hire family or friends, much less for sensitive positions (no nepotism). If they do, these nepotees will have to be fired! The Attorney General who acts as Barr did, will be fired and incarcerated taking into considerations the crimes he committed! President won’t have the power to issue that “many” executive orders, as Trump did, for his or her own benefit and gain.
Actually, when they are in the debates when running for president, the minute any of them say: “Russia, if your watching, do you still have the 30,000 email from…” this “candidate should be taken out and not allow to run ever more. What more clearers
hello dudes
He knew what was coming for him, that is why he tried to hold on to the presidency so hard, now he must pay.
Fake News MSNBC!
Laurence Tribe seems sure of his legal ground here – and I hope he is right – but Trump is a bit like Houdini – he springs all the traps set for him (at least so far). Besides, the law moves slowly . . .