I can’t win the case, so give me a shot at pardoning myself once I’m president. --Trump
Not giving a defendant the chance to be president and pardon themselves is a miscarriage of justice! – His supporters
I am invoking the “I could be president” precedent, your honor. Please delay my trial until after the next election. – Guy arrested for being an idiot in a few months.
He wasn’t being an idiot, he was committing crime.
When we laugh at him, you minimize how dangerous he was & is. He stole classified docs, probably sold state secrets, and endangered lives of US agents.
I can’t win the case, so give me a shot at pardoning myself once I’m president. --Trump
Not giving a defendant the chance to be president and pardon themselves is a miscarriage of justice! – His supporters
I am invoking the “I could be president” precedent, your honor. Please delay my trial until after the next election. – Guy arrested for being an idiot in a few months.
He wasn’t being an idiot, he was committing crime.
When we laugh at him, you minimize how dangerous he was & is. He stole classified docs, probably sold state secrets, and endangered lives of US agents.
The last hypothetical isn’t about trump. It’s a random person using the same defense.
Technicallly he was doing both
it very well could have led to several deaths but its not the sort of thing that would even be publicised for obvious reasons