“Sauer raised three hypothetical examples of past presidents being charged for official actions taken as president. He asked whether George W. Bush could be prosecuted for obstructing an official proceeding for allegedly lying to Congress to justify the Iraq war, or Barack Obama charged with murder for killing U.S. citizens abroad in drone strikes, or Biden charged with unlawfully inducing immigrants to enter country illegally, based on his border policies.”
(Newsmax) U.S. Supreme Court justices questioned a lawyer for Donald Trump Thursday about the former president’s claim of immunity from prosecution for his efforts to overturn his 2020 election defeat, posing questions about what happens if a president were to sell nuclear secrets, take a bribe, or order a coup or assassination. Continue reading