Trump's 'horror-movie' argument would let him use the military to imprison Biden: expert
Former President Donald Trump's presidential immunity argument against special counsel Jack Smith's prosecution for January 6 is not just meritless, argued former federal prosecutor Renato Mariotti on MSNBC Tuesday — it's also dangerous.
By the logic Trump has laid out, Mariotti told anchor Ari Melber, if Trump was elected to a second term, he could order the military to lock up Joe Biden, and then fabricate a way to excuse himself from any criminal investigation of his actions.
"When it comes to post-presidential immunity, it doesn't exist, period," said Melber, himself an attorney, as he reviewed Smith's newest filings against Trump's claims. "The Constitution specifically imagines a criminal president, and it does say you have to impeach him in office. It's complicated. If the DOJ was trying to try their own boss, that's complex for a four- or eight-year problem. I'm reading from [Smith's filing]: 'The Constitution explicitly provides for an impeached and convicted president's criminal prosecution for the same conduct.'"...