President Donald Trump acknowledged having called federal prosecutors in California to probe the state’s primary election results, claiming without evidence on Tuesday that his intervention resulted in Republican Steve Hilton advancing to the runoff in the gubernatorial race.

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    1 month ago

    Having (temporary) immunity does not cancel out the definition for a crime

    EDIT: I briefly forgot about the Trump versus United States lawsuit. Immunity is not temporary afaik.

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      Shitty SCOTUS rulings don’t make it not a crime either. Dred Scott was the law of the land at one point, too.

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      It is temporary. The ruling says sitting president and investigating Biden says even the admin doesn’t accept that it’s total immunity.

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      Only for “official acts” which we all know what will happen when a case comes before Uncle Clarence Tom and the rubber-stamp-SCOTUS.