• 👍Maximum Derek👍@discuss.tchncs.de
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    6 months ago

    They haven’t botched anything as far as they’re concerned. The court agreed to hear the case so they could delay, that was clear when they didn’t act on the request to expedite.

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      6 months ago

      The fact that they did not immediately respond with “No, the president doesn’t have immunity from criminal prosecution. They are not royalty.” tells us what the eventual outcome will be.

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        6 months ago

        Not necessarily. They could decide they must come to that conclusion, but only after delaying long enough so the answer doesn’t matter.

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          6 months ago

          If they do make that decision then he could still be prosecuted while in office if reelected, which is how the system should work.