Former President Trump’s legal team suggested Tuesday that even a president directing SEAL Team Six to kill a political opponent would be an action barred from prosecution given a former executive&…

Former President Trump’s legal team suggested Tuesday that even a president directing SEAL Team Six to kill a political opponent would be an action barred from prosecution given a former executive’s broad immunity to criminal prosecution.

The hypothetical was presented to Trump attorney John Sauer who answered with a “qualified yes” that a former president would be immune from prosecution on that matter or even on selling pardons.

  • agitatedpotato@lemmy.world
    11·
    6 months ago

    Unless im mistaken every US soldier not only has the ability but the duty to refuse unlawful orders. ‘Just following orders’ is not acceptable in reducing any amount of personal fault iirc.

    • AngryCommieKender@lemmy.world
      3·
      6 months ago

      You’re correct, but Nukes get reminded about it constantly during training, cause of the reactor that we were expected to know everything about, and the officers don’t.

      • Carlo@lemmy.ca
        3·
        6 months ago

        We got lots of Law of War stuff in the infantry as well. People that don’t know any better sometimes assume that the military is just a bunch of cops.

      • agitatedpotato@lemmy.world
        3·
        6 months ago

        Makes sense, highly specialized skills and labor like that typically sometimes get lost on those who are fit to just manage them and not do it themselves.