Trump Rants About 'Presidential Immunity' As Hush Money Trial Begins
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The former president argued in all-caps that "if they take away my presidential immunity, they take away Crooked Joe Biden's presidential immunity."
Former President Donald Trump went on an all-caps tirade Friday morning, and the object of his ire was presidential immunity.
The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear arguments next Thursday on whether Trump is immune from being prosecuted on charges of election interference.
Trump made his case against criminal prosecution Friday on his Truth Social platform. And, of course, he made that case in all-caps.
In the first post, Trump claimed in a completely non-self-serving way that he’s only trying to help his presidential successor, Joe Biden, because, “if they take away my presidential immunity, they take away Crooked Joe Biden’s presidential immunity.”
A short time later, Trump made another post where he claimed that “without presidential immunity, it would be impossible for a president to properly function, putting the United States of America in great and everlasting danger!”
The president is firing watchdogs, pardoning corrupt officials and making lots of money from $TRUMP.
County officials in Springfield, Illinois, have agreed to pay the family of Sonya Massey, who was shot and killed in her home last summer by a sheriff’s deputy responding to her call for help.
“By and large, we have been a country who has understood that the rule of law has helped us maintain our democracy,” the U.S. Supreme Court justice said.
The president effectively signed over more power to Musk in an executive order Tuesday.
The Tesla mogul's 4-year-old son was seen on camera with a finger in his nose that he later wiped on Trump's desk.
The $238 billion federal agency "is going to potentially be dissolved in the coming days,” warned Rep. Melanie Stansbury (D-N.M.).
The White House fired the inspector general for the U.S. Agency for International Development on Tuesday.
The cost of renaming the base just a few years ago totaled around $8 million.
“I’ve lost count of the number of investigations that are underway with Tesla,” said a former safety adviser at the NHTSA. “They will all be gone.”
The suspect in the shooting of UnitedHealthcare CEO Brian Thompson will use the funds to fight his state and federal charges, his attorney said.
The president couldn't even accept a win without casting doubt in a bizarre exchange with Bret Baier.
"We will continue to adhere to our mission and values," PBS said despite its decision.
CNN legal analyst and former federal prosecutor Jeffrey Toobin told Anderson Cooper on Monday that it's "one of the most bizarre situations" he's ever seen.