The defendant is not above the law. He is subject to the federal criminal laws like more than 330 million other Americans...The implications of the defendant’s unbounded immunity theory are startling,”

The defendant is not above the law. He is subject to the federal criminal laws like more than 330 million other Americans, including Members of Congress, federal judges, and everyday citizens.“The implications of the defendant’s unbounded immunity theory are startling,”

prosecutor James Pearce and other lawyers from Smith’s team argued. “It would grant absolute immunity from criminal prosecution to a president who accepts a bribe in exchange for a lucrative government contract for a family member; a president who instructs his FBI Director to plant incriminating evidence on a political enemy; a president who orders the National Guard to murder his most prominent critics; or a president who sells nuclear secrets to a foreign adversary.”

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