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What the lawyer seems to have actually said is that to prosecute the president, you first have to impeach him and remove him from office. Maybe also crazy, but still not the same as saying prosecution is impossible.
OK so what happens when the president assassinates the entire Senate.
Yes the logical conclusion here is definitely a violent autocracy and to pretend otherwise is a lack of imagination.
Heh yeah, that does complicate impeachment. Nixon still famously said "if the president does it, it is not illegal". We didn't give out because he got pardoned.
I haven't read this yet but it looks interesting:
https://theconversation.com/trumps-arguments-for-immunity-not-as-hopeless-as-some-claim-220580
I know that's what he said, but is that actually written down anywhere that that's actually the case? Seems to me, if it was actually the case, there shouldn't be this much hand-wringing.
Is there a good legal basis for what he said (that prosecuting the president takes an extra step compared to prosecuting anyone else)? Maybe not. It's just different than saying the president can never be prosecuted. I posted a link nearby that goes into more detail.