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Provisions in Section 1116 of Title 18 of the United States Criminal Code, “bind all persons, including presidents. They cannot be waived, and they have very sharp teeth. By ordering the drone attack killing General Soleimani, it appears that Trump committed a homicide under federal law.”
Section 1116 also allows “extraterritorial jurisdiction", which permits the Department of Justice to pursue such crimes.
Since his cronies in the Justice Department hold he cannot be indicted while in office, there are prosecutors who will be waiting until after trump’s presidency.
By trump’s own admission and with the evidence against him overwhelming, trump cannot avoid being found guilty of premeditated homicide under Section 1116, for which the penalty is life in prison, with no parole.
Trump’s arrogance will add fuel to the prosecutors’ fire, and regardless of advice from his attorneys, trump’s big mouth assures he will be going up the river.
“Reality check: The Supreme Court has never adopted a rule of statutory interpretation that broad as to make a president immune from all criminal laws, and certainly not homicide."
Even the vastly superior knowledge of law over that of legal scholars, which conservative high school dropouts consistently boast they possess, cannot save trump for committing premeditated murder.
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Provisions in Section 1116 of Title 18 of the United States Criminal Code, “bind all persons, including presidents. They cannot be waived, and they have very sharp teeth. By ordering the drone attack killing General Soleimani, it appears that Trump committed a homicide under federal law.”
Section 1116 also allows “extraterritorial jurisdiction", which permits the Department of Justice to pursue such crimes.
Since his cronies in the Justice Department hold he cannot be indicted while in office, there are prosecutors who will be waiting until after trump’s presidency.
By trump’s own admission and with the evidence against him overwhelming, trump cannot avoid being found guilty of premeditated homicide under Section 1116, for which the penalty is life in prison, with no parole.
Trump’s arrogance will add fuel to the prosecutors’ fire, and regardless of advice from his attorneys, trump’s big mouth assures he will be going up the river.
“Reality check: The Supreme Court has never adopted a rule of statutory interpretation that broad as to make a president immune from all criminal laws, and certainly not homicide."
Even the vastly superior knowledge of law over that of legal scholars, which conservative high school dropouts consistently boast they possess, cannot save trump for committing premeditated murder.
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