Could Biden order Trump’s execution and win the next election?

  • zebs@lemmy.world
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    7 months ago

    Trump’s lawyers would argue that Biden can order Trump’s execution without any punishment, but that it would not cause him to win the next election because the military and other federal officials are not immune and are “obligated” not to follow illegal orders. So basically the argument is that illegal orders are unlikely to be followed.

    As Biden, I’m not going to risk publicly having Trump killed. I’m getting a hitman