Former President Donald Trump suggested earlier Monday that President Biden could face charges in the future if Trump’s claim of presidential immunity over the January 6, 2021 Capitol riots is unsuccessful.
“If I don’t get Immunity, then Crooked Joe Biden doesn’t get Immunity, and with the Border Invasion and the Surrender of Afghanistan, alone, not to mention millions of dollars going into his ‘pocket’ with money from foreign countries, Joe will be ripe for Impeachment ,” Trump wrote on Social Truth.
“By weaponizing the DOJ against his Political Opponent, ME, Joe has opened a giant Pandora’s Box.”
Since last year, the 45th president has vowed to deal “retribution” to his political enemies should he win a second non-consecutive term in the White House.
President Biden is nervous when looking into his family’s foreign business dealings. AFP via Getty Images
Last August, Trump, 77, promised to appoint a special prosecutor to assess the Biden family’s business dealings and “look at all the corruption, kickbacks, crimes and shameless attempts to cover up.”
“Justice will be served,” the 45th president vowed at the time.
Trump also declared during the 2016 presidential campaign that he would use a “special prosecutor” to investigate Hillary Clinton’s use of a private email server while secretary of state.
Forget about the 2024 rivalry, Donald Trump is suggesting he and President Biden could be impeachment partners. AFP via Getty Images
The appointment, however, never took place.
On Monday, Trump also confirmed that he will attend Tuesday’s hearing before the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, where his lawyers are scheduled to make oral arguments defending the president’s immunity claims.
“Of course, I am entitled, as President of the United States and Commander-in-Chief, to Immunity,” Trump insisted. “I was looking for voter fraud, and found it, which is my duty to do.”
Trump’s legal team is seeking to overturn a four-count federal indictment regarding his attempt to remain in office following his 2020 election loss, claiming he was performing his official duties at the time.
Jack Smith is suing Donald Trump on two counts: his 2020 election conspiracy and his alleged hiding of classified documents. AP
His lawyers also argued that because he was acquitted following a second impeachment on charges of sedition, prosecuting him in the 2020 election amounted to double jeopardy.
If Trump’s lawyers are successful, it could have a dramatic ripple effect on other cases against him, particularly the alleged 13-count election interference from Georgia.
Special counsel Jack Smith’s office has criticized the concept of presidential immunity, arguing that it would give future presidents carte blanche to break the law.
“The defendant’s claim of blanket immunity threatens to license the President to commit crimes in order to remain in office. The founders did not intend and will never consider such a decision,” prosecutors wrote in a filing late last year.
US District Judge Tanya Chutkan, who oversaw Trump’s 2020 election case, previously ruled in favor of Smith’s team, arguing that the 77-year-old did not get a “get out of jail for life”.
President Biden delivered an animated speech last Friday warning of Donald Trump’s threat to democracy. SHAWN THEW/EPA-EFE/Shutterstock
That prompted an appeal to the DC Circuit Court of Appeals from the Trump team.
Chutkan also halted “any further proceedings that would move this case toward trial,” with a few exceptions, pending an appeal.
Last week, Trump’s team tried to hold prosecutors in contempt for filing despite the pause, but the special counsel’s office responded by complying with Chutkan’s order.
Smith argued unsuccessfully last month for the Supreme Court to jump to the D.C. appeals court and expedite consideration of the immunity question, but the high court refused.
Currently, Trump is set to stand trial in the 2020 election case starting March 4, and prosecutors have expressed an intention to stick to that schedule.
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