Donald Trump's Jan 6 Defense Just Took a Weirdly Dark Turn

Contributing sentiments towards policy:

42% : If they reject that claim, though, Trump will almost certainly appeal the case to the U.S. Supreme Court, and who knows what those extremist Trump-appointed conservatives will do.
35% : In response to the numerous separate criminal and civil charges filed against him, Trump and his attorneys have maintained his innocence.
30% : Judge Florence Pan asked Sauer at one point if Trump or another sitting president could be subjected to criminal prosecution if they ordered S.E.A.L. Team 6 -- a special ops group tasked with dangerous, classified operations -- to assassinate a political rival.
20% : They've now bumped things up a notch and are arguing that not only does it not matter if Trump committed the crimes he's been accused of, but he could do so much worse if he wanted to.
20% : And Trump's lawyer John Sauer chose to argue that not only could Trump not be convicted of inciting an insurrection, but that as president, he could literally order the assassination of a political rival and not be able to be convicted of that either.
18% : If they weren't convicted by the Senate (as Trump wasn't -- twice) or, for example, if they resigned before facing impeachment a lá Richard Nixon, then according to Sauer, they could never be prosecuted or otherwise held accountable.

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