Source: Reason
by Jacob Sullum
“According to Trump, a president can avoid prosecution by leaving office before the Senate can convict him or by hiding his crimes well enough that they are not discovered until after he leaves office. And since the Impeachment Judgment Clause is not limited to presidents, it would seem, so could ‘all civil officers of the United States,’ contrary to the historical practice of prosecuting former federal officials who were never impeached. Although there is no textual basis for treating former presidents differently in this respect, Trump argues that protection of executive power demands special leniency for them. Otherwise, he warns, the threat of frivolous, politically motivated prosecutions would have a paralyzing impact on presidential decisions.” (04/24/24)
https://reason.com/2024/04/24/the-alarming-implications-of-trumps-immunity-claim/