- Donald Trump says people “JUST HAVE TO LIVE WITH” presidents who “CROSS THE LINE.”
- He posted the lengthy all-caps rant on Truth Social in the early Thursday morning.
- A DC appeals court is currently weighing whether Trump should have criminal immunity.
Former president Donald Trump is once again claiming that presidents should have total immunity from any crimes they commit while in office — this time, with an all-caps rant posted to Truth Social.
And he says that people need to just accept it.
"A PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES MUST HAVE FULL IMMUNITY, WITHOUT WHICH IT WOULD BE IMPOSSIBLE FOR HIM/HER TO PROPERLY FUNCTION," Trump wrote on his social media platform in the early hours of Thursday morning. "ANY MISTAKE, EVEN IF WELL INTENDED, WOULD BE MET WITH ALMOST CERTAIN INDICTMENT BY THE OPPOSING PARTY AT TERM END."
"EVEN EVENTS THAT 'CROSS THE LINE' MUST FALL UNDER TOTAL IMMUNITY, OR IT WILL BE YEARS OF TRAUMA TRYING TO DETERMINE GOOD FROM BAD," he continued.
Trump compared his situation (he's facing over 90 felony charges across four criminal cases) to the debate around police misconduct, saying guarding against the "OCCASIONAL 'ROGUE COP' OR 'BAD APPLE'" isn't worth it.
"SOMETIMES YOU JUST HAVE TO LIVE WITH 'GREAT BUT SLIGHTLY IMPERFECT,'" he added.
A DC appeals court is weighing whether he has immunity from criminal prosecution for his actions while in office.
Trump's lawyers are arguing that unless Congress had already impeached and convicted him of a crime, then he is immune.
Trump's lawyers had previously argued the opposite in his 2021 impeachment case, saying that a former president should answer to the courts, not Congress.
Trump's current lawyers went so far as to argue that a president couldn't be charged, even if he ordered the assassinations of his rivals.