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Judge Kavanaugh asks Jack Smith’s accuser why Barack Obama was never charged for drone strikes against civilians (AUDIO) | The Gateway expert
The Supreme Court heard oral arguments Thursday on Trump’s claim of presidential immunity in Jack Smith’s case on Jan. 6 in D.C., after a federal appeals court ruled that Trump was not immune from prosecution.
Trump’s lawyers previously argued that Trump is immune from federal prosecution for alleged “crimes” committed while he was US president.
The question before the Supreme Court is whether an American president is immune from criminal prosecution for official (non-personal) actions.
Conservative judge Brett Kavanaugh asked DOJ prosecutor Michael Dreeben (former Mueller goon) why Barack Obama was never charged for drone strikes on civilians.
“What About President Obama’s Drone Strikes?” Kavanaugh asked Michael Dreeben.
Dreeben defended Obama’s drone strikes that killed wedding-goers and innocent civilians.
“So the legal counsel’s office has looked very carefully and determinedly at the fact that the federal murder statute does apply to the executive branch, but the president did not personally carry out the strike, but the aid and encouragement laws are broad and be determined. that a government exception is built into the statute and that this specifically applied to the murder statute that talks about unlawful killing, did not apply to the drone strike,” Dreeben said.
Dreeben could have saved a lot of time by simply saying that Barack Obama has Democratic privilege.
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Judge Kavanaugh asks DOJ attorney whether Barack Obama should be prosecuted over his use of drone strikes on civilians pic.twitter.com/7yBMmQMMZM
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John Sauer, a Missouri-based attorney for Trump, gave an opening statement Thursday, arguing that the indictment against Jack Smith uses vague statutes to criminalize the “core authority” of the presidency.
Sauer argued that immunity protects former presidents such as George W. Bush and Barack Obama from prosecution for crimes they committed while in federal office.
He also brought up Obama’s drone attacks on civilians.
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