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 Getty Images An attorney for Donald Trump on Thursday tried to convince the U.S. Supreme Court that his client could have murdered his political rivals with immunity, whether for official state purposes or just because he felt like it—and Justice Sonia Sotomayor was not having it.
On Wednesday, the Supreme Court heard oral arguments in Trump's presidential immunity case, and discussion largely focused on determining if there is immunity for a president's "official acts."
Justice Sonia Sotomayor cut right to the heart of the issue, by asking attorney John Sauer point blank whether a president should be allowed to assassinate his political rivals, as both he and Trump have previously argued.
Read more at The Daily Beast.
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