Aren't Trump's lawyers currently arguing in front of the supreme court that it would have been perfectly legal for Biden to do so, him being immune from all criminal prosecution while president?
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You're surprised at hypocrisy from politicians?
Biden unironically said "no one is approved the law" just a few weeks after saying Israel doesn't have to stop their genocide because of international law, and the real problem was the ICC warrants.
Why do you expect more from trump than Biden?
We can't even expect more from Biden than trump these days...
That's the natural result of using "not worse than trump" as the standard.
As stupid as this sounds, there is no irony is saying “no one is above the law” about an American in America while simultaneously saying the ICC and international law don’t apply/matter. In the US we have a legal system that everyone within our declared boundaries has to follow. The ICC and international law is something countries could/can sign for, and choose to follow as they please. In fact, the ICC issued a warrant for Vladimir Putin and several of the signatories (the largest being South Africa) simply said they wouldn’t follow the law and arrest him. It’s a piece of paper with no legal or military enforcement. Countries can simply choose to ignore the ICC and international law.
Mate, that's not the only example...
Do you think even with your addition to what he said:
No American is above American law while currently in America
Is true?
Because man, I hate to break it to you...
That's never been true, and sure as shit isn't now.
Like, have you heard of the Sackler family?
Or over half our Supreme Court justices?
Or any of our corporations that break laws to make billions then pay a tiny settlement?
An absolute shit ton of Americans are most definitely above American law.
Edit:
And besides, providing munitions that will be used in a genocide, is also against US law...
So your point isn't even relevant.
Biden unironically said "no one is approved the law"
[citation needed]
Seriously?
https://www.cnn.com/2024/05/31/politics/biden-comment-on-trump-verdict/index.html
It was all over Lemmy and the media in general less than a week ago...
You could have typed it into any search engine and got a bunch of results in the time it took you to type that comment, and you wouldn't have needed to wait 10 minutes for me to do that for you...
Read the first paragraph or the headline of your link again, and then read what you wrote again. Slowly, If it will help.
President Joe Biden on Friday said that Donald Trump’s conviction in the hush money trial reaffirmed “the American principle that no one is above the law.”
That is not a factual statement though...
Lots of Americans are above our legal system.
I can't believe an American thinks differently in 2024 just because Biden said it.
That's incredibly concerning if you legitimately believe that's true.
This was the exception, not the rule, literally the first time ever an expresident was found guilty of some of their crimes they committed while president.
Maybe you should re-read what you wrote down as the quote in the original comment and compare it to the actual quote.
I said:
When Biden said “no one is above the law”…
Headline is:
drumroll
Biden says Trump verdict shows no one is above the law
Can you explain why those are so different?
You put "approved" instead of "above" in your first post and the other user is trolling you about it.
Thanks! That makes sense.
Also something a trump supporter would do, I hate how so many people online act like that these days. We'd be better off if more people were like you
Yeah, I upvoted most of your comments too. Lots of rich and political people have gotten away with crimes forever. Its always an anomaly when a Martha Stewart or a Bernie Madoff ends up in jail
Yeah, it's says a lot that the only complaint people had was I didn't notice an autocorrect error...
Probably why none of them would just plainly say that was their complaint.
Trump: Biden tried to kill me! Also Trump: Presidents are LEGALLY allowed to kill people!