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They were widely understood to not have that immunity prior to either today or 2020, depending on how you track it. Somehow, that didn't happen.



Also, to reduce the hysteria of this, even if a president has immunity, committing an illegal act and using that immunity would still end up with a legal challenge and that would need to work its way through the courts. Would be a huge headache, and the Supreme Court could very obvious rule differently in a particular case, hinging on what is official and what is on official. I doubt the Supreme Court would look kindly on an assassination of arrival as a “official” act




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