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Judge Pan: “I asked you a yes or no question; could a president who ordered S.E.A.L. Team 6 to assassinate a political rival, who was not impeached, would he be subject to criminal prosecution?”

Defense attorney: “If he were impeached and convicted first.”

Judge Pan: “So your answer is no.”
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Defense attorney: “My answer is a qualified yes.”

Assistant special counsel James Pearce responded that the idea of a president ordering the assassination of a rival, resigning before being impeached and being immune from prosecution would make for "an extraordinarily frightening future."
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