Trump lawyer says Trump couldn't be investigated in office even if he killed someone in public

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Absolutely nothing could land President Trump in jail, or even under investigation.

At least that's the take of Trump's lawyer William Consovoy, who appeared before the Court of Appeals for the 2nd Circuit on Tuesday. Judge Denny Chin modified Trump's old suggestion to ask if the president could "shoot somebody" in public and not face consequences for it, and Consovoy said that's true.

While Consovoy argued to bar a subpoena for Trump's tax returns in New York, he played up the Justice Department Office of Legal Counsel opinion that bars a president from being indicted while in office. But Chin asked Consovoy if that applied to a hypothetical murder, asking "Local authorities couldn't investigate? They couldn’t do anything about it?" Consovoy conceded that yes, authorities could take action once Trump leaves the White House, but for now, "no." https://theweek.com/speedreads/873844/t ... one-public