YES! That’s what his attorney said this morning in his Washington appeal hearing.
Actually, although some media outlets reported it that way, it was a (tiny) bit more nuanced than that —
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JUDGE PAN: And so, in your view, could a president sell pardons or sell military secrets? Those are official acts, right? It’s an official act to grant a pardon. It’s an official act to communicate with a foreign government. And such a president would not be subject to criminal prosecution …
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[Trump Attorney] JOHN SAUER: He would have to be and would speedily be, you know, uh, impeached and convicted before the criminal prosecution–
JUDGE PAN: But there would be no criminal prosecution, no criminal liability for that?
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JUDGE PAN: I asked you a yes, no, yes or no question. Could a president who ordered Seal Team Six to assassinate a political rival, who was not impeached, would he be subject to criminal prosecution.”
JOHN SAUER: If he were impeached and convicted first.
In other words, if his political party will back him, and controls either the House or the Senate, (will refuse to bring articles of impeachment in the House, or will refuse to convict by a 67-vote majority in the Senate), there is absolutely no limit on a President’s criminal behavior.
And we think we are a nation of laws, and the Constitution applies to all of us?
Astonishing !!!