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Originally Posted by driveway
Also, most legal scholars in the US broadly agree that the President has a kind of immunity from the regular legal system. Meaning if Trump did go shoot someone on 5th Avenue, Cyrus Vance - the DA for New York - would be unable to charge him; rather it would be through the Impeachment process that Trump would face justice.
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No, that is not correct.
The President is immune in regards to actions undertaken in the course of carrying out the Presidential functions.
The President is not immune in regards to actions that are not Presidential functions.
Thus, if Trump were to jump out of his motorcade, grab a pistol from a Secret Service agent, and mortally shoot protesters standing on the corner, Trump would most certainly face murder charges.