Harvard Law professor Laurence Tribe added that Trump is 'proceeding on the premise that he can get away with murder if he commits it often enough and in front of everybody.'
President Donald Trump has encouraged another foreign country to investigate former Vice President Joe Biden and his son Hunter, this time publicly calling on China to look into the 2020 Democratic frontrunner—a move legal experts say is"still illegal."
"China should start an investigation into the Bidens because what happened with China is just about as bad as what happened with Ukraine," Trump said."I'm sure that President Xi [Jinping] does not like being under that kind of scrutiny where billions of dollars is taken out of his country by a guy that just got kicked out of the Navy."
When asked if he had sought President Jinping's help with the matter, Trump said:"I haven't, but it's certainly something we can start thinking about." "As usual, Trump thinks if he asks for the investigation in public there is nothing wrong with the ask," Akerman said."Whether in public with the Chinese or in private with Ukraine ... his actions are still illegal and still amount to a crime."that Trump is"proceeding on the premise that he can get away with murder if he commits it often enough and in front of everybody.
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