THREAD: I think it's brilliant that Jack Smith crafted his 1/6 indictment of trump to withstand 1) a court determining that a former president is immune for some official acts and 2) a court determining 1512(c)(2) must involve a document or documents. 1/
Smith's indictment works EVEN IF the Supreme Court decides that some presidents have immunity for some official acts because the charges are against him as a CANDIDATE for office, not as a sitting president. 2/
The indictment also works EVEN IF the Supreme Court decides that 1512(c)(2) can only be charged if the defendant tampers with or impedes a document because the fraudulent elector certificates and the certified legit elector certificates are documents. 3/
@MuellerSheWrote I know someone who loves an “EVEN IF” argument.