Trump falsely claims Biden authorized FBI assassination attempt

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May 23, 2024
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“The court filing by Trump’s lawyers actually misquotes the language in the policy,” said Sklansky, the Stanford law professor. “Trump’s lawyers omitted the word ‘only,’ and dropped the end of the sentence — both of which make clear that this is not an authorization to use deadly force, it is a restriction on the use of deadly force.”

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