Watching Rachel Maddow show w/ Joy Reid filling in...

[SummerSnow]

And yes, a sitting President can be indicted


Nick Ackerman former assistant special Watergate prosecutor Nick Ackerman discussing if a sitting president can be indicted

[BigmanPigman]

1. Yep, I am watching it again since

a minor emergency happened during the show last night and I was distracted. Good show and good guests on her show and Chris Hayes. When I hear rational, experienced people who know the legalities and political history in relation to the current investigation and atmosphere I feel reassured (for a little while anyway).

[PoliticAverse]

2. Then why didn't they indict Nixon? n/t

[tavernier]

4. He resigned.

Trump won’t.

[PoliticAverse]

5. They named him as "an unindicted co-conspirator" instead of indicting him.

This was before he resigned.

Reference: http://www.nytimes.com/1974/06/07/archives/jury-named-nixon-a-coconspirator-but-didnt-indict-st-clair-confirms.html

[tavernier]

6. Is that what Ford pardoned him for?

[PoliticAverse]

7. Yes. You can read the text of the pardon here...

Text of Ford pardon:
https://www.fordlibrarymuseum.gov/library/speeches/740061.asp

(Note that I left out the "un" in "undicted" in my original post, I edited it to add it and a reference link)

[oberliner]

3. Repeat from yesterday

That's what they usually do on Saturday.

[badhair77]

8. I love that they repeat these shows on Sat.

It’s so much better than Lockup.