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In reply to the discussion: I now believe Trump will be removed from office. [View all]DemocratSinceBirth
(99,719 posts)First of all the Special Counsel is answerable to the Attorney General. Since Jeff Sessions recused himself Robert Mueller would have to receive Rod Rosenstein's (the active Attorney General for the Russia investigation) approval to indict Trump. Most of the scholarship suggests impeachment, conviction, and removal from office must precede an indictment of a sitting president :
https://www.cbsnews.com/news/can-a-president-be-indicted/
but let's stipulate Rod Rosenstein after saying "The Department of Justice has in the past, when the issue arose, has opined that a sitting president cannot be indicted " has a change of heart, agrees to indicting Trump and Trump appeals the indictment. How long will that appeal take ? And what are the chances this Supreme Court rules against Trump ? And if these unlikely events do occur how long will the trial take?