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hlthe2b

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2. There is far less justification for saying a VP is immune from indictment/prosecution than President
Mon Dec 17, 2018, 05:35 PM
Dec 2018

and, given the example of Spiro Agnew, more reason to believe the VP is not immune at all. The VP has no executive privilege except where the President is involved and even then the privilege originates from the President. Agnew negotiated resignation literally within the hour preceding his official indictment in court. So, while it remains a technicality that he wasn't actually indicted, there is every reason to believe a VP CAN be.

If Pence has committed crimes, he's sunk. If he committed crimes as VP that would deliver him the PResidency, I belileve that would be considered invalid and he would be taken into custody. The Speaker of the House would assume the Presidency (or whoever was next in line, should the previous position not be eligible for whatever reason...i.e., dead)

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