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JT45242

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8. It exists -- Indictment and conviction of a state or federal crime
Tue Aug 25, 2020, 01:31 PM
Aug 2020

There is no where in case law or explicit language of the law that states that a President cannot be indicted and tried for a crime. There is a shaky, poorly conceived DOJ memo that is laughable at best from a legal standpoint.

The prosecutors chose to call Nixon, an un-indicted co-conspirator and Mueller's team chose to call Trump Individual #1. They could have and should have charged them with the crimes they committed.

The state of NY has plenty to indict on fraud, tax evasion, and other charges simply based on evidence from the Cohen case. They could do it ... but they have not.

A prosecutor needs to stand up and do what is right.

That is scenario number 4.

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