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1. Mueller prosecutor explains why Biden will be forced to indict Trump whether he wants to or not
Thu Nov 19, 2020, 06:27 AM
Nov 2020
Former senior prosecutor for special counsel Robert Mueller, Andrew Weissmann, explained to MSNBC’s Ali Velshi that Trump’s situation is very different from any other president in history.


“We’re going to be, as of January 20th, 2021, in the situation where we no longer are talking about indicting the president but, rather, a former president, somebody who is a civilian,” Weissmann explained. “And the question’s going to be: Does the rule of law apply to that person? And it’s very hard to see an argument if it is shown, for instance, that in the Manhattan District Attorney’s office that the president has committed tens of millions of dollars of tax fraud or bank fraud or both. Any other person would normally be prosecuted, then it really shouldn’t be the case that just because he becomes president, that he shouldn’t have the day in court where a jury decides whether or not he committed those crimes prior to becoming president.”


https://www.rawstory.com/2020/11/mueller-prosecutor-explains-why-biden-will-have-to-indict-trump-whether-he-wants-to-or-not/

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