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WHITT

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11. Well

Reply to Ocelot II (Reply #4)

Mon Dec 6, 2021, 05:00 PM

Dec 2021

Neal Katyal, the former Acting Solicitor General during the Obama administration, wrote the regulations regarding Special Counsels in place at the DOJ. He stated the statute of limitations is tolled while in office. This was added as a counter-weight to the practice that a POTUS cannot be prosecuted while in office.

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Does anyone know if the statue of limitations for Trump's crimes ---i.e., obstruction of justice--- [View all] Atticus Dec 2021 OP

The answer appears in a thread posted just a few minutes earlier than yours, Atticus True Dough Dec 2021 #1

Most federal crimes have a statute of limitations of five years. Ocelot II Dec 2021 #2

Actually WHITT Dec 2021 #3

Actually, no. There is a doctrine of equitable tolling but it's not clear Ocelot II Dec 2021 #4

Well WHITT Dec 2021 #11

I love Katyal but his opinion doesn't have the force of law. Ocelot II Dec 2021 #13

Sorry WHITT Dec 2021 #15

Katyal helped draft the special counsel rules in about 1999. Ocelot II Dec 2021 #17

GEEZ WHITT Dec 2021 #18

I think it isn't tolled. Claustrum Dec 2021 #10

Statute. nt BlackSkimmer Dec 2021 #5

Statue of Limitations PSPS Dec 2021 #6

Leave it to Seinfeld True Dough Dec 2021 #8

Lol! BlackSkimmer Dec 2021 #9

Typically five years, however, if obstruction was ongoing, could be longer. Fiendish Thingy Dec 2021 #7

Trump is over and done. ForgedCrank Dec 2021 #12

So do I iemanja Dec 2021 #14

Even prison isn't enough. ForgedCrank Dec 2021 #16