CAN TRUMP BE INDICTED IN MUELLERS RUSSIA PROBE? HERE'S AN EXPLAINER

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As special counsel Robert Mueller’s probe into possible collusion between President Donald Trump’s campaign and Russia intensifies, the question looms whether Mueller can indict a sitting president, which would be a first in U.S. history.

Many legal scholars doubt Mueller can bring criminal charges against Trump, and more importantly, there is no legal precedent for an indictment of a president. Two Justice Department legal opinions say it is not a viable option: the first came in 1973 amid revelations of ex-President Richard Nixon's alleged involvement in the Watergate scandal, and another in 2000 after the Clinton v. Jones sexual harassment lawsuit in 1997.

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Those hoping Mueller will prosecute Trump are steeped in fantasy, according to Paul Rosenzweig, a former deputy of Kenneth Starr, the independent counsel in the Whitewater real estate investments and Monica Lewinsky investigations during the Clinton administration.

“If we know anything about Mueller, we think we know that he follows the rules—all of them,” Rosenzweig wrote in The Atlantic on Tuesday. “Mueller will not indict Trump for obstruction of justice or for any crime. Period. Full stop. End of story. Speculations to the contrary are just fantasy.”

http://www.newsweek.com/can-trump-be-indicted-obstruction-justice-id-bet-against-president-attorney-798568

[TalenaGor]

1. so impeach then indict...I'm good w it

[pbmus]

2. Exactly...

[delisen]

3. A president rapes & murders his young child in the White House

and sends the video out over social media.

His party is the majority in the House of Representatives. They refuse to impeach. His vp and most of cabinet refuse to intervene.

What happens?

[bluestarone]

4. with this congress

NOTHING

[BlueSpot]

7. This Congress

Won't be around for too much longer.

[Takket]

5. the people march on the white house.

[politicaljunkie41910]

6. This just shows the big difference between the GOP and the Democratic Party. The GOP makes sure that

Guns are readily available to kill our children in their school classrooms and outdoor concerts. They lie with impunity, they draw district lines so that even when we WIN, we LOSE. And the only solution the Dems have is for us to send them more money so that they can get more Dems elected. The GoP disenfranchises our Voters by taking their names off Voter roles "because they can" and we keep just turning the other fucking cheek. To date, we have never had our Voting Machines examined to determine whether or not, the Russians did tamper with our voting equipment. People on this board did not want to bother with any inspections even though the Exit Pollings showed inconsistent results reported which had we been a 3rd World Country, our observers would have called it FRAUD. I get calls for contributions continuously and nothing has changed to ensure us that the next election won't be stolen. It this was the other way around, and we were stealing elections from the GOP, they would not stand for it. If we were conspiring with a foreign adversary, they would not have stood for it. A country cannot survive when one party plays by the rules, and the other Party says go "F" Yourselves and then proceeds to make their own rules.

[milestogo]

8. So what "rule" exists that dictates Trump cannot be indicted for his crimes?

There is no such rule. This article is bunk.

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9. Read to the end, it says he can be indicted