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So if next weeks indictment(s) reference any unnamed, unindicted co-conspirators... (Original Post) Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2017 OP
I'm hoping to leave out the unindicted part. In a country where the rule of law prevails... NNadir Oct 2017 #1
Theres no guarantee it would mean hed remain unindicted forever. Tommy_Carcetti Oct 2017 #2
I predict Trump will be treated with kid gloves, for several reasons. Irish_Dem Oct 2017 #3
I think you are so right.... DonaldsRump Oct 2017 #4

NNadir

(33,521 posts)
1. I'm hoping to leave out the unindicted part. In a country where the rule of law prevails...
Sat Oct 28, 2017, 01:20 PM
Oct 2017

...the leader of the country should be subject to the same laws as its citizens.

The orange idiot obviously is trying to make the United States into a country where the rule of law no longer exists. It remains to be seen as to whether he will succeed.

As his whole life is involved with excused failure, since he is uneducated and not very bright, it is unlikely that he will successfully manage destroying the rule of law. (He's failed to do so despite the existence of many fellow traitors in Congress.)

I won't say its impossible, since it seemed impossible that such a bigoted moron could even accede to the office of the Presidency in modern times, but it is unlikely.

I'd like to see special handcuffs made to deal with his tiny hands.

Tommy_Carcetti

(43,182 posts)
2. Theres no guarantee it would mean hed remain unindicted forever.
Sat Oct 28, 2017, 01:25 PM
Oct 2017

And actually could be a pressure play against him.

Irish_Dem

(47,092 posts)
3. I predict Trump will be treated with kid gloves, for several reasons.
Sat Oct 28, 2017, 01:26 PM
Oct 2017

The main one being that he could do a lot of damage to the world if he is cornered and threatened.

DonaldsRump

(7,715 posts)
4. I think you are so right....
Sat Oct 28, 2017, 02:00 PM
Oct 2017

That's what happened in March 1974 when Nixon's chief henchmen (i.e., Haldeman, Ehrlichman, Mitchell, Colson, and a few other lesser involved persons) were indicted for participating in the Watergate coverup.

Special Prosecutor Leon Jaworski made sure that the grand jury returning the indictment talked about persons named and unnamed still involved in an ongoing conspiracy to obstruct justice. At the same time, what remained sealed and secret, was that Richard Nixon himself was named as an unindicted co-conspirator to obstruct justice. The view taken then was that a sitting US President could not be indicted (or that it would raise a huge amount of issues). The preferred way was to name Nixon as an unindicted co-conspirator and then transmit all the related evidence to the House Judiciary Committee which was considering passing articles of impeachment against Nixon.

If Nixon had been impeached and convicted, it was quite certain that he would then be indictable.

Let's see!

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