Can The President Be Indicted? A Long Hidden Legal Memo Says Yes

[skews13]

WASHINGTON — A newfound memo from Kenneth W. Starr’s independent counsel investigation into President Bill Clinton sheds fresh light on a constitutional puzzle that is taking on mounting significance amid the Trump-Russia inquiry: Can a sitting president be indicted?

The 56-page memo, locked in the National Archives for nearly two decades and obtained by The New York Times under the Freedom of Information Act, amounts to the most thorough government-commissioned analysis rejecting a generally held view that presidents are immune from prosecution while in office.

“It is proper, constitutional, and legal for a federal grand jury to indict a sitting president for serious criminal acts that are not part of, and are contrary to, the president’s official duties,” the Starr office memo concludes. “In this country, no one, even President Clinton, is above the law.”

Can the President Be Indicted? A Long-Hidden Legal Memo Says Yes

 

[Mousterian]

The GropenFührer insists he has unlimited power to pardon.
Donald Trump insists he has 'complete power' to pardon - BBC News
So I guess that memo is a moot point.
What a tool!

 

[jwoodie]

Indicted for what? Or would that strain your tiny brains?

 

[The Irish Ram]

Secret memo!
IMPEACH! IMPEACH!

 

[DarkFury]

Memos are far from being law!

 

[washamericom]

bill clinton is the most caught lying president in our short history, so there's the base line.

 

[occupied]

This will be significant mostly because this opinion was not rejected by Republicans at the time. I suppose one day soon it will take a Supreme Court decision to answer the question. I just can't see them deciding that the president is above the law.

 

[fncceo]

Can The President Be Indicted?

Good luck with that ... all you're doing is setting the table for a second term.