Despite Democrat claims, a President can be indicted criminally once out of office even without being impeached.

[Nostra]

So, we can put to bed all this hand wringing by Democrats over Trump's attorneys responding to the Judge's question in his immunity trial about assassinating a rival.

The DOJ holds that a sitting President can't be criminally indicted. But once out of office he can, even if he wasn't impeached. The only limitation is the statute of limitations...........and there is none for murder.

A president can be indicted once out of office — but crimes carry statute of limitations​

From CNN legal analyst Elie Honig

While Department of Justice policy counsels against indicting a sitting president, a president can be indicted once out of office. But every crime carries a statute of limitations — a time limit, starting from the day a person commits a crime, within which criminal charges must be brought.

A president can be indicted once out of office — but crimes carry statute of limitations

Former special counsel Robert Mueller testifies before lawmakers on his report investigating Russian interference in the presidential election and whether President Trump obstructed justice. Follow here for the latest Mueller testimony updates.

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[Nostra]

The bottom line: Mueller testified twice that a president could be indicted after leaving office, and the four legal experts we spoke to all agreed.

What Mueller said about charges after office
Throughout his testimony, Mueller made it clear that Trump the president could not be indicted. But Trump the citizen, like all ex-presidents, is a different story.

Here’s Mueller’s first exchange on the matter, with Rep. Jerrold Nadler, D-N.Y.:

Nadler: "Under Department of Justice policy, the president could be prosecuted for obstruction of justice crimes after he leaves office, correct?"

Mueller: "True."

Here’s the second exchange, with Rep. Ken Buck, R-Co.:

Buck: "Okay, but could you charge the president with a crime after he left office?"

Mueller: "Yes."

Buck: "You believe that he committed — you could charge the president of the United States with obstruction of justice after he left office?"

Mueller: "Yes."

Buck: "Ethically, under the ethical standards?"

Mueller: "I'm not certain because I haven't looked at the ethical standards, but the OLC opinion says that the prosecutor, while he cannot bring a charge against a sitting president, nonetheless he can continue the investigation to see if there are any other persons who might be drawn into the conspiracy."

Notably, while Mueller said Trump could face charges after he leaves office, he did not say that the president should face charges.

Legal experts we spoke to agreed with Mueller.

"Once a president is out of office, the primary reasons to avoid prosecution — deference to impeachment and the need to avoid distraction of the chief executive from his or her important duties — both evaporate," said Mark Osler, professor of law at the University of St. Thomas.

Arguments based on the president’s "supposed position at the top of the prosecutorial hierarchy" also lose force for ex-presidents, said Cornell University law professor Josh Chafetz.

Diane Marie Amann, professor of law at the University of Georgia, pointed out that even the Justice Department ruling that says a sitting president cannot be indicted includes a line specifying that the prohibition fades when he or she leaves office.

"The constitutional structure permits a sitting president to be subject to criminal process only after he leaves office or is removed therefrom through the impeachment process," it says.

PolitiFact - Could Trump (or any president) be indicted after leaving office? Mueller, legal experts say yes

Could President Donald Trump face criminal charges after he leaves office? Former special counsel Robert Mueller’s

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[Blaster]

Mueller was a hack.

 

[Nostra]

Mueller was a hack.

Yeah, but he is a God to the Dimwingers on the board, so it will be hard for them to argue the point. As if those mindless idiots could argue a point in the first place.

 

[sealybobo]

So, we can put to bed all this hand wringing by Democrats over Trump's attorneys responding to the Judge's question in his immunity trial about assassinating a rival.

The DOJ holds that a sitting President can't be criminally indicted. But once out of office he can, even if he wasn't impeached. The only limitation is the statute of limitations...........and there is none for murder.

A president can be indicted once out of office — but crimes carry statute of limitations​

From CNN legal analyst Elie Honig

While Department of Justice policy counsels against indicting a sitting president, a president can be indicted once out of office. But every crime carries a statute of limitations — a time limit, starting from the day a person commits a crime, within which criminal charges must be brought.

A president can be indicted once out of office — but crimes carry statute of limitations

Former special counsel Robert Mueller testifies before lawmakers on his report investigating Russian interference in the presidential election and whether President Trump obstructed justice. Follow here for the latest Mueller testimony updates.

www.cnn.com

That's good. This is why we are trying Trump after office. Because Mitch didn't convict him of his Jan 6 impeachment. Mitch said he would have but "technically he's not president anymore" he said on Jan 7th.

 

[DGS49]

There is really not much question about indicting an ex-officio President for crimes committed while he was President: If he was acting in his Constitutional Executive capacity, he has absolute immunity. If acting as a private citizen (or as a candidate for re-election), then he is not immune. Whether certain acts were undertaken as President or a private citizen is a FACT question, up to the judge or jury, as the case may be. Trump can make a very strong case that it was entirely appropriate to seriously question the results of the 2020 election in several different jurisdictions. It was the FIRST TIME mail-in ballots and ballot boxes were used, and the results contradicted virtually every traditional indicator, thus giving off a stench of wrongdoing, a stench which only our Political Left refuses to acknowledge.

As for Obstruction of Justice, you have YET ANOTHER case where Trump would be treated differently from any other "defendant" in American legal history. No FACTUALLY INNOCENT PERSON has ever been prosecuted for obstruction of justice. That charge is EXCLUSIVELY made against people who are factually guilty, who tried to thwart the prosecution of their cases. In the case of President Trump, a small army of Leftist lawyers and operatives spent two fucking years trying to find any evidence that he conspired with anyone in the Russian Federation to interfere with the 2016 election, and they found bupkis. That is to say, he was totally innocent of the accusation. An indictment for obstruction would be just about as outrageous as the others we have seen in recent years.

 

[Moonglow]

So, we can put to bed all this hand wringing by Democrats over Trump's attorneys responding to the Judge's question in his immunity trial about assassinating a rival.

The DOJ holds that a sitting President can't be criminally indicted. But once out of office he can, even if he wasn't impeached. The only limitation is the statute of limitations...........and there is none for murder.

A president can be indicted once out of office — but crimes carry statute of limitations​

From CNN legal analyst Elie Honig

While Department of Justice policy counsels against indicting a sitting president, a president can be indicted once out of office. But every crime carries a statute of limitations — a time limit, starting from the day a person commits a crime, within which criminal charges must be brought.

A president can be indicted once out of office — but crimes carry statute of limitations

Former special counsel Robert Mueller testifies before lawmakers on his report investigating Russian interference in the presidential election and whether President Trump obstructed justice. Follow here for the latest Mueller testimony updates.

www.cnn.com

Including number 45