PoliticalChic
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....before that buffoon Mueller let all the Liberals down, there was hope on the Left that was presented as the question...."Can a sitting President be indicted."
1. Here's Vox hoping against hope.....
"Trumpās lawyer says he canāt be prosecuted. I asked 16 legal experts if thatās true.
President Trumpās lawyer argued in a federal court on Wednesday morning that he could not be prosecuted for a crime even if he shot someone in broad daylight on Fifth Avenue.
Attorneys for Trump made the argument during an appeals court case against Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance, who is seeking Trumpās tax returns as part of an ongoing criminal investigation.
The doctrine that a sitting president is immune from criminal indictment or prosecution is not new. The Department of Justice has a longstanding policy, outlined by the Office of Legal Counsel, that a sitting president cannot be charged with a federal crime."Trumpās lawyer says he canāt be prosecuted. We asked 16 legal experts if thatās true.
2. Here's vox lying about Mueller's report:
"Special counsel Robert Mueller famously invoked this policy (to be clear, itās a policy, not law) when he summarized the results of his Russia investigation. āThe special counselās office is part of the Department of Justice,ā Mueller said, āand by regulation it was bound by that department policy. Charging the president with a crime was, therefore, not an option we could consider.ā Ibid.
3. Here's what Mueller actually said, when asked if that was why he didn't indict"
.... when Barr first released the Mueller Report, he said the very opposite.
"For what it's worth, Attorney General William Barr said that Mueller had told him expressly he was not saying that the OLC decision prevented him from finding a crime. At a press conference on April 18, Barr said,
We specifically asked [Mueller] about the OLC opinion and whether or not he was taking the position that he would have found a crime, but for the existence of the OLC opinion. And he made it very clear several times that that was not his position. He was not saying that but for the OLC opinion he would have found a crime. He made it very clear that he had not made the determination that there was a crime."
4. Of course the Left basked in the chance to indict Trump when he wasn't President any longer.
Am I correct that Obama isn't in office any longer???
5. Guess who ain't smilin' right now.......
1. Here's Vox hoping against hope.....
"Trumpās lawyer says he canāt be prosecuted. I asked 16 legal experts if thatās true.
President Trumpās lawyer argued in a federal court on Wednesday morning that he could not be prosecuted for a crime even if he shot someone in broad daylight on Fifth Avenue.
Attorneys for Trump made the argument during an appeals court case against Manhattan District Attorney Cy Vance, who is seeking Trumpās tax returns as part of an ongoing criminal investigation.
The doctrine that a sitting president is immune from criminal indictment or prosecution is not new. The Department of Justice has a longstanding policy, outlined by the Office of Legal Counsel, that a sitting president cannot be charged with a federal crime."Trumpās lawyer says he canāt be prosecuted. We asked 16 legal experts if thatās true.
2. Here's vox lying about Mueller's report:
"Special counsel Robert Mueller famously invoked this policy (to be clear, itās a policy, not law) when he summarized the results of his Russia investigation. āThe special counselās office is part of the Department of Justice,ā Mueller said, āand by regulation it was bound by that department policy. Charging the president with a crime was, therefore, not an option we could consider.ā Ibid.
3. Here's what Mueller actually said, when asked if that was why he didn't indict"
.... when Barr first released the Mueller Report, he said the very opposite.
"For what it's worth, Attorney General William Barr said that Mueller had told him expressly he was not saying that the OLC decision prevented him from finding a crime. At a press conference on April 18, Barr said,
We specifically asked [Mueller] about the OLC opinion and whether or not he was taking the position that he would have found a crime, but for the existence of the OLC opinion. And he made it very clear several times that that was not his position. He was not saying that but for the OLC opinion he would have found a crime. He made it very clear that he had not made the determination that there was a crime."
4. Of course the Left basked in the chance to indict Trump when he wasn't President any longer.
Am I correct that Obama isn't in office any longer???
5. Guess who ain't smilin' right now.......