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triron

(22,031 posts) Fri Jan 18, 2019, 01:07 AM Jan 2019

It angers me that all these pundits assume Trump can't be indicted while in office.

No, no,no!

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It angers me that all these pundits assume Trump can't be indicted while in office. (Original Post) triron Jan 2019 OP

After the midterms more Dems have been saying that BigmanPigman Jan 2019 #1

But that is not a regulation. triron Jan 2019 #3

They don't assume anything. grumpyduck Jan 2019 #2

Good point. Hard to do sometimes. triron Jan 2019 #4

that's not what I heard - 2 hours of CNN Don Lemon it all sounded very damaging (at last) for dump NRaleighLiberal Jan 2019 #5

That's one reason we have a vice president. In case the president can't do the job. shraby Jan 2019 #6

Do you really think a jury could be impaneled without at least one holdout white winger Hoyt Jan 2019 #7

I think they're paid to set the tone, the narrative, so people won't storm the streets ffr Jan 2019 #8

It's a reasonable assumption since it's the current official position of the DOJ. PoliticAverse Jan 2019 #9

Whether he could be as a Constitutional matter may be unresolved. The reality is that he won't be onenote Jan 2019 #10

BigmanPigman

(51,674 posts)

1. After the midterms more Dems have been saying that

Reply to triron (Original post)

Fri Jan 18, 2019, 01:11 AM

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indictment isn't necessarily off the table and it can be done. It is the pundits who are saying he can't be indicted based on the DOJ.

triron

(22,031 posts)

3. But that is not a regulation.

Reply to BigmanPigman (Reply #1)

Fri Jan 18, 2019, 01:12 AM

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grumpyduck

(6,297 posts)

2. They don't assume anything.

Reply to triron (Original post)

Fri Jan 18, 2019, 01:12 AM

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They're just creating talking points designed to get people to watch them some more and watch the commercials.

We have to stop taking this shit seriously and recognize it for what it is: an industry that makes a fortune by getting people riled up. It's show business.

triron

(22,031 posts)

4. Good point. Hard to do sometimes.

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Fri Jan 18, 2019, 01:13 AM

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NRaleighLiberal

(60,040 posts)

5. that's not what I heard - 2 hours of CNN Don Lemon it all sounded very damaging (at last) for dump

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Fri Jan 18, 2019, 01:15 AM

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shraby

(21,946 posts)

6. That's one reason we have a vice president. In case the president can't do the job.

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Fri Jan 18, 2019, 01:15 AM

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Hoyt

(54,770 posts)

7. Do you really think a jury could be impaneled without at least one holdout white winger

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Fri Jan 18, 2019, 01:20 AM

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to hang the jury? Besides, chances of it going to trial anytime soon is small. Impeachment is possible, but conviction is unlikely unless Mueller has something we don’t even suspect. If he does have that evidence, it’s past time to release it.

Assuming Mueller has hard evidence, if he released it tomorrow it would still take a year or more for anything to happen.

I don’t think trump will run in 2020, but I think there are plenty of white wingers to support some GOPer like Romney, Pence, or worse, who swears they rid Washington of trumpsters.

ffr

(22,682 posts)

8. I think they're paid to set the tone, the narrative, so people won't storm the streets

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Fri Jan 18, 2019, 01:25 AM

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and demand representation.

PoliticAverse

(26,366 posts)

9. It's a reasonable assumption since it's the current official position of the DOJ.

Reply to triron (Original post)

Fri Jan 18, 2019, 01:39 AM

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Even if he can be indicted, indictment doesn't remove him from office and the courts could decide he couldn't
be tried until he leaves office.

onenote

(42,867 posts)

10. Whether he could be as a Constitutional matter may be unresolved. The reality is that he won't be

Reply to triron (Original post)

Fri Jan 18, 2019, 02:06 AM

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At least not at the Federal level. At the federal level, DOJ isn't going to pursue an indictment of a sitting president as long as their official position is that a president can't be indicted, so whether that position is right or wrong, it isn't going to be challenged.

And while some state might decide to challenge the position that a sitting president can't be indicted, they're unlikely to do so since he can't be tried until after he's removed from office.

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