Former Obama-administration Attorney General Eric Holder believes that he has found a loophole in the Constitution that allows for a sitting president — implying Donald Trump — to be indicted,Law & Crime is reporting. The prevailing opinion among legal scholars is that a sitting president cannot be indicted, for reasons that will be explained in a moment.
On Monday night, or Holder posted a Twitter message containing a legal opinion,from Harvard Law Professor Laurence Tribe, which does propose that there is a way around the apparent barriers to impeaching a sitting president.
What The Constitution SaysAs FBI special counsel Robert Mueller’s investigation continues to circle Donald Trump, and the question has been raised about whether or not a serving president can be indicted for a crime. The general consensus in the legal community,backed up by a Nixon-era Justice Department memo, is that he can’t. That’s because the Constitution doesn’t provide clear direction on this.tall Crimes And MisdemeanorsClick here to continue and read more...
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