“I’m thoroughly convinced the SDNY will make its own evaluation. They will not say that’s a department policy,” Jon Sale, a former Watergate and Southern District prosecutor, who is close with former New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani who is now Trump's lawyer, told Politico in a story published Monday. “They’re obviously looking at the president, and I wouldn’t rule out that they could decide you can indict a sitting president,” he said.
Nick Akerman, who also worked on the Watergate prosecution team and was formerly a Southern District assistant attorney, characterized the investigation as very different from the one led by Mueller.
“When you combine their experience with the traditional independence of the Southern District and the reputation it has, this is like another Mueller investigation going on,” he said.
To combat Mueller’s inquiry, Trump and his legal advisers have often relied on executive privilege to protect him from indictment. But that doesn’t work with the Southern District of New York investigation, as it is looking into possible crimes outside Trump’s tenure as president.
But Giuliani told Politico that he and his client were not concerned. “The same thing will happen as has happened over the last two years with all of these things. They’ll run them down and they’ll find out the president didn’t do anything wrong. Not a darn thing,” he said. newsweek.com/new-york-investigators-indict-trump-president-1334917
A sitting president cannot be indicted on crimes done before presidency. Using loopholes by citing very old cases 100+ years ago will not work.
Nicholas Cox
actually, you're mistaken.
Julian Butler
A sitting president can only be indicted by one body and that is congress. Congress does the charging and Senate does the impeachment right?
Hudson Wilson
actually, you're mistaken.
Thomas Reed
southern district prosecutors disagree with you, and guess who's opinion carries more weight, theirs or yours?
Luis Butler
so if someone kills a guy and become president before being sentenced for murder, he can no longer be sentenced to murder?
is that how mutt law works?
Andrew Miller
How long till we start hanging these traitors by the neck?
Kevin Perez
In the case of a murder or other violent crime committed by a president they'll take it through impeachment first, enabling them to formally prosecute. However, in the case of whatever white collar crime they're going to try throwing at him (do they even know? I certainly never hear specifics), it wouldn't be worth congress's time to impeach
Are the Democrats aware that all they've achieved with their post election 'opposition' is to make it acceptable for Republicans to riot, attempt the murder of elected officials, do everything in their power to find any technicality the could possibly be used to unseat a democratic president. Shit, after their reaction to Dubya winning the presidential election the Republicans have all the precedent they'd need to to fire off an endless series of 'recounts' in any district that they lost. If the Democrats aren't going to respect the democratic process then they have no reason to expect their opponents to do so.
he's definitely going to be indicted on conspiracy, obstuction, and campaign finance charges eventually. maybe not while in office, but eventually. it's guaranteed.
Xavier Myers
So why hasn't he been indicted and held to stand trial the 50 dozen times it's been claimed it would happen "soon".
Owen Hughes
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Cooper Martinez
anti-slide
Jordan Lee
Yes. I'm mad because this is the 100,000,000th fucking thread about Trump and Russia and it NEVER ends, and NOTHING you say ever ends up happening. Again, a CONSTANT REMINDER:'
Brandon Kelly
Every day for years: dude we got it tomorrow hes gonna be arrested
Which is mafia code for: play ball or we will fuck you, blackmailed pedo who is good friends with Jeffery Epstein
Justin Morales
Jared Kushner literally fucks children and 50 million people trying to "Crush the elites!" Do his bidding 24/7/365
