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https://www.politicususa.com/2018/05/17/official-who-wrote-the-special-counsel-rules-says-mueller-can-indict-trump.htmlPosted on Thu, May 17th, 2018 by Jason Easley
Official Who Wrote The Special Counsel Rules Says Mueller Can Indict Trump
The former Justice Department official who wrote the special counsel rules that Robert Mueller can indict Trump, as long as Rod Rosenstein signs off on it.
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Neal Katyal told MSNBCs Ari Melber, I think the first thing to point out is that we just consider how low the presidents bar is here, what hes saying. Weve gone from, Russia, whats Russia? Or stormy Daniels, whos that? Whats the $130,000? To, oh, you cant indict me, I have a get out of jail free card. And thats a remarkable thing. Were talking about the president of the United States saying that. Theres a large number of reasons to be suspect about what Mr. Giuliani has said, apart from the fact that details and facts arent exactly his strong the story just seems very incomplete, because the special counsel rules, as you just said, Ari, do absolutely permit Mueller to indict the president, but he has to seek the permission of the acting attorney general Rod Rosenstein.
Mueller can indict Trump
Trump doesnt have the get out of jail free card that he thought he had. If Mueller wants to indict Trump, all he needs is for Rod Rosenstein to sign off on it. An indictment of Trump, whether or not it held up in court later, would be the death of his presidency. No one is one hundred percent sure whether or not a president can be indicted because it has not been tested yet. Mueller may not want his Russia investigation to be the test case for presidential indictments, but for anyone to assume that it is an open and shut argument over whether or not a president can or cant be indicted would not be accurate.
According to the person who wrote the Special Counsel rules, Mueller can indict Trump, and it is only a matter of time and Trump corruption before this theory is tested.
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Official Who Wrote The Special Counsel Rules Says Mueller Can Indict Trump (Original Post)
babylonsister
May 2018
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I heard on msnbc today that he can be indicted, but not prosecuted until out of office.
lindysalsagal
May 2018
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jberryhill
(62,444 posts)1. A federal judge in DC said the same thing in a decision this week
babylonsister
(171,059 posts)2. Thank you for that link-I missed it. nt
lindysalsagal
(20,680 posts)3. I heard on msnbc today that he can be indicted, but not prosecuted until out of office.
That was Blumenthal: CT. Pretty good source.
So, the indictment would lead to impeachment, and then he'd go through with the court actions after leaving office.
Solly Mack
(90,764 posts)4. K&R