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Bill Barr's DOJ won't indict Trump while he's in office -- but 27 Democratic AGs can: Ex-Obama lawyer
“Now there is this Office of Legal Counsel opinion that is being talked about, that Mueller is talking about, that’s a federal opinion. That’s about federal prosecutions, but in our constitutional system, we also have a separate set of prosecutors, state prosecutors, and they aren’t bound in any way, shape, or form by the office of legal opinion,” he explained.
There are currently 27 Democratic Party state attorneys general.
“Now, I expect the president, were he indicted by a state prosecutor, to make the same kinds of arguments that he’s been making all along, ‘he’s immune, he’s the king’ and so on and I think that those arguments will get somewhere when it comes to the trial of a sitting president, but I don’t think it’s going to get to the indictment part. That is, I think that the best arguments, in terms of constitutional law, say you can indict a sitting president at the state level,” he explained.
“You may not be able to try them — for I think important reasons like 1861 I don’t think you’d want South Carolina to be able to force Abraham Lincoln and haul him in to court to face a criminal trial, because after all, he has the nation’s business to attend to and a war to prosecute — but I think the indictment could happen and so I suspect if there are state charges that are viable, that those can and will be brought against the president,” Katyal concluded.
There are currently 27 Democratic Party state attorneys general.
“Now, I expect the president, were he indicted by a state prosecutor, to make the same kinds of arguments that he’s been making all along, ‘he’s immune, he’s the king’ and so on and I think that those arguments will get somewhere when it comes to the trial of a sitting president, but I don’t think it’s going to get to the indictment part. That is, I think that the best arguments, in terms of constitutional law, say you can indict a sitting president at the state level,” he explained.
“You may not be able to try them — for I think important reasons like 1861 I don’t think you’d want South Carolina to be able to force Abraham Lincoln and haul him in to court to face a criminal trial, because after all, he has the nation’s business to attend to and a war to prosecute — but I think the indictment could happen and so I suspect if there are state charges that are viable, that those can and will be brought against the president,” Katyal concluded.
[link:https://www.rawstory.com/2019/07/bill-barrs-doj-wont-indict-trump-while-hes-in-office-but-27-democratic-ags-can-ex-obama-lawyer/|
State Law!!!! Well we know how the right wing LOVE state law! hehe
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love "state law" when it works in their favor. We'll see what happens now that California has passed some new vehicle emission and "clean water" laws - which "millionaire" donors and corporate big-wigs will go running to the corrupt feds and try to shut them down............ 
