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The Velveteen Ocelot

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8. No, Bork wrote an opinion stating that a vice president *could* be indicted,

Reply to Eliot Rosewater (Reply #7)

Wed Jan 16, 2019, 01:25 PM

Jan 2019

but assuming that a president couldn't be, following the first Office of Legal Counsel memo to that effect. There were actually several memos that came out of the OLC (Bork was the Solicitor General at the time he wrote the memo and was not in the OLC). Here's some history. https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2018/05/presidential-indictment/560957/

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When, not if BARR interferes one way or another with Mueller or outcome...then what? [View all] Eliot Rosewater Jan 2019 OP

He'll be hauled before the House Judiciary, Intelligence and/or other committees The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2019 #1

What? That was the old USA, our institutions, laws etc are no longer Eliot Rosewater Jan 2019 #2

The House is now controlled by Democrats. They have subpoena power. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2019 #3

OK, thanks. So lets say the report is given to Barr, it calls for indicting Eliot Rosewater Jan 2019 #4

They have the power to call Mueller to testify as to what the report actually said. The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2019 #6

Yes., I said that wrong, thanks for reminding me. Eliot Rosewater Jan 2019 #7

No, Bork wrote an opinion stating that a vice president *could* be indicted, The Velveteen Ocelot Jan 2019 #8

The record will be broken duforsure Jan 2019 #5

Sure wish you could be correct, but I am dubious. Putin has us by the balls. triron Jan 2019 #9