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Originally Posted by 2MuchMark
From what I understand, Trump can't be arrested while he is in office. (Too bad - what an epic piece of news that would be).
I don' think Mueller can make an offer like "It's you, or your kids". Can he?
If he does, what would Donald do? Would he throw his kids under the bus and let them go to jail? Or would he go to jail to spare his kids?
Of course, anyone, anywhere, without question, would go to jail so their kids don't have to. But think about it. This is Donald. Would he go to jail for them?
We all know instantly that he would let his wife go to jail. He doesn't give a fuck about her. And maybe, just maybe, he would try to talk Don Jr. into moving into the slammer for a few years.. .. Ivanka though - she's different. Could he do that to her? And if he did, would the entire world ever, ever, let Donald off the hook for that? (And would Dirty Don care?)
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There is no law that says a sitting President cannot be charged with a crime. The Office of Legal Counsel wrote a "memo" in 2000 saying a sitting President cannot be indicted because it would “impermissibly undermine” the ability of the President to do his job. However, a "Office of Legal Counsel memo" is not law but instead more of an opinion. However, this "memo" or opinion was most likely written because the President of the United States, along with other U.S. government officials, are routinely named in lawsuits when the U.S. Government is sued.
With that said... It really doesn't matter. Most likely what will happen is Mueller will indict Mr. trump, which would make his report open to the public. Then we will impeach him, remove him office, and then he will stand trial.
Every time we turn around there are crimes being committed. Today the White House is trying to spin the story on Trump Foundation. The Trump Foundation violated every law possible when running a charity. We had a similar case here with a local youth sports team here where someone used charity funds to pay $600 in car repairs (and other bills) and she ended up going to prison. We cannot even trust the President of the United States to run a charity foundation.
All of them need to go to prison.