There are some restrictions. Immunity extends only to “official acts” committed while he is the President.
Concurrently, Trump cannot be prosecuted for crimes while he is sitting in office, but he can be prosecuted after he leaves for non-official acts, and for actions that occurred when he was not in office.
All of the above applies to the regular criminal prosecutions. But impeachment also exists along side. There are basically no rules on what you can charge in impeachment. And it doesn’t invoke double jeopardy with a potential criminal case either.
I disagree. The utility lies in airing out the evidence of Trump’s pedophilia in a very public setting that will force people to pay more attention than they have so far.
I disagree with your disagreeal :) but I can respect your opinion of it. I just don’t think people will pay more attention than they already don’t care to. But if they do impeach, I hope you’re right.
There’s no black letter law on this. Just the 80s DOJ memo. But that memo is based on an analysis of the constitution and relevant cases.
Consider the reasoning in Trump v. US; Justice Kavanaugh’s past statements on the presidency; the way Trump got sentenced to a general discharge in the New York case; and the way the Colorado challenge to his 2024 candidacy was disposed.
Given all that, I don’t see how a real case would come out differently than the memo. At the very least, you gotta make it a D president with this SC.
It might be literally what is required to prosecute him for crimes he committed while president, according to the SC.
Requesting a source for that as from everything I can tell, it’s not true.
If it was true, I’d support impeachment, of course.
See Trump v. United States.
There are some restrictions. Immunity extends only to “official acts” committed while he is the President.
Concurrently, Trump cannot be prosecuted for crimes while he is sitting in office, but he can be prosecuted after he leaves for non-official acts, and for actions that occurred when he was not in office.
All of the above applies to the regular criminal prosecutions. But impeachment also exists along side. There are basically no rules on what you can charge in impeachment. And it doesn’t invoke double jeopardy with a potential criminal case either.
Considering impeachment WILL NOT lead to removal, this is useless.
I disagree. The utility lies in airing out the evidence of Trump’s pedophilia in a very public setting that will force people to pay more attention than they have so far.
I disagree with your disagreeal :) but I can respect your opinion of it. I just don’t think people will pay more attention than they already don’t care to. But if they do impeach, I hope you’re right.
Is it actual law that he can’t be prosecuted while in office? I thought that was just a policy and not actual law.
Like you’re telling me that if the US President kills a guy he won’t be prosecuted for it until he leaves office?
There’s no black letter law on this. Just the 80s DOJ memo. But that memo is based on an analysis of the constitution and relevant cases.
Consider the reasoning in Trump v. US; Justice Kavanaugh’s past statements on the presidency; the way Trump got sentenced to a general discharge in the New York case; and the way the Colorado challenge to his 2024 candidacy was disposed.
Given all that, I don’t see how a real case would come out differently than the memo. At the very least, you gotta make it a D president with this SC.