...his otherwise STELLAR life? So likely Pence will pardon him of Federal crimes.

when there would be no one to bail him out.

on his one day as president.

Open question as to if he can be indicted or tried while a sitting president, but absolutely crystal clear that he can be indicted and tried afterwards.

The only complication comes if he tries to pardon himself while he's still president.

Imho that should not hold up, but with this Supreme Court who knows.

Probably a tall order in New York or Maryland....

while you are an executive.

with a decision behind it? (I don't know the answer)

But I could easily, easily see a legal team arguing the against this.

AFAIK.

For instance, I believe certain discussions involving formulating legitimate policies for the nation, could be protected even after a president's term is over. The idea is that advisors should be able to speak freely without fear of it becoming public.

But any privilege not to be indicted or not to stand trial while president certainly expires once out of office.

One thing I don't know is if he can be indicted under seal while president and then just wait until he isn't president before unsealing them.

I am under the impression (though I could be wrong, not a lawyer) that what matters is getting indicted before the statute of limitations runs out, not actually prosecuting before the time limit.

So I would think if Donnie was never indicted or never notified of the indictment and the statute of limitations ran out, then he's in the clear.

If he's indicted in time and Donnie requests the trial be delayed until he's no longer president, he can't then claim time ran out.

Does the statute of limitations toll (stop running) during the time he is President so that he can be indicted afterward without the time he spent as pres counting toward the statute of limitations for that particular crime?

can't be, then the indictment would be put on hold by the courts until he is no longer POTUS and it would toll during that period?

If so, the downside would be him knowing what pardons exactly he needs (perhaps have Pence give him after he resigns one day before the end of his term).

If they could run out the statute of limitations while in office, then they escape justice.
If they're indicted, but don't face trial, then they can be tried after they leave office (impeachment, voted out, or end of term). Justice delayed, but not justice denied.

Unfortunately, our current law is ambiguous, and enough people are convinced a president can't be indicted, so this is where we are. Democrats ought to clean this up next time they have the WH and Congress.

The sequence should be:
1. Investigation - anyone can be investigated for a crime. No-one is above the law, including presidents.
2. Indictment - anyone can be indicted. No-one is above the law.
3. Impeachment - if you are a president or other office-holder
4. Trial - If you are indicted, even if the indictment is years-old.
5. Conviction and sentencing - If you are guilty.
6. Serve sentence.

We should also clean up the special investigation offices to prevent abuses of power (like we're seeing with attempted interference with Mueller).

"abuses of power (like we're seeing with Mueller)."

ARE YOU A TROLL?

I meant the abuses of the the administration trying to interfere with Mueller.

I gave one name because the list of names actually committing the abuse of power is long (and growing).

rather than perhaps just responsible for a poorly worded statement.

*unless, of course he was preemptively pardoned, which only applies for Federal crimes.

only question is whether mueller and congress can make sure he doesn't have two more years to destroy the country before he gets arrested.

But not state crimes... NYS Atty Gen has him and his family in his sights....
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IN all likelihood he CAN be indicted NOW. But that is a an unsettled question on which constitutional scholars are divided and on which no court has ever weighed in.

There could even be a sealed indictment already prepared, it wouldn't be unsealed until he was no longer president. But the sealed indictment would not run afoul of possible statutes of limitation.

He WON'T be indicted, but only because it is Justice Department policy NOT to indict a sitting president. That does not have the force of law or a constitutional mandate. It just has the force of a discretionary policy. Justice Department employees are bound by that policy, nonetheless.

A state could indict him NOW. What would happen if that did occur is anybody's guess. Whether he could be tried by the state, and what would happen if he were convicted by the state, is vey much an open question.

I kinda hope NY state does indict, try and convict him, just so we can get some of these issues settled once and for all.

Fuck yes!!

And frankly, there will be a new villain to take his place that will occupy focus.

The same sort of questions were asked about W Bush and you know how that turned out.

get the chance to pardon him.

and then he pardoned him to forestall that.

It's also possible that Nixon negotiated a pardon as recompense for his resignation.