President can get away with murder: Trump's lawyer

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Donald Trump's lawyer has argued that the President could shoot somebody in the middle of New York and not be prosecuted. 9News

Mr Chin said: "Well, I'm talking about while in office. That's the hypo. Nothing could be done? That is your position?"Prosecutors are investigating whether the Trump Organisation filed false business records to cover up hush payments made to porn starMichael CohenMr Trump is currently under investigation in New York, New Jersey and the District of Columbia on fraud, tax evasion and campaign finance crimes.

He is also facing an impeachment inquiry on bribery and obstruction of justice accusations by the US Congress.Federal Justice Department guidelines state that a president cannot be indicted in office, with impeachment from Congress the initial method of punishment. But that is not a law, only a protocol set in place in 1973 as Richard Nixon was being investigated for a litany of crimes.

That guideline also only applies to the US Justice Department, as opposed to the Manhattan district attorney, who prosecutes state crimes.Ulysses S Grant was charged for speeding in his horse-drawn carriage in Washington DC in 1872. The judges in the Manhattan case are yet to hand down a ruling, but Chief Justice Robert Katzmann suggested this was only the beginning of a longer legal battle.

 

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I thought Roy Kohn was gone...

Something seriously wrong with their political system if you cant get rid of someone who has put their country in danger, who is corrupt or who is a criminal. Thats not a Trump thing, although he has highlighted the flaws in the system but if you cant get rid of a crim thats bad.

Legend

Obama could have too, as could Bush, Nixon, Kennedy, and Washington. It’s not exclusive to Trump you know

That is the legal precedent.

Great endorsement. What a pair of idiots!

Didn't Trump say that himself a few years ago?

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