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Giuliani: Even if Trump had shot Comey he couldn't be prosecuted
« on: June 04, 2018, 01:33:11 pm »
Giuliani: Even if Trump had shot Comey he couldn't be prosecuted
By Julia Manchester - 06/03/18 06:28 PM EDT

President Trump's personal attorney Rudy Giuliani said in a new interview on Sunday that even if Trump had shot former FBI Director James Comey, he still couldn't have been indicted.

“In no case can he be subpoenaed or indicted,” Giuliani told HuffPost. “I don’t know how you can indict while he’s in office. No matter what it is.”

The former New York City mayor went on to say that impeachment would be the course of action if Trump committed a crime, even in the extreme hypothetical circumstance that he shot Comey.

“If he shot James Comey, he’d be impeached the next day,” Giuliani told HuffPost. “Impeach him, and then you can do whatever you want to do to him.”

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Re: Giuliani: Even if Trump had shot Comey he couldn't be prosecuted
« Reply #1 on: June 04, 2018, 01:36:10 pm »
My read is that Rudy is right about this one. The remedy for high crimes and misdemeanors by the sitting President is impeachment not criminal indictment.
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Re: Giuliani: Even if Trump had shot Comey he couldn't be prosecuted
« Reply #2 on: June 04, 2018, 01:41:57 pm »
Ken Starr wrote a 56-page memo in 1998 arguing that the rule of law demands that a president can be indicted —"the "dysfunctionality caused by presidential immunity should be a greater concern for citizens than the constitutional crisis brought on by an indictment. An indicted president is a terrible proposition. But so is the continuation of a presumed felon in office — one who clings to power as a shield from accountability." 
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Re: Giuliani: Even if Trump had shot Comey he couldn't be prosecuted
« Reply #3 on: June 04, 2018, 01:50:32 pm »
Quote from: Concerned on June 04, 2018, 01:36:10 pm
My read is that Rudy is right about this one. The remedy for high crimes and misdemeanors by the sitting President is impeachment not criminal indictment.

Yep and it should stay that way. There is already a process for indicting, convicting, and removing a President. Federal law enforcement agencies have no authority to create a new and separate process as if they are the Fourth branch of govt.
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Re: Giuliani: Even if Trump had shot Comey he couldn't be prosecuted
« Reply #4 on: June 04, 2018, 02:40:09 pm »
Unfortunate that he uses the shooting example.  We've heard that from Trump before.  Its the I can do anything and I am still god argument.
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Re: Giuliani: Even if Trump had shot Comey he couldn't be prosecuted
« Reply #5 on: June 04, 2018, 03:07:59 pm »
Quote from: Chosen Daughter on June 04, 2018, 02:40:09 pm
Unfortunate that he uses the shooting example.  We've heard that from Trump before.  Its the I can do anything and I am still god argument.

Am I the only one thinking here that Rudy isn't doing Trump any favors by making the comments he is making?   Only question in my mind is....

is that deliberate.... or just stupidity on Rudy's part?
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Re: Giuliani: Even if Trump had shot Comey he couldn't be prosecuted
« Reply #6 on: June 04, 2018, 03:10:18 pm »
Quote from: XenaLee on June 04, 2018, 03:07:59 pm
Am I the only one thinking here that Rudy isn't doing Trump any favors by making the comments he is making?   Only question in my mind is....

is that deliberate.... or just stupidity on Rudy's part?

Or prepping the minds of the public to be conditioned to accept these outrageous hypotheticals as a future reality.
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Re: Giuliani: Even if Trump had shot Comey he couldn't be prosecuted
« Reply #7 on: June 04, 2018, 03:17:46 pm »
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Giuliani told HuffPost. “Impeach him, and then you can do whatever you want to do to him.”

Can I drag his lifeless body through the streets like Gaddafi?  Asking for a friend.
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Re: Giuliani: Even if Trump had shot Comey he couldn't be prosecuted
« Reply #8 on: June 04, 2018, 03:48:34 pm »
Sorry, but the President of the United States is not above the law!
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Re: Giuliani: Even if Trump had shot Comey he couldn't be prosecuted
« Reply #9 on: June 04, 2018, 04:31:57 pm »
Quote from: XenaLee on June 04, 2018, 03:07:59 pm
is that deliberate.... or just stupidity on Rudy's part?


Well, considering the other odd things Rudy has said lately, plus the fact Sessions was appointed on his recommendation, you’d hope it’s the latter.
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