Will All District Attorneys Now Be Empowered to Investigate All Future Presidents?
by Alan M. Dershowitz
July 15, 2020 at 5:00 am
It should come as no surprise, therefore, that presidents are exempted from certain laws that are applicable to the rest of us. They cannot be prosecuted while serving in office. That, too, is the law.
The argument against allowing state prosecutors to rummage through a sitting president's papers and documents is that there is no limiting principle.... A president who received subpoenas from hundreds or thousands of local jurisdictions could become overwhelmed by the task of assisting his lawyers in thoroughly vetting them for claims of privilege. This is not a fanciful prospect in our current age in which the criminal justice system has been weaponized by both parties seeking partisan advantage.
https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/16239/district-attorneys-investigate-presidents
