"An American President can be indicted." Eric Holder

[elleng]

via Rachel, just now.

HOPE we see more about this. Where/to whom did he say it?

[malaise]

1. Lock him up!!

NOW

[Duppers]

2. Lawrence doesn't have details yet.

Hope Brian Williams will.

[elleng]

3. I sure hope SOMEONE will!

[marlakay]

4. The country actually needs this

No matter which party if something this criminal happens to show all future presidents what happens if they go outside the law and think they can be a dictator.

[PatrickforO]

18. Yes, we cannot ever allow a president or members of Congress,

or Judiciary for that matter, to be above the law.

And it would also be nice if billionaires weren't. But that's wishful thinking.

[calimary]

21. Agreed completely.

[PoliticAverse]

5. Did I miss a memo he wrote on this issue when he was Attorney General and his opinion

really mattered?

[elleng]

7. His opinion is significant now,

even tho no longer sitting.

[Duppers]

6. Eric Holder Suggests That Trump Can Be Indicted

Eric Holder *Suggests* That Trump Can Be Indicted Even Though He’s A Sitting President, Cites 25th Amendment

https://www.inquisitr.com/5204945/eric-holder-suggests-that-trump-can-be-indicted-even-though-hes-a-sitting-president-cites-25th-amendment/

That's not a final *ruling* however.

[elleng]

9. Can't be a 'final ruling' as there is no matter(case) now pending,

but it is a significant opinion.

[Duppers]

12. Yep and indeed it is significant. We needs other

AG's to speak up.

Trump is not king. No man is above the law and this thing about "a sitting president cannot be indicted" has just been a policy, not a law, not a ruling.

[elleng]

14. Right, and the policy came about re: Agnew debacle.

Rachel discussed it recently. Some 'scholars' think it's not strong.

[elleng]

10. 'On Monday night, Holder posted a Twitter message

containing a legal opinion, from Harvard Law Professor Laurence Tribe, which does suggest that there is a way around the apparent barriers to impeaching a sitting president.'

[Honeycombe8]

8. It's just one opinion. And he's a Democrat. Still, he was an AG...

This gives me hope that the Democrats may at least try...if there's enough evidence.

IMO, we have to try, whatever the odds.

[elleng]

11. Eric Holder Suggests That Trump Can Be Indicted

Even Though He’s A Sitting President, Cites 25th Amendment

https://www.inquisitr.com/5204945/eric-holder-suggests-that-trump-can-be-indicted-even-though-hes-a-sitting-president-cites-25th-amendment/

[appal_jack]

13. I agree completely, but...

... It sure would have been nice if Holder had acted even a little like a few thousand bankster executives could have been indicted WHILE HE WAS ATTORNEY GENERAL!

At this late stage, his words are cheap but they would be worth quite a bit more had Holder not left a gaping omission in his long career in the Obama Administration.

-app

[CousinIT]

15. Twitter

Link to tweet

[DoctorJoJo]

16. In Trump's Case, the Word is "Indickted." That's When a Total Dick Is Charged!

[Grammy23]

17. There HAS to be a line that can be crossed by a sitting president that calls for

Immediate indictment. What that line is may not be known (or agreed upon at this point) but there must be a point that we can all agree is it. Murder? Stealing? Treason? Money laundering? Blackmail? Surely those that are knowledgeable of our laws can figure this out. We say no man (or woman) is above the law. So let’s Prove that.

[certainot]

19. that's great but no republican hasn't been brainwashed by talk radio and fox

and holder has no cred with them

we need republicans with stature to say it and there are none left with any backbone to stand up to the limbaugh attacks

[Haggis for Breakfast]

20. Think about it this way.

The Founding Fathers were very thorough in their planning for their fledgling new government's functions to avoid abuse of power. It is inconceivable to me that they would have decided that ANYONE would be above the law.

So even if AG Holder didn't quote chapter and verse, I have faith that some where in government documents there is something that clarifies the procedure and the process. I just cannot fathom that Washington, Jefferson, Franklin. Madison, et al would have over looked such an important matter.