RICO...

[pbmus]

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[Bev54]

1. There is absolutely nothing that says a candidate for president can't be indicted

What am I missing, he will surely be indicted before 3 years.

[live love laugh]

2. And probably run with intentions to try to pardon himself and his family. nt

[pbmus]

4. Answer from Lawrence Axelrod

If the candidate commits a crime, yes he or she could be arrested. However, it would be a scary precedent , unless the evidence is overwhelming. From a political perspective, it would appear as if the authority that arrested him or her was preventing a candidate from challenging an incumbent candidate. What would stop an incumbent president from inventing charges against a serious challenger. Trump tried to have Ukraine announce an investigation of Biden‘s activities, even though there was no evidence of a crime. If some local US authority charged a presidential candidate, the evidence would have to be obvious and overwhelming, but even then would give rise to the charge that the arrest was politically motivated.

[Bev54]

5. Times have changed and it is time to just indict him when they have the evidence

No more being conciliatory to him or any other republican, it is time to live under the rule of law for everybody.

[Celerity]

6. far less than 3, as IF he runs, he will lock up the Rethug nomination a little over 2 years from now

and I can see the DOJ refusing to get involved at that point as they do not want (what a pile of pig shit btw) 'appear to be putting their thumb on the scale of the elections'

[Hoyt]

3. Hard to imagine a country that would reelect someone like trump(s).

[Lochloosa]

7. Hard to imagine a country that would elect someone like trump

[Hoyt]

8. Started to include that, but sadly we did that to ourselves.