If a former President committed murder, would he be arrested?

[kentuck]

How about armed robbery?

How about insurrection to overthrow our government?

Why would one crime be any different from the others?

Would he try to say that the person he murdered was a Democrat and that he deserved it?

[brooklynite]

1. The difference is the complexity of proving the crime sufficient for indictment and trial

I'm aware that "we know he's guilty" but that's not how criminal justice works.

[kentuck]

4. Same with murder and armed robbery.

No difference.

[Genki Hikari]

6. Are you unfamiliar with the term "cold case"?

Lots of people get away with murder and armed robbery, despite clouds of suspicion hanging over them. We're actually lucky when they're caught right away. That doesn't happen often.

Some of those investigations go on for years, even decades, because it's not clear who did the crime.

I can tell you who's suspected in my uncle's murder in 1989. And I can also tell you that the case remains unsolved to this day, because the cops can't find sufficient evidence linking the primary suspect to the crime.

That sort of thing happens more often than people getting caught for murder and armed robbery.

So you might want to try a new line of argument there.

[elleng]

2. Depends on the evidence, as with others.

RECOGNIZE difference between Congressional Committees and agencies with prosecutorial authority.

[Easterncedar]

3. They do it all the time

Sometimes they call it assassination, sometimes war.

[JanMichael]

5. Dunno. Nothing surprise's me anymore.

[tazkcmo]

7. Depends

Democrat? Yes.
Republican? No.