Posted on 09/20/2019 2:23:24 PM PDT by mplc51
In an exclusive interview with NPR, House Speaker Nancy Pelosi says she has not changed her mind on pursuing impeachment but is ready to change the law to restrain presidential power and make it clear that a sitting president can, in fact, be indicted.
"I do think that we will have to pass some laws that will have clarity for future presidents. [A] president should be indicted, if he's committed a wrongdoing — any president. There is nothing anyplace that says the president should not be indicted," Pelosi told All Things Considered host Ari Shapiro and NPR congressional correspondent Susan Davis on Friday. "That's something cooked up by the president's lawyers. That's what that is. But so that people will feel 'OK, well, if he — if he does something wrong, [he] should be able to be indicted.' "
The California Democrat said that while it is Justice Department protocol not to pursue any charges against an incumbent — the reason former special counsel Robert Mueller said he couldn't charge President Trump with a crime no matter the outcome of his report — that should be changed.
Saying something like this takes a special kind of stupid.
Right. And the bitch will try to repeal it just as soon as a Democrat wins an election.
No thanks, dummy.
Good idea Smellosi! Just 25 years too late.
This coming from a woman who was caught back in 2011 trading on insider information.
So this must mean that it would have been good to have had something like this during the Obama years?
This retromingent senile virago really needs to retire. She has done enough damage to America.
Back in your cubicle auntie Nan.
These people have done nothing but go after trump since Jan 2019. Really since Jan 2017
Which is good, because they are dangerous in their illogic and insanity. Still, I hope people realize how worthless they are.
“if he’s committed a wrongdoing — any president.”
You mean something like having a Government employee perform oral sex on you while on the clock?
No, that’s right, you said that was none of our business.
Insider trading is legal for members of Congress, I believe.
MA Senator wrote a bill making it illegal. It was passed, then soon after, quietly repealed.
If Congress passes a law, doesn’t the President have to sign it?
President Trump really drives these reprobates nuts. It is fun to watch. I hope a few of them start stroking out soon.
Pelosi IS a special kind of stupid.
....for NOT committing any crime....
Mi$$ America forgot to add that bit to her comments.
Fixed it.
Our forefathers were a bit wiser and created the impeachment process to make it difficult to remove a president using a kangaroo court.
There’s that Constitution thing that mentions impeachment for sitting Presidents, but of course Democrats don’t pay attention to the Constitution anyway. If you allow sitting Presidents to be indicted, then any Federal prosecutor anywhere in the country could empanel a grand jury and get an indictment. It would be impossible to govern.
There are a couple of problems with your idea, Nan.
What President is going to sign such a bill? Even a saintly Democrat President would be reluctant to put that kind of power in someone else’s hands. Overriding a Presidential veto would only make things worse.
Then there’s the whole “who is the government’s chief law enforcement official” why it’s the President. Is he supposed to prosecute himself, or will this be a new power that the Legislative branch will acquire over the Executive?
Being impeached and being indicted are the same thing.
She really is that senile.
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