Posted on 04/08/2018 6:36:15 PM PDT by Beave Meister
A former assistant special Watergate prosecutor suggested President Trump could be carted away by U.S. Marshals and brought before a federal judge if he were to defy a potential subpoena from the special counsel requesting an interview.
“At that point, they would make a motion to hold Donald Trump in contempt,” attorney Nick Akerman told host Joy Reid Saturday morning on MSNBC.
“The question would be what would the federal district court judge do in terms of a remedy? Normally, a person who refuses to testify before a grand jury winds up being incarcerated for the time period of the grand jury, which can be up to 18 months,” Akerman said. “So, one way to enforce it is to have Donald Trump taken by the federal marshals and put in federal prison until he testifies.”
Reid asked what the next step would be if Trump barricaded himself in the White House and refused to comply with the marshals’ attempts to force him to appear before the judge.
“At some point, he has to come out of the White House,” Akerman remarked. “The U.S. Marshals will be directed to take him into custody, bring him before the federal district court judge.”
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Please allow me put this silliness to rest: The U.S. Marshals can't arrest the President. They are subordinate to him. The U.S. Marshal Service has a statutory charge to protect federal courts and enforce their judicial orders, like arresting fugitives. But the Marshals are part of the Department of Justice. Their duties are executive duties, and they are under the supervision of the Attorney General and ultimately the President, who can fire U.S. Marshals, who are political appointees.
This is basic constitutional separation of powers. The President holds all the executive power. You may recall that Alexander Hamilton wrote in Federalist 78 that the courts would be "the least dangerous branch," because they must depend on the President even to enforce their orders -- with the direct implication that the President can refuse. This is exactly what that means. The Marshals are in effect detailed to protect federal judges and carry out routine executive functions following from court orders. But they are under the President's authority at all times. See, e.g., Chabal v. Reagan, 841 F.2d 1216 (1982).
This means the President can order them to stand down, and he can fire appointees if necessary. The notion of U.S. Marshals showing up at the White House to arrest the President is absurd to begin with, but in any event he could just countermand any order they had received and tell them to return to their normal duties.
What about the Fifth Amendment?
The secret service needs to pay MSNBC a visit, really.
This is much more idiotic than “Karl Rove frogmarched from the West Wing” from an earlier decade.
Way to go Brennan, Comey, Clapper, Rosenstein,Rhodes, and their bands of flying monkeys of disinformation and propaganda..
Now, that would boost Trump in the polls even more than Stormy Daniels Everyone knows that would be a leftist stunt.
“Please allow me put this silliness to rest: The U.S. Marshals can’t arrest the President. They are subordinate to him. “
That was in the America of old when we still had a Constitution and rule of law. The DOJ is now an independent agency accountable to no one. We may just see the FBI or U.S. marshals take President Trump into custody. You know they want to...
Better chance of Joe Scarborough getting arrested.
Fapping material for lefties.
Wet dreams.
I often wonder if these people know how stupid they sound....
You mean what about the US Marines.
and what if the President orders the 82nd Airborne to “protect” the White House..like Nixon did with the Pentagon in 1969..then what?....this arrest non sense is their dream...not gonna happen.
Wet Dream Workshop 101. No prerequisite required, except proof of voter registration for the ‘correct candidates’.
Bovine Scatology.
Showdown with the Secret Service which is under the Dept. of the Treasury, not Justice or FBI. They are there to protect the President, including this type of coup attempt.
Some are speaking as though they’ve been hitting the sauce once again. Time for an intervention and a therapist. Does 0-care pay for that type of medical treatment?
Some are driven to insanity only due to the fact they have a chauffeur on call.
No, a Predator drone needs to pay MSNBC a visit.
Thanks for the explanation but we all know leftards are completely stupid assholes.
Pure unadulterated crap. These lying, wretched bastards never give up.
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