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To: jazusamo
Giuliani told Fox News that Mueller has no choice but to follow *precedent. "This case is essentially over," Giuliani said. "They're just in denial."

*The precedent that federal prosecutors cannot indict a sitting president is laid out in a 1999 Justice Department memo.

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justice.gov

TITLE: A SITTING PRESIDENT’S AMENABILITY TO INDICTMENT AND CRIMINAL PROSECUTION
Date of Issuance:
Monday, October 16, 2000

Headnotes:
The indictment or criminal prosecution of a sitting President would unconstitutionally undermine the capacity of the executive branch to perform its constitutionally assigned functions.

Attachment: op-olc-v024-p0222_0.pdf

Updated July 9, 2014

General Information Office of Legal Counsel
LEADERSHIP Steven A. Engel Assistant Attorney General

CONTACT Office of Legal Counsel (202) 514-2051

11 posted on 05/16/2018 3:11:42 PM PDT by Liz
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THIS JUST IN: Then-CIA Director, John Brennan,
Worked tidbits from the phony ‘Pee Dossier’ into Obama’s Daily Intel Briefing (PDB)

My takeaway is that Brennan and Hillary pegged Obama correctly......

<><> Obama was stupid enough to believe it......

and

<><> too stupid to know he was reading falsified intel.

32 posted on 05/16/2018 3:36:00 PM PDT by Liz
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