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2023-10-27 16:20:42 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 29DD4CA7B3E2A5B8FF87F2C38DBA9597A3D60A6B382814079D36EE11BEA1F161
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The DOJ has a standing rule that they can not charge a sitting POTUS. In 1973, amid the Watergate scandal, the Department of Justice's Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) issued a memorandum concluding that it is unconstitutional to prosecute a sitting president. https://www.justice.gov/olc/opinion/sitting-president%E2%80%99s-amenability-indictment-and-criminal-prosecution
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