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2023-10-27 22:09:11 UTC - HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: 44A9852E44D5C4F2EB4F6E30D23DF86243057A0EE472EF1607C13ACB61534AB9
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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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