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2023-10-27 17:00:20 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: B2964AAB3B8C8CA5D682E8B2107FDCF4F2F39FADBE6C4CED4A9FA136B79ACA93
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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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