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2023-10-26 23:15:49 UTC - NOT_HELPFUL
Rated by Participant: EBDCB80B1EC4A9FB51C8A562377D72F9569692DEFFC8BC89098E1AC6E8D92423
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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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