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[-] ComradeKhoumrag@infosec.pub 25 points 1 year ago

Well, you can't arrest a sitting president, and Senate was majority Republican and they tow the party line so yeah most Democrats could do was impeach and let the Republicans bail him out

But now he's not president, and has to face the courts as a citizen. The investigators aren't going to rush a case like this, but you also can't risk it going over to the election before getting a conviction. Honestly the timing on all this seems pretty on point

[-] dudinax@programming.dev 11 points 1 year ago

A sitting president has been arrested

[-] nachobel@lemmy.world -1 points 1 year ago

Yes, Ulysses S. Grant was arrested for riding his horse recklessly through the streets of DC. He was arrested, fined, and released. This happened while he was president. However, since it was a minor incident in the grand scheme of things, it isn't really a precedent to hang your hat on.

[-] DragonTypeWyvern@literature.cafe 14 points 1 year ago

And he applauded the cop that did it, because he was right.

Of course, Grant had one of the most corrupt administrations in US governmental history, but, ya know.

He wasn't that kind of asshole.

Just appointed a bunch of relatives to positions they didn't deserve at taxpayer expense, openly profiteered, and sold access to his position, policies, and pardons.

Hey, wait a minute...

[-] dudinax@programming.dev 5 points 1 year ago

U S Grant was arrested while in office. The arrest did not lead to a constitutional crisis.

[-] BigNote@lemm.ee 1 points 1 year ago

True, but the consensus among legal scholars is that it's not a binding precedent. I don't remember the reasoning behind it.

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