THERE IS NO LAW against indicting a sitting American President…..
Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.), the incoming Chair of the House Judiciary Committee KNOWS that….
The so called ‘law’ he’s talking about is just a Justice Dept. ‘guild-line‘…..
Lets face it….
Lawmakers do NOT want to have to ‘go there’ even in the case of a President they KNOWW has do criminal things ….
A top Democrat on Sunday said the Justice Department should “definitely reconsider” laws against indicting sitting presidents, amid multiple ongoing investigations circling around President Trump.
“I think we should always reconsider laws and regulations, and this is one we definitely should reconsider,” Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-Md.) said on CNN’s “State of the Union.”
Justice Department guidelines state that a sitting president cannot be indicted, but some legal experts suggest that court precedent make the regulation ripe for challenge.
Cummings, the incoming House Oversight Committee chairman who is expected to launch new investigations into Trump’s actions once Democrats take control of the House next year, in his comments echoed fellow Democratic Rep. Adam Schiff (Calif.)…..