Neuromancer
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They can be indicted, contrary to popular belief.Ok, so a question, can the president be arrested and imprisoned? Assuming something horrifically illegal is incoming, does being president make this a moot point?
https://www.nytimes.com/2017/07/22/...dent-be-indicted-kenneth-starr-memo.html?_r=0Can the President Be Indicted? A Long-Hidden Legal Memo Says Yes
WASHINGTON — A newfound memo from Kenneth W. Starr's independent counsel investigation into President Bill Clinton sheds fresh light on a constitutional puzzle that is taking on mounting significance amid the Trump-Russia inquiry: Can a sitting president be indicted?
The 56-page memo, locked in the National Archives for nearly two decades and obtained by The New York Times under the Freedom of Information Act, amounts to the most thorough government-commissioned analysis rejecting a generally held view that presidents are immune from prosecution while in office.
”It is proper, constitutional, and legal for a federal grand jury to indict a sitting president for serious criminal acts that are not part of, and are contrary to, the president's official duties," the Starr office memo concludes. ”In this country, no one, even President Clinton, is above the law."
I can't imagine they would actually arrest him though. They would give him a date and time to show up for an initial appearance if he were to be charged. I think it's more likely he would be pressured to resign and then Pence would pardon him.