Can an ex-president be impeached or charged with a crime?

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   jackclee lmposted 7 years ago

   It may be too soon to ask the question...but you have to wonder, if these allegations about the Obama administration and its staff are true, can President Obama be charged after the fact, with high crimes and misdemeaner?
   
   We now have a slew of Obama officials under scrutiny...
   James Comey
   Andrew McCabe
   James Clapper
   John Brennan
   Samantha Powers
   Susan Rice
   Valerie Jarrett
   Ben Rhodes
   Hillary Clinton...
   
   What goes around comes around.

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      ahorsebackposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      Jacklee . If this DOESN'T happen at least at the "hands on" level of activist conspirists ,  then there is no such thing as justice in America anymore . I think we all know there is enough "insulation by ignorance" to protect  the top tiers but somebody had better be held accountable or we should all be extremely angered .

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   aguasilverposted 7 years ago

   One would certainly hope so....

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   Live to Learnposted 7 years ago

   You can't impeach an ex president, I don't think, for obvious reasons. I would assume, if laws were broken, one could be indicted. But, do we really want to go down that road? Another round of endless congressional hearings? Partisan attempts to push us into charges filed? Don't we have better things to worry about?
   
   The past is over. We can either solve the problems of the present or just let ourselves be mired in the hopes of vengeance.

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      wildernessposted 7 years agoin reply to this

      My gut reaction is the same - "It's over.  Done and gone - drop it and lets move on".
      
      On the other hand, we don't say that about a murder, a rape, a hit-and-run or any other crime.  Why should that one be any different?

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         Live to Learnposted 7 years agoin reply to this

         Probably because those crimes are cut and dry. With a sitting president and these types of crimes, there is room for lawyers to infinitely argue so many points.
         
         In the end, what we would get is something like the Hillary email saga. Yes, but, I don't know, did it, but let's just don't prosecute. The country will simply be divided,yet again, for no gain.

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   Kathleen Cochranposted 7 years ago

   Y'all can dream.

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