The Mueller Report thread

[Bengalzona]

I don't think Congress has the power to press criminal charges against anyone. I believe that is the perview of the Department of Justice, which is headed by the Attorney General who is also a political appointee of the POTUS. I believe that is one of the reasons why we have never seen charges filed against a sitting POTUS: his own 'boy' would have to do it. Theoretically, it is possible if the POTUS did something bad and obvious enough that even his own people were disgusted by it (or feared being caught up in the moral outrage caused by it). But hasn't happened yet.

I believe Congress has the power to censure and impeach public officials (that might include SCOTUS members, not sure). Those action are different from filing criminal charges. For example, if Nixon would have been impeached, he would have just lost his position due to the impeachment and not been thrown in jail (although it is possible that DoJ could have pursued criminal charges once he was out of office).

Which brings up an interesting topic: DoJ going after Presidents once they are out of office. It hasn't happened yet, mainly because sitting POTUSes are more concerned with other things and worry that someone will go after them once they are out of office. So, this talk of "investigating Obama" is all hot air, IMO. After all, what do you think would happen to Trump and his cronies when the next Democrat is in the White House?