The Mueller Report thread

[Bengalzona]

(07-25-2019, 11:42 AM)Sociopathicsteelerfan Wrote: If W and Cheney weren't prosecuted after they left office then I think you're living in a dream world if you think Trump will.  The POTUS, current or former, is never going to be prosecuted because every single one of them has done things they could be prosecuted for (except for Carter probably).  Consequently, they won't want to set such a precedent.  I remember many left leaning types salivating at the thought of Obama's justice department raking Cheney over the coals.  Not only did it never happen it was never even brought up, once.  Even if Trump loses in 2020 he's never going to be brought up on criminal charges.

^ This

And as soon as one party or the other breaks that precedent, Pandora's Box is opened and all hell breaks loose, literally. Each time a party wins POTUS, they will pursue charges against the prior POTUS regardless because that reinforces the idea that they were "right to win the office".

Parties have traditionally tried to find candidates with reasonably higher moral character in order not to test this. At least they did until recently.

That said, they may be held accountable for crimes before they entered office or after they left office. It hasn't happened yet, but it could.