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In reply to the discussion: Prediction: The SCOTUS ruling in June on Trump financial records will be 7-0 [View all]getagrip_already
(14,953 posts)29. Nys is attempting to get financial records for grand jury...
Trump is claiming that not only is he exempt from indictment, he is exempt from investigation. He actually made the claim in his brief that he could shoot someone and couldnt be indicted.
Grand juries exist for only one reason - to indict.
So it is before the court. Btw, the courts have never ruled on whether a sitting president could be indicted.
That is just a doj opinion. The doj works for the potus, so it isnt an impartial judgement.
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Prediction: The SCOTUS ruling in June on Trump financial records will be 7-0 [View all]
scheming daemons
Dec 2019
OP
I like your prediction. Roberts has a history of doing what you have predicted.
shockey80
Dec 2019
#4
Every now and then, Roberts gets a 2 a.m. Dickensian visitation from the Ghost Of Historians Future
hvn_nbr_2
Dec 2019
#22
The issue of whether the president can be indicted will not be an issue in the case
onenote
Dec 2019
#13
I misspoke. But, no, the issue of indictment absolutely is not raised in any of the cases
onenote
Dec 2019
#25
Typically the court will not rule on a question not addressed by a lower court.
onenote
Dec 2019
#35
The outcome of this case could be the most critical we've seen in many, many decades.
coti
Dec 2019
#16
I wonder if any of the justices will address the "president can't be indicted while in office" BS
Goodheart
Dec 2019
#23
I wonder if Trump having promised to release the tax records numerous times weakens his
brewens
Dec 2019
#27
They'll never recuse. Doing so would set a precedent for all future Justices
Calista241
Dec 2019
#33