In the U.S. you can't sue the President or indict them. They'd need to leave/be removed from office first. Also I know that Presidents have had Attorneys General interpret laws to mean whatever they want them to mean.
Also as you may know there was an argument that Trump wasn't allowed to pardon himself while he was President. I personally believe that he had the right to. The Constitution doesn't limit the Presidential pardon powers (except for impeachment of course.)
The President ... shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of impeachment. -Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1, US Constitution.
People argued that it would violate a part of U.S. common law that held that no one could be a judge in their own case. I didn't buy that argument, but I'm not a legal scholar. I always thought the Constitution was the supreme law of the land in the U.S. but maybe common law outranks it.
In the U.S. you can't sue the President or indict them. They'd need to leave/be removed from office first. Also I know that Presidents have had Attorneys General interpret laws to mean whatever they want them to mean.
Also as you may know there was an argument that Trump wasn't allowed to pardon himself while he was President. I personally believe that he had the right to. The Constitution doesn't limit the Presidential pardon powers (except for impeachment of course.)
The President ... shall have Power to grant Reprieves and Pardons for Offenses against the United States, except in Cases of impeachment. -Article 2, Section 2, Clause 1, US Constitution.
People argued that it would violate a part of U.S. common law that held that no one could be a judge in their own case. I didn't buy that argument, but I'm not a legal scholar. I always thought the Constitution was the supreme law of the land in the U.S. but maybe common law outranks it.