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New AP Poll: Majority of Americans Think Trump Doesn't Respect US Institutions

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majii6/15/2017 4:34:28 pm PDT

re: #41 Anymouse

“Where in the Constitution does it say the President cannot be convicted of a crime if shown to have committed one?”

There’s nothing in the Constitution that allows an American president to be convicted for having committed a crime while in office except via the process of impeachment. My understanding is that a sitting American president can be indicted for a crime s/he committed before s/he entered office. Case in point is the Trump University case that Trump tried and failed to get dismissed after he was sworn in. To make the case go away, Trump ended up paying the plaintiffs $25 million.