Originally Posted by
fj1200
I think "alleged" is the operative word.
Alleged crime? Or alleged official act? If a President cannot be charged with a crime if his actions are deemed official, how does he get charged with a crime? One argument I read is that only Congress can charge the President with a crime.
This is a can of worms. If charging Presidents with alleged crimes committed in office after they leave office becomes the norm in this nation of lawsuits?
On the other hand, the only analogy I can offer is a Marine one: An unlawful order in the Marine Corps is an unlawful order and a crime the second it is given. Better have your ducks lined up being able to prove it if you refuse to obey it, which is the correct legal thing to do.
Trying to replace electors during an election sound to me illegal from go.
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