Thursday, July 25, 2019

Lock Him Up? Mueller’s Testimony Emphasizes the Seriousness of Trump’s Alleged Crimes

https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-prison-after-office-mueller-863027/?fbclid=IwAR0FntpURRdX_cL_DP1HDIrILHv32nkwr2mvgzkcpdKf-MYisUaMUv8qgaQ
"Mueller’s testimony Wednesday made clear that — absent the unique complications presented by wrongdoing committed by sitting president — America would be weighing whether or not to, well, Lock Him Up. For Trump, the threat of prosecution upon his return to civilian life ratchets up the stakes of the 2020 campaign. The statute of limitation on obstruction of justice charges, as Rep. Mike Quigley (D-IL) made plain in the day’s second Mueller hearing, is only five years. That means if Trump were to secure a second term, his eight years in office, under the protection of the OLC memo, would place him beyond the reach of the law."