To heal the nation, hold even the politically powerful accountable
Document Type
Response or Comment
Publication Date
10-8-2022
ISSN
0190-8286
Publisher
Fred Ryan
Language
en-US
Abstract
The Mar-a-Lago document investigation, as well as the New York attorney general’s civil fraud complaint against Donald Trump and his family members, alleging acts that could amount to criminal fraud, have revived a debate that has been ongoing since the 2020 election: Assuming there is the sufficient amount of evidence of criminality that ordinarily leads prosecutors to indictment, does the potential defendant’s status as a former president warrant special treatment — namely, an exemption from prosecution not provided for in the Constitution?
Recommended Citation
Maya Steinitz,
To heal the nation, hold even the politically powerful accountable
,
in
Washington Post
(2022).
Available at:
https://scholarship.law.bu.edu/shorter_works/239
Publisher URL
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2022/10/08/trump-prosecution-reconciliation-hunter-biden/
