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> The reality is that we've codified that Presidents are largely unable to be investigated and or held to account by the legal system.

They can be investigated and held to account by Congress. That's what impeachment is. That's the whole point of having impeachment in the constitution.

If Congress fails to exercise its constitutional duty, then the problem lies with the specific representatives that place party above country.

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It feels really gross that he was acquitted in the second impeachment partly because he argued that criminal court was the appropriate venue for the issue, and then turned around and argued in criminal court that he was immune for not having been convicted in the impeachment.

I apologize for not getting back to you earlier on this (if you see it at all!)

We've seen it fail over and over. They won't investigate their own seriously, and even when they find the grossest violations of law, they cover it up.

The idea that there will be justice by the voters is laughable.

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