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Constitutionally speaking, a former President may be prosecuted
It is unclear if the Department of Justice will charge former President Donald Trump with four crimes referred by the January 6 Committee, but there should be no doubt, constitutionally speaking, that an ex-president is subject to criminal prosecution.
Chief Justice John Marshall, presiding at the Aaron Burr treason trial in 1807, o...