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Old 07-22-2017, 09:53 PM
 
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Absolutely correct.

They can still find his past reprehensible enough to impeach him.
I doubt there will be an impeachment based on Congress finding his past reprehensible.

That is laughable.

Other than the fact of course that fellow Americans would come up with something so ridiculous.......which is kind of frightening.
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Old 07-22-2017, 10:01 PM
 
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I doubt there will be an impeachment based on Congress finding his past reprehensible.

That is laughable.

Other than the fact of course that fellow Americans would come up with something so ridiculous.......which is kind of frightening.
The point is the fact that a crime past the statute of limitations does not make the perpetrator innocent. If congress finds that there is a criminal element ( a mobster for instance, or a swindler or tax cheat) in the white house they can impeach him based upon his moral character.
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Old 07-22-2017, 10:08 PM
 
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The point is the fact that a crime past the statute of limitations does not make the perpetrator innocent. If congress finds that there is a criminal element ( a mobster for instance, or a swindler or tax cheat) in the white house they can impeach him based upon his moral character.
The point is that the special counsel should not be investigating transactions that are clearly beyond the statute of limitations.........I am quite sure if that occurs it will be a Supreme Court challenge. You can feel differently. To each his own.

Fair minded Americans will never accept an impeachment based on anything decided about a business transactions years beyond the statute that no govt entity felt the need to challenge.

The blow back should that occur will be fierce.
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Old 07-22-2017, 10:12 PM
 
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The point is that the special counsel should not be investigating transactions that are clearly beyond the statute of limitations.........I am quite sure if that occurs it will be a Supreme Court challenge. You can feel differently. To each his own.

Fair minded Americans will never accept an impeachment based on anything decided about a business transactions years beyond the statute that no govt entity felt the need to challenge.

The blow back should that occur will be fierce.

There is no issue with investigating crimes beyond the statute of limitations. They of course cannot be tried in court. What legal statute are you citing that says otherwise?
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Old 07-22-2017, 10:23 PM
 
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Ken Star's Whitewater investigation was not hampered by statute of limitations.
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Old 07-22-2017, 10:28 PM
 
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Ken Star's Whitewater investigation was not hampered by statute of limitations.
It is ludicrous that statute of limitations somehow stops investigators in looking at instances based on age.
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Old 07-22-2017, 10:31 PM
 
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There is no issue with investigating crimes beyond the statute of limitations. They of course cannot be tried in court. What legal statute are you citing that says otherwise?
I didn't say they couldn't do it.

I said fair minded Americans will never accept it and there will be a fierce blow back to any attempt to investigate/impeach based on anything that is beyond the statute of limitations.

Not to mention that it would be totally un-American and outside the laws of the land.
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Old 07-22-2017, 10:34 PM
 
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It is ludicrous that statute of limitations somehow stops investigators in looking at instances based on age.
Of course its ludicrous.

Its unfair and un-American to be looking at things beyond the statute of limitations.
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Old 07-22-2017, 10:34 PM
 
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I didn't say they couldn't do it.

I said fair minded Americans will never accept it and there will be a fierce blow back to any attempt to investigate/impeach based on anything that is beyond the statute of limitations.

Not to mention that it would be totally un-American and outside the laws of the land.
Not at all. If you were investigating Al Capone would you say if was unfair that the FBI gained insight based on things he did 8 years ago? Why is that an issue? Nothing unfair about that.
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Old 07-22-2017, 10:41 PM
 
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Not at all. If you were investigating Al Capone would you say if was unfair that the FBI gained insight based on things he did 8 years ago? Why is that an issue? Nothing unfair about that.
Of course it would be unfair lol. Who are you kidding.

The statute of limitations applies to all Americans.

Its our protection against a government hounding us endlessly.

If the government, whether its city, state or federal wants to prosecute a crime, they need to do so within the statute of limitations.

Are you nuts?

You think the govt should have an unlimited amount of time to prosecute you for crimes? How un-American is that?
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