Federal Law Enforcement
Indicting a President Is Not Foreclosed: The Complex History
Walter Dellinger Mon, Jun 18, 2018, 7:00 AM
Can a sitting president be indicted? Often, in answering this question, commentators point to Office of Legal Counsel (OLC) opinions answering in the contrary. To whatever extent the writer agrees or disagrees with the opinions’ conclusion, the government’s position on the matter is usually presented as a long-standing and clear “no.”