Department of Justice
A Sitting President's Amenability to Indictment and Criminal Prosecution (OLC, 2000)
Legal opinion · written 16 October 2000 · released 16 October 2000
Why this matters
The Office of Legal Counsel opinion reaffirming that a sitting president cannot be indicted or prosecuted. It has never been tested in court, yet it shaped the Mueller investigation and later debates. Most people know its conclusion; few have read its reasoning.
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https://www.justice.gov/olc/opinion/sitting-president%E2%80%99s-amenability-indictment-and-criminal-prosecution
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Department of Justice. "A Sitting President's Amenability to Indictment and Criminal Prosecution (OLC, 2000)." 16 October 2000. Released 16 October 2000. https://www.justice.gov/olc/opinion/sitting-president%E2%80%99s-amenability-indictment-and-criminal-prosecution (accessed via The Quiet Archive, QA-0088).
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