(10-09-2019, 07:18 PM)jj82284 Wrote:

(10-09-2019, 07:06 PM)mikesez Wrote: Criminal investigations are initiated by attorneys generals and their officers.
They are not initiated by presidents or personal lawyers of presidents.
These are the fundamental errors of fact in your reply.
but there are other, less consequential, errors of fact there too.

Ill say it again....  what part of contact the attorney general do u not understand?  What part of the investigation WAS ALREADYNINITIATED by the ukrainian ag equivelant do u not understand?  What part of evidentiary findings during a seperate legal proceeding do u not understand?  Am i talking too fast for u?  I have time.  I wanna help!

Oh and btw, the ag is appointed by and serves at the pleasure of POTUS.  if the presiswnt has reason to believe a crime was committed by an american citizen he can direct the ag to initiate an investigation.  If that investigation encompassrs activity with or in foreign countries theb he can solicit the cooperation of foreign heads of state.  

U wanna claim corrupt intent?  Have at it.  Its incumbent on u to demonstratw that there was no such reasonable suspicion.  Thats based on the fact pattern and the underlying evidence.   But u dont wanna deal with that, u want to talk about "well he should have said it nicer... he should have been more vague" and other platitudes.

You are correct that the president can ask the AG to initiate a new investigation.
However the AG may not do so if he finds no reasonable suspicion or probable cause for a specific violation of US law. But if he does find probable cause or reasonable suspicion, watch out! He now has the tools of state at his disposal- to compel testimony, or even negotiate with other countries to compel testimony from their citizens.

And the president can also ask his personal attorney to look into things. the president and the personal attorney may just want to know the facts for their own sake - it doesn't have to involve a possible violation of the law. But in this case, the president can not deploy the tools of state.

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