Special Prosecutor appointed

[robkelk]

robkelk wrote:He's next in line, and AFAIK there's no legal way to bypass him.

Sure there is.  You can also prosecute a sitting VP for crimes. That happened to Spiro Agnew.  But that means Paul Ryan becomes president. So what is the lesser of the 2 evils?

Hmmmmm... Follow the Agnew pattern: prosecute the VP first, get the VP to resign, replace the VP, then impeach the POTUS. The tricky part is replacing the VP with somebody competent (Ford was neither stellar nor horrid; one might want to do better this time).
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Rob Kelk
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