could Mueller go after tRump with state charges first thru NY att General?

[bluestarone]

maybe to stop him with the possible pardons??

[marylandblue]

1. That would be up to the NY Attorney General

Right now they are reported to be cooperating with each other, but it appears that Mueller is taking the lead, so I'd expect all indictments to be federal unless something changes.

[Irish_Dem]

6. Yes, I agree. nt

[C_U_L8R]

2. All in good time.

All in good time.

[The Velveteen Ocelot]

3. Mueller is federal and has no jurisdiction over state matters.

If the NY AG has evidence that Trump violated a NY law he could investigate and possibly charge him. Mueller would not be looking for NY law violations but presumably could refer evidence to NY.

[Wellstone ruled]

4. Sure appears the State of New York

as well as other States,are going that direction. New York will use State Banking laws to burn the Trump Crime Syndicate.

[Lurks Often]

5. Pardons can not be stopped until Trump is no longer President

As for the NY AG filing criminal charges, that is unknown territory and would probably end up before SCOTUS, there is no legal precedent that I am aware of that covers what happens when a sitting president is charged with a state crime.

As it stands now, any president, can only be removed from office through either the 25th Amendment, which is very unlikely or through impeachment in the House and conviction in the Senate, which requires a 2/3 rds majority, also unlikely.

[MiniMe]

7. But he can't pardon State charges

[Lurks Often]

8. No President can, presuming any state charges are filed