Page 14 - State Prosecutions News Today : Breaking News, Live Updates & Top Stories | Vimarsana

President of the united states i don't know how you just let that pass or let that slide given those factors just because -- the only reason you wouldn't bring the case is because he was president nobody is above the law. i think it's worthwhile. i think it's worth considering the fact that in case he is -- jack smith -- let's assume jack smith brings a case against him. if a republican wins the next election, donald trump or any other republican wins the next election, they can pardon donald trump for any convictions he has, except state prosecutions the manhattan district attorney's case and...

How much power do republicans in congress actually have over local da funding? >> if you add it up, i would say zero. i mean, the tenth amendment says that there are rights that are delegated to the united states, to the federal government, and all of the other rights that are not specifically a numerator to the federal government and all reserved for the states and the people. federal legislatures have absolutely no business sticking their nose into state prosecutions. i maintained out it was a pretty gross and transparent abuse of power by mccarthy and jordan and the other committee members,...

Want to give enemy ammunition. >> this to people the white house are allowed to speak to justice department, is the walls. we can do this all evening, glenn kirschner, and give you the last word on, this because there are house republicans, that is daniil alluded, to they threatened to threaten alvin bragg's office, if you move forward charges, some folks have called at intimidation, how much power do republicans in congress actually have over local da funding? >> if you add it up and say zero i mean the tenth amendment says that there are rights that states to the federal government and all t...

A defendant who is in another state, there is a more complicated procedure. they don't have jurisdiction over defendants in other states and they have to go through a sort of removal hearing sort of extradition from another state but that's very unlikely to happen he could appear on court on the rainme arraignment date the state prosecutors have a little advantage over federal prosecutors in terms of -- in terms of not having a built in conflict of interest the way federal prosecutors do federal prosecutors report ultimately to the justice department who report ultimately to the current presid...

Something that we refer to as dual sovereignty. both states and federal government can charge people for the same crime. and so even though steve bannon was pardoned for this conduct at the federal level, most states also have fraud statutes on the books. and so, as you said, it is expected to reflect very much a mirror of the federal charges. i would imagine states charges under new york law would look very similar. and so, you are right. as you think about all the other people who would receive pardons -- corrupt public officials -- could be charged again, as long as the statute of limitatio...