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4 days agoFWIW, the judge did say that if the DoJ declines to prosecute, he will appoint an outside attorney to prosecute instead.
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For what it’s worth, the judge also said that if the DoJ declines to prosecute, he will appoint another attorney to do so.
SCOTUS’ decision re: presidential immunity does not (so far) apply to people other than the president himself. It’s also not clear that the president can pardon criminal contempt charges brought by a judge. I expect that we’ll be hearing more from SCOTUS about this in the near future…