Ken Starr: DOJ should be able to indict a sitting president

Published March 8, 2019 1:48pm ET



Former independent counsel Ken Starr said Friday that sitting presidents should be indictable, but said special counsel Robert Mueller won’t indict Trump because that violates Justice Department policy.

“Yes,” Starr said on CNN when asked if he thinks the president is someone who can be indicted. “And I disagree with the Justice Department’s guidelines but it is the historic position of the department.”

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