The Constitution provides the sole way to remove the President. Once his term is over or he leaves office, he can be prosecuted for crimes. Otherwise, to allow a state or federal prosecution of the president would be clearly contrary to the Constitutional scheme. We have seen the havoc that rogue district court judges have been able to do. Allowing a criminal prosecution of the president would be far worse.
Both parties have generally refrained from prosecuting members of the former administration, in light of how easily it could turn into banana republic-style cycles of payback. That truce seems likely to collapse however, another causality of our decent into third world status.
Thanks, but we never got there. Our discussion was whether or not The President can commit a crime...in this case, obstruction: Whether or not a President is above the law.
That said, to your question as to whether a sitting President can be prosecuted. I never offered debate on that issue. Even so, we don't disagree that impeachment is the proper remedy for a sitting President.
Now, I've responded to you--even though it wasn't about what I chose to debate. Your turn to respond to me: Do you agree with @Buy1Sell2 that a President is above the law? If so, please explain.
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