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James Comey’s Notes Are Trump’s Smoking Gun
Notes & Tapes
A sitting president likely cannot be indicted. He can, however, be impeached. Firing Comey to turn off an investigation might be impeachable but not indictable.
Michael Waldman
Published
May 17 2017
1:00AM EDT
Photo Illustration by Lyne Lucien/The Daily Beast
Michael Waldman
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