Ellis Wyatt said:

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Jabin said:

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will25u said:

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The most OUTRAGEOUS and absurd part of this document is the suggestion that the FBI has the authority to determine whether the elected POTUS represents a threat to the security of the United States.

The security of the United States is the responsibility of POTUS, and NO ONE in… https://t.co/cEuUogEFSl

— Shipwreckedcrew (@shipwreckedcrew) December 31, 2024

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Theoretical question: Assume that you had a President that was actively a traitor, say conspiring with the Nazis (in before "Godwin's Law") by giving them our strategic and tactical plans.

Is there no one in the government who can investigate that?

If the answer is Congress, it would not seem to have the same level of timely investigatory resources.

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The president IS the executive branch. No one who works for him can legally usurp his power. So, no. The people elected him, he's the POTUS.

We should never again elect a Chinese puppet to the White Hiuse.

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Thanks for the reply. And you're right, we should never again elect a President who is a puppet of any foreign or domestic power. And while I see your argument, it cannot be healthy for a Republic to have a President who is immune to any oversight whatsoever. If your analysis is correct, we probably need to create some workaround.

He isn't immune to oversight. We have 3 co-equal branches of government, but they're supposed to stay in their own lanes. No one who works in the executive branch is above the president. It's precisely why the Trump classified documents scam was such bull*****

Congress can impeach. Too bad the democrats have completely politicized impeachment, as they have everything else. *******s.

Ellis Wyatt said:

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He isn't immune to oversight. We have 3 co-equal branches of government, but they're supposed to stay in their own lanes. No one who works in the executive branch is above the president. It's precisely why the Trump classified documents scam was such bull*****

Congress can impeach. Too bad the democrats have completely politicized impeachment, as they have everything else. *******s.

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Congress can impeach, but who can investigate? Should Congress create its own FBI?

What if the next President is a Democrat who is giving classified info to China. How does Congress dig into those allegations or suspicions?

Jabin said:

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Ellis Wyatt said:

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He isn't immune to oversight. We have 3 co-equal branches of government, but they're supposed to stay in their own lanes. No one who works in the executive branch is above the president. It's precisely why the Trump classified documents scam was such bull*****

Congress can impeach. Too bad the democrats have completely politicized impeachment, as they have everything else. *******s.

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Congress can impeach, but who can investigate? Should Congress create its own FBI?

What if the next President is a Democrat who is giving classified info to China. How does Congress dig into those allegations or suspicions?

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**** no. The Congress has a sufficient investigative capability through the GAO. They don't need badge carrying officers that would have a singular mission to investigate the POTUS.

Congress needs to perform their core function of legislating, precisely, to leave little latitude to executive branch bureaucrats to make rules.

Jabin said:

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Ellis Wyatt said:

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He isn't immune to oversight. We have 3 co-equal branches of government, but they're supposed to stay in their own lanes. No one who works in the executive branch is above the president. It's precisely why the Trump classified documents scam was such bull*****

Congress can impeach. Too bad the democrats have completely politicized impeachment, as they have everything else. *******s.

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Congress can impeach, but who can investigate? Should Congress create its own FBI?

What if the next President is a Democrat who is giving classified info to China. How does Congress dig into those allegations or suspicions?

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Congress can investigate, they literally spend more time doing this than their actual job of legislating.

No one in the Executive Branch, including the DOJ, has authority over POTUS.

SCOTUS reaffirmed this and it is written quite plainly in the US Constitution.

The only check on an active POTUS is impeachment, or possibly the 25th Amendment. The latter was intended for incapacitation and not for incompetence or bad behavior, etc.

POTUS cannot be subject to anything other than impeachment, removal from office and possible criminal prosecution after a CONVICTION on the impeachment charges by the Senate.

BTW - It is impossible for POTUS to give anyone classified information inappropriately as POTUS has the original classification authority and the mere act of him/her sharing it declassifies it. If its treasonous behavior, then again impeachment is your huckleberry.

Anything short of that and we are no longer following the US Constitution nor the intentions, concepts, and ideals of the Founding Fathers.